Ten on Tuesday

1. I am Ten on Tuesday-ing from my iPad at LAX, where Rebecca and I are waiting at our gate to board a flight to Atlanta. From there, we will connect to Huntsville, where we'll be met by Grammy and Aunt Margaret.

2. Cracker Barrel will likely see us soon thereafter. The mall probably will see us next.

3. Last night was the finale of The Bachelor. Julie came over and we had pizza and coffee cake and tacky remarks and asides. Brad chose Emily, who had been my fave. I thought the proposal was sweet and commented that I thought they would be a couple who made it. On the After the Rose special afterward, we learned the happy couple had already broken up for a bit. Though still together and engaged, there's no date set yet.

4. Julie and I learned that we do not have the same taste in men. The Bachelors I have thought were hot were not interesting to her, and vice versatile. She did not think Brad was drool-worthy. I love her anyway.

5. The tragedy in Japan is just heartbreaking. I don't watch the news because it is traumatizing.I get news updates from NPR and CNN, and I read news online daily, so I am current on world news. But I can't handle seeing video of the tsunami washing away people and villages replayed every 5 minutes.

6. Rebecca was telling me that a boy in her class was bad because he hits and pooped in his pants. This same boy was one she had named as her friend a couple of days ago, so I asked her about that. She said, "yes, he's my friend but I don't like him too much." when I asked how he could be her friend if she didn't like hum, she said, "because I have to be a good friend to everyone, of course...but I don't have to like every body!"

7. I gave up soda for Lent. Other than a swig of Ramy's by accident (I swear) I haven't had any Coke Zero in a week.

8. Mr. and Mrs. Annoying McAnnoyingson are at my gate. They are apparently heading to somewhere in Alabama and are continually mimicking the "Greenbow, ALABAMA" line from Forrest Gump. They find it hilarious each and every time one says it. I do not. They seem to expect no running water and a lack of teeth or shoes in the people they will meet. These aren't exactly the elite of Los Angeles either. They sound and act like W.T.

9. I am still looking for my perfect spring purse.

10. We are about to board!