I just discovered that the Huffington Post has a whole section dedicated to “Fun Stuff” !!! Here’s the picture from May 22 with the caption, “Can you spot the teen girls in this photo? One Direction fans, don’t ever change.” 
year of fun
HAVE FUN. EVERY DAY. SIMPLE BUT DAUNTING.
Day 239: Nourishing Notes
Another question mark day. But guess what. These are my friends and they are awesome. They designed this Pin the Tail on the Donkey guestbook for our Chicago post wedding party!
Day 238: Dog and Elephant Show
Hmmm…May 20th? My only notes to myself? A question mark. Instead we’ll go with this really cute story about a dog and an elephant who are best friends 🙂
http://www.buzzfeed.com/lyapalater/no-friendship-can-compare-to-this-one-between-a-dog-and-an-e
Day 237: Revenge
So I started watching Revenge at the gym, and had vowed to only watch it at the gym, but after the Arthritis Walk on Friday and then a full Saturday of shopping with my family who was in town for the walk and attending my nephew’s graduation in Naperville, I was totally exhausted. Not to mention stiff, sore and barely mobile. Today, I spent the ENTIRE day watching Revenge. That is not an exaggeration. Literally all day. I think the only other thing I accomplished was painting my toenails, and I did that while watching Revenge. I finished the entire first season and managed to get the hubs hooked in the process.
I think it is probably like a less scary version of Dexter in that you root for a main character who is kind of a psychopath, taking revenge on the people who played a part in the wrongful imprisonment and ultimate death of her father. She ruins people’s lives on many levels. But she’s also super rich and fashionable and finds herself in the middle of a love triangle. It’s a good combination of suspenseful thriller and fluffy drama (for me). If you are laid up for any reason, it’s a solid way to spend your time.
Day 236: Graduation
It has been a long time since I’ve been to high school graduation. The last one was for my sister in 2005. But, tonight, my nephew graduated high school. Class of 2013, what?
I’ve noticed that, even though I did not think I ever would, I have started to consider high schoolers very young people. I think of them as children, and I sometimes underestimate them. Tonight however, not only did my nephew look like a proud young man with a tie on under his cap and gown, but also his fellow classmates seemed very mature. The main student speaker was articulate, delivering a passionate, funny and charismatic speech that seemed to motivate the students and move the parents. His maturity surprised me and I wondered if I was like that at his age.
From Pomp and Circumstance to the throwing of the caps in the air (which I do not think we were allowed to do at my high school graduation) I thought about high school. I tried to remember what it felt like to think that grades, social structure and the casting of the fall play were THE most important things in the world. I tried to remember how much I loved driving to Iowa City and going to Gabe’s to awkwardly dance to Emo music and then eat quesadillas at Panchero’s. I tried to remember feeling like I would never forget how it felt to be 17.
High school graduation is kind of amazing in that, from what I remember, not much has changed. The basic structure is pretty much the same. The speeches are probably all very similar and yet each student feels like their experience is unique. Their graduation, their choices, their paths are all different. It was both sad and hopeful, both scary and comforting to sit in the audience thinking all of these things and knowing that someday these graduating students would return to their high school, or one very like it, to watch their siblings and children and grandchildren go through the important rite of passage into the adult world. Or, more accurately, take a baby step into the adult world via college.
year of fun 