Friday Coffee Date!
Hey, it’s Friday! Pour yourself a beverage in your favorite fall mug (wait- you do have one, right?) and join me. Let’s talk about the weekend! Tonight is another high school football game, and I will be there. The last two weeks have been away games, so I’ve missed going. But you know what that means- it’s time for Homecoming! My daughter decided to go to the dance with a group of friends, and we started thinking about what she would wear. But let’s back up for a moment… The high school concert band uniform is tuxes for the boys and long black dresses for girls. When my daughter was a freshman last year, she said she would prefer to wear a tux. Now, I wasn’t entirely opposed to this, but I just preferred that she wear a dress… like all the other girls? I told her that whatever she decided to do was fine, but there’s a reason boys usually wear suits and girls usually wear dresses. Girls are more curvy, so dresses flatter them more. My daughter is very curvy, and I thought a tux would just make her look kind of big all over. She decided to wear the dress, and I thought she looked lovely! Then I was telling my friend about how well I handled that situation, and she thought I was VERY WRONG. Why, she asked, did it matter how she looked? Why did I make that the most important thing? Er- good question. When it was time for New Year’s, my daughter wanted to wear a suit to the party. I agreed immediately, and she actually looked kind of cute (not that it mattered!) Later I asked how she liked wearing the suit, and she said “I loved it. I felt really confident.” Okay then. Back to Homecoming! My daughter said she wanted to wear a suit, and we got to work on her outfit (I was tasked with finding her some new pants, which was surprisingly hard.) Then yesterday she went to the mall to help her friend find a dress, and came home with… a dress, which she is now wearing to Homecoming. You guys, I can’t keep up! Girls are so hard!!! Boys are so. much. easier. Anyway, while my daughter is at the dance on Saturday night, my husband and I will be watching the Baylor game! I have a fun fall-themed dinner planned, with some new things to sample from Trader Joe’s. One last thing- I’ve submitted my request for postponement of jury duty. Weirdly, the request had to be submitted in writing, and by that I mean I had to write a letter and mail it through the U.S. postal service. When was the last time you did that? I was so confused. I couldn’t even really remember how to do it. When I printed out my letter, my husband looked at it and said “You didn’t leave room for your signature.” Oh yeah- I totally forgot. Then I had to find an envelope and a stamp, and take it to the mailbox… I mean, don’t we have more modern methods of communication nowadays? Anyway, I hope it gets there, and I hope I get my postponement (actually, I’m hoping they forget all about me, but if worst comes to worst I’ll take a postponement.) That’s it for this week! When was the last time you mailed a letter? I don’t mean a greeting card or postcard, but like an official letter? Do you think I was wrong to encourage my daughter to wear a dress? How much does appearance matter? What are your plans for the weekend? Top photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash