Party with the CC-Girls!

So today I went to Mass, then stopped by the grocery store and bought two pounds of strawberries. One pound of these and a can of peaches went into making a pie. I'm quite proud of myself- I made the crust from scratch and it turned out really well! The pie was a success- I only wish I'd made two, because more people wanted it than got sizeable portions. If I had a do-over, I'd get fresh peaches too and make my own mix for them with sugar and lots of cinnamon. 

We read-through Twelfth Night and I got to play Sir Andrew Aguecheek and Antonio, which would have caused some real difficulties were we on stage, but for just the read through it was fine and I never ended up 'talking to myself'. We all had a good time, it's one of Shakespeare's easily accessible comedies and it was nice to have company!

So that's my nice news for the day. In not so nice news, I reviewed the terms of my loan. It doesn't say anything about deferment there. I'll have to call them tomorrow for more details. And I saw Marine Joe (did he have another nickname earlier? I can't remember...) after Mass today. He thinks I can't do it, that I should just enlist in the AF. I told him if I didn't have things nailed down by December at the latest, I'd seriously think about it. It's always an option, kind of looming there in the back of my mind- if you can't go home and you have a huge debt to pay off, they will give you a life skill and a guaranteed job for 4 years. It's only four years. And you'd be doing something worthwhile. It's better than flipping burgers...

Yes. I have an Inner Recruiter... I also have an Inner Drill Sergeant and an Inner Recruit. This last inhabitant of my mind is fighting a losing battle for sanity right now... Hey... I wonder how this would work out with Freudian theory? Maybe something like this:

Super-Ego- Inner Recruiter

Ego- Inner Recruit

ID- Inner Drill Sergeant

Yeah, I think that's about right... Anyway. I'll post the rest of the Memorial Day party pics either later tonight or tomorrow. Or something. Eventually anyway...