Sunday: A Day of Rest - and Grilling

Some green grass is showing through yesterday's snow. We'll see what tomorrow is like.

The family went to church as usual. My wife had to leave early, taking the van with her. That left me and our son to walk home. He observed that it was a good thing that I've got two new hips now.

I grilled lunch: and did a pretty good job with the burgers, if I do say so myself.

The rest of the day has blurred together by now. #2 daughter and #3 daughter talked on the phone for quite a bit of the afternoon, and my wife and #2 daughter got some time in, too. #2 daughter has a job over the summer, which is good news. We may get a chance to see her on weekends.

And, #2 daughter is going to be able to wrap up her studies a semester early. She's happy about that. And, I'm impressed. She's done well, I think.

#1 daughter, sensibly, decided to stay in Alex. I-94 may be open to traffic again, but that doesn't mean that the driving is easy.

It's late, and I need sleep. Goodnight.

Sunday: Getting Back to Normal

One of the perks of weekends is that Saturday and Sunday is when my wife lets me grill burgers. I hadn't expected to have that experience today, but since my wife got home about 24 hours early, I was out around noon, grilling up a storm.

Or, more precisely, grilling up smoke. Also three burgers, nowhere near as scorched as I sometimes get them.

I learn, I learn.

It was a beautiful day: our son was outside, enjoying it, for a fair percentage of the afternoon. I spent most of the day relaxing and enjoying being with family.

My arms and back have been aching: no doubt due to my working them harder than usual on Friday. I had to get the exercising done in less than the usual time, to get the van back for my wife to use, and had chosen a rower that I can run through (I'm not going to try to fix that metaphor) very quickly.

After starting, I noticed that I had a little more time than I thought, and rowed for a bit longer than I usually do.

I'll be doing some other sort of exercise tomorrow. No sense overdoing things.

We didn't see #1 daughter today: she's got a cough, and prudently stayed in Alexandria. She called in the evening, though, so I had a good talk with her. She told me that she's discovered something new about her rabbit: three raisins make him 'hyper' for hours. Today, he seems to be resting up from his Saturday jitters.

Toward the end of the day, our son and I talked, read Garfield, and so to bed for him. He thanked me - again - for walking to Wal-Mart with him yesterday. We had a good time on our own, us two guys.

Sunday: A Day of Rest and Grilling

My wife gave me a glass full of something green this morning. It has nothing to do with St. Patrick's Day: it's blue-green algae, in water: an all-round good-for-you drink. The taste is okay, too.

I grilled lunch again today: always a pleasant task. I think I did better this time. The burgers were only charred around the edges.

This was a relaxed, laid-back day. I noodled around in some old records of mine, wrote a little, read a little, and got re-acquainted with some software that I'd been ignoring. We got calls from #2 daughter and #1 daughter. Toward the end of the evening, I had a chance to talk to both.

#3 daughter, my wife, and our son went to Soo Bahk Do class again tonight. He's not willing to put on enough winter clothing. Granted, at about 38, it's practically balmy for the season: but we don't want him catching another cold.

And so the weekend ends.

Sunday: Church, Grilling, and Sneezing Fits

There's no reasonable doubt about it. I've got a cold, or something pretty close. Just a minute.

Okay, it says here that if the runny nose, sneezing, and so forth, is accompanied by a fever, odds are that you've got the flu.

So, I've (probably) got the flu.

Not that it matters what it's called: the fact is that I'm 'way below par in efficiency.

Aside from that, it's been a great day. The family and I went to Mass, we met #1 daughter there, we all went home again, and I drove #1 daughter to Coborn's, to pick up some supplies for a friend of hers.

Grilling lunch was fun, as usual: and I didn't incinerate the burgers as badly as I did yesterday.

The afternoon was mostly a matter of hanging out with the family: including #1 daughter, until her ride showed up.

My wife, our son, and #3 daughter are at Soo Bahk Do class as I'm writing this. It'll be a while before I start up with that again: April, at least, my wife says. Aside from my own preparedness, there are some financial considerations.

That's it for today. I hope to be more with it tomorrow.

On a positive note, we had 'frostflowers' again this week.

And, I grilled Saturday and Sunday! It just doesn't get much better than that.

Things could be better: but not by much

Typically, I didn't leave enough time to create a decent post. I'll be back, after church and grilling.