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Hey, guys! Boy, am I tired today. Yesterday was my mom’s birthday, and I spent all day getting ready. First I made her favorite carrot cake from scratch! Then I went across town to my aunt’s house and picked her a bouquet of flowers. Then I decided that, for a gift, I would put together a scrapbook of all my baby pictures. I started in the morning and didn’t get done until late afternoon. That’s a long time, huh? Do you think it was too long? My friends do. They called me in the morning to see if I could play soccer, then again in the afternoon to see if I wanted to go out for ice cream. I told them I was busy, and they said I had wasted my whole day on something that wasn’t really important. What do you think? Do you think I wasted my day? I don’t think so. You know why? Becaus…