Hat High in the Air

First things first. Today, for the first time since my hair started to fall out, I appeared in public without a hat. It felt good. I was high in the stands at the Comcast center watching the Lady Terps play Duke. I got a few weird looks and a few understanding looks but mostly I just I was just one of the many people enjoying the game. By the way it was a good game and we won. I was ready to test the public waters hatlessly and the test went well. It felt good.

I'm not ready to go to work hatless, or to go out to dinner hatless but I think I can go to a store hatless. Life is good.

Work was interesting today. Lots and lots of people but not much mess. I found a few books here and there to put away, but no one left stacks and stacks of books. And people who do leave stacks of books irritate the heck out of me. but the people who leave dirty dishes and fast food trash are the ones I really want to beat the heck out of.

I enjoyed seeing dads read to and chase toddlers around the store. I found books for pleasant people and I watched a 30 something year old woman read beginning readers to her self. I guess she was learning to read because she was sitting by herself going through a stack of easy books. I didn't realize what she was doing until I was putting away a stack of beginning readers. I stood about a foot from her and heard her read to herself. She got all the words right but wasn't really comfortable. The words didn't flow smoothly and comfortably. She will get there. Listening to her made my day.