Crayons

Today was the first day of 5Th grade for Aubrey's little brother Jay. So me, thinking everyone purchased school supplies during the tax free week-end waited until the last minute to buy his school supplies. What a mistake!!! Wal-Mart was busier than the day after Thanksgiving. It was even worse because the day after Thanksgiving people are throughout the store not just in four isles! Can you believe that Wally World was sold out of crayons and #2 pencils. Yep, the super store sucked. I finally found one box of 48 crayons in the book cover bin. So, I started thinking how the smell of a fresh box of crayons can summon up our memories of the first day of school. The anxiety about will I have friends in the class, will the teacher be mean? How a smell can bring back the agony and thrill of our school days. I also want to rage about the new saying "she/he isn't the brightest crayon in the box". Well one of my favorite colors is black, which definitely isn't the brightest crayon in the box. But without black how could you color a zebra, or my favorite bird the puffin? You really need a black crayon for Halloween. Also, as Aubrey returns from her trip with the asshole, black will be very handy in coloring her friend gone when she gets home. Try to do that with bright yellow! Thanks for listening to me as I took command of the blog. I apologize if I was to cheesy but hey it was during a trip to Wisconsin! Love and Peace Mom