My former students would often repeat this rhyme to each other when secrets were being told.  It’s no fun to be left out, I agreed.  But not all secrets turn out to be bad. 

Apparently Brad and my little sister, Tori, have been conspiring behind my back for over a week as to how to make a surprise visit from Tori happen.  She has a week off before her last tests of the semester, and she knew I’d been getting a bit antsy to make a LR trip.  Last night the doorbell rang and I annoy-ed-ly (remember yesterday didn’t go as I had planned) went to answer it.  I was a bit more than shocked to see her standing on the front steps.  Huh!?!?!?!  So she’s here for the week/weekend, and it’s a great break in the normalcy of mine and Nate’s regular week. 

I could use 18 more weeks of surprise guests to make time go a bit faster between now and September!