John had the day off from work in lieu of Veteran’s Day. 
So I was granted a “day off.” 
This was a TRUE day off, too.  Meaning, school continued without me.  It’s not left there for me to make up later.

I went to the outlet mall with my sweet friend Marguerite. 
We had almost SIX HOURS of beautiful, encouraging conversation. 
It is SO excellent to make connections with people who love the LORD.
The weather was mild, the mall was uncrowded, and did I mention we got to talk for almost 6 hours?