Growing up, I was always the little girl with a stomach ache on the first day of school….actually I think I had a stomach ache all the way through college. I’m not sure why…probably because I worry myself too much about being good at things I have no experience at. Yesterday was my first day at Tex’s place…and I was sitting at the sewing machine with a piece of brown leather with some wacky angles and curves…and I was sewing around and around and around…and I was wondering where the stomach ache was. It seemed like it would be a good place for one…you know, a kinda moment-o-truth-thing… Will Jennifer June like bootmaking???? Yesterday, Tex and I picked some brown leather and some yellow thread out of the pile. He showed me how to measure and cut out some patterns. I practiced stitching rows….and I measured Mrs. Robins’ feet. (She’s had her feet measured quite a lot.)