I got to the interview earlier than I thought I would.  The drive was pretty smooth but I did make a few U-turns because I couldn't locate the street number.  The interview was pleasant.  Afterwards, I shopped my way up north.  I went to a craft store, discount designer store, fabric store, consignment store, and a bead store.  It took me 5 hours to comb through the stores. 

I was a bit POed because I saw so many empty packages in the beading aisles of the craft store.  Apparently someone shop lifted there.  There were so many of them that I felt like someone got all her supplies by stealing them.  It made me so mad that people would do that. 

After I stopped home, I went to the grocery store because I ran out of wet dog food.  I went to the store and I was impressed by this little boy who looked about 11 or 12, and he was shopping alone carrying a shopping basket.  He was trying to decide which kind of ground beef to get.  He had to call his mom and get clearer instructions.  I wonder if the mother was training the boy or that she was just too lazy to go shopping herself.  Then I thought, at least she was making the boy get raw meat, so that means she at least cooks.  I felt so proud of the boy.  I think he did well.

"So on behalf of a well-oiled unit of people who came together to serve something greater than themselves, congratulations."
-- To the University of Nebraska women's vollyball team, the 2001 national champions; Washington, D.C.; May 31, 2001