in which we discover the origin of the term "basket case" (13/365b)

Brian and Theodore left on trips independently.

Felix stayed home from kindergarten and played with agnes and mary and me.

train tracks in the morning light

kids picked dandelions so mary could make dandelion wine.

making dandelion wine

Theodore has a chorus trip to Deutschlandsberg. so homework and dinner (palatschinken by Felix's request, although I don't really like standing there and flipping them for lots of people so I always say no, but this time Mary did the flipping and Felix made the batter himself)... Then stress to try to get Theodore to get ready on time, but we did, and walked to the train station and I said goodbye. Not tearfully but in my heart I was crying to see him leave.

homework time right after school

World's craziest commute then for me, train station, car pick up, home for instrument, bus to griesplatz, rehearse, bus home, change clothes, pick up paul and henrietta's baby, drive to waltendorf, play concert, drive to griesplatz, look for parking for 15minutes, get inside just in time to unpack my instrument and finish out the concert (i was only playing one piece, but it ended up at the end)

somehow in the middle, felix managed to whack his face into a board while swinging, and his face is all cut up and bruised and hurt on one side. i felt so sad to leave him, but he is in excellent hands, and there was no buffer time at all.

telling Katharina about the basket case

The reading was very nice, half the people there were there because of me. Gerda read really nice poetry. Centa told us that on her way here some idiot decided he would sit in her basket on the back of her trike and hardyharhar come along for the ride. the basket didn't survive very well, and everyone was glad that centa had pushed that "basket case" right out of her basket.