New Things

Last night, I did three new things. First, I accepted someone's invitation to dinner, even though it was the weekend and Wes is working all weekend and I hadn't planned to go out. I always seem to say no to such invitations and just cloister myself for the weekend, developing into the hermit I really am. But I went, and I had a lovely time. Then, we went for sushi. I have never tried sushi and always assumed I wouldn't like it -- but I did! And now I want more of it -- which is okay, since it's pretty healthy. And third, I used chopsticks -- though badly -- to eat it.

I'm sure my mother, who lived for a year in Japan and enjoy Japanese fare, is groaning to realize it took me to try sushi or use chopsticks, but there it is. It's not everyday we try truly new things. Friday was one.

Role/roll

I meant to get a picture of this before the sign came down, but sadly I was too late. Why do grammatical errors in public spaces bother me so? The condo building here had a sign up asking for someone to fill the "roll" of chairperson for a security committee (we're had several robberies in the building recently).

I was torn between taking a pen and fixing it (which I have done to other elevator signs with similar errors) and simply writing, "Dinner? Yeast? Grands Flaky Buttermilk?"

Please, people, proofread your signs.

Falling

It's starting to feel like fall here. When I walked out to catch the bus to school yesterday, I could smell it in the air. And then I tried to qualify it. What made it smell like fall? Well, it's been in the 60's and low 70's the last two days, which certainly contributes. Anytime you have to think about taking a light sweatshirt outside, it must be fall. And some people around here recently cut the grass, which adds the sweet smell to the air. The skies have been clear after those horrible storms a week or more ago. It's Labor Day weekend.

What does make it smell like fall?