- I love Monday holidays, but the whole rest of the week I keep having to ask myself, “What day is this?”
- I don’t get the fascination with washed-out photos from Instagram. I suppose there are other ways to edit photos there, but the ones I’ve seen are a washed-out look.
- I wonder why high schools don’t keep graduation caps and gowns on hand for students to use and return like colleges do. For each student we’ve had to buy them, and then store them in the closet or attic forever after.
- Am I the only one who wishes books had a rating system like movies? I hate to be “surprised” by what looks like a good book only to find out it has bad words or sensual scenes in it.
- Even though I no longer have children in elementary or high school, I find my schedule is still affected by schools. I go through three school zones to get to my mother-in-law’s place, and there are certain times of day it can take twice as long to get there due to school traffic. On the other hand, it is nicer to go shopping or to restaurants during the day now that schools are back in session.
- I’m beginning to think that a great deal of misunderstandings and hurt feelings come not from what other people said or did, but from how we interpreted the words or actions. I think sometimes they’d be surprised at what we thought they meant or why we thought they did what they did.
Stray Thoughts 
Great idea to have a rating system for books!
I agree that misunderstandings usually come from misjudgments of why someone does or says what they do. Probably, we’d do better not to judge and to give them the benefit of the doubt.
Our school rents graduation gowns. They’re nicer quality and it doesn’t cost as much. Works great. 🙂
I agree about the Instagrams also!!! And what day of the week is this??!!
I had to smile about several of these as they are my sentiments exactly (faded out photos — yawn). I think your last point is so true especially in work communication when verbal and body language convey so much more than emails and paperwork.
I can definitely identify with the first and the last one!!! So true and astute about the last observation.