28 June 03 Sat 1:56 p.m.

Found Helter Skelter buried under the cupboardful of towels in the bathroom, so have been reading it. While doing something else -- washing out the tub, for instance -- I think to the murderers “You should be ashamed of yourselves.”

Scary schoolteacher type, aren’t I?

*(*(*

Went to town yesterday to celebrate school being out for summer by buying the boys supper at the drivethru and picking up some movies. The videostore was just about to close for the night and following day because the owners’ grandchild is graduating this weekend. We drove past the hotel restaurant and it had a Closed sign on the window; no doubt also related to a graduate, or catering the supper. Figured I’d swing by the Sears outlet and see if my parcel was in; it, too, was closed due to grad.

Only in small-town Saskatchewan would that happen anymore, that half the businesses close down on an extremely busy Friday afternoon to attend a high school function.

Gotta love it though. These people have their priorities straight.