Feeling blah. Bobs and the kids are out ... I thought I'd love the solitude but as it turns out I'm lonely and rather bored.

Ems and I went shopping for her back-to-school clothes today. She's a pleasure to shop with. Decisive, cheerful, and speedy. Steve did his shopping online, thus sparing us both much angst. He enjoyed the choosing process, and he took great pleasure in finding good buys. He is adamant that it will all fit - I just hope he's right. He's been being really pleasant the last few days - friendly and helpful and talkative instead of thunderous and gloomy. I hope it lasts. Sophie didn't need to do any shopping, as she's just inherited a whole lot of clothing from Emmy. This made her very happy, as she loathes and despises the shopping process. However, although she hates shopping, she does enjoy getting new clothes. So this evening she suggested that Em have two or three shots every night instead of one, so that she could inherit Emily's new clothes as soon as possible.

Tomorrow is Sophie's homeschool evaluation : we're meeting a friend from church (a recently retired teacher) at the Barnes and Noble downtown. I'm a little nervous, even though I know Sophie's well ahead of the average first grader. I guess I should go gather up a few samples of her work.