In Case You Want To Catch Up With My Week . . .

Feeling much better today!  Actually I didn't feel too bad for most of the day yesterday.  I was just very tired.  (I didn't do any crunches or take a walk or anything! Gasp!)  I stayed home this morning, too.  But I'm feeling better and well enough to post, so I thought I'd catch up a bit.

I was sorry to read last night that Mary's father had passed away.  Even though we knew it was coming, it was still difficult to read.  One journaler commented to Mary that it was the entry she (Mary) "didn't want to write and the one we didn't want to read", and I thought that said it very, very well.

In Call For Support, it was touching that the entry about Mary's father's passing was followed by one announcing the birth of a new baby for another journaler.  The circle of life, eh?

It's sunny here today, but chillier than it has been with a cool breeze blowing.  Last week every day was simply gorgeous.  We had no rain until I think Thursday evening, and then just a few showers and a little thunder early Friday morning.  Or was that Saturday morning?  Next week it's going to be much cooler, but I can live with that.  It is still Spring, and that's the main thing.

As far as Springs go, this one has turned out to be a beautiful one, color-wise.  The early bloomers -- the dogwoods, blossoming cherry and apple trees, and others are still showing off for us.  About midway through the week I noticed that the deciduous trees were leafing out fully.  Eler Beth's bleeding heart had 18 blossoms on it this year, and my flowering almond was full of pretty, fluffy pink blossoms.

Last week I took Eler Beth to Perrin park twice to fly a kite and feed the ducks, (more on Perrin Park later -- I can't believe they don't have a web site!) and three times we took a couple of the dogs to Vissing Park to walk through the woods.  Eler Beth loves kites, and does a great job flying them (and getting them out of trees when they get stuck!), and now she is obsessed with stunt kites (also called "sport kites").  For two days in a row I listened to a running commentary on them.  I can now tell you how the techniques for getting them into the air and for flying them are different from those used for regular kites; I can tell you what they're made out of; I can direct you to several videos by professional stunt "kiters"; I can tell you the three closest kiting shops to us (and none of them is very close, let me tell you!); and I know when and where the next few kiting events are being held.  Thomas had to actually order her to stop talking about kites Wednesday night.  He folded much more quickly than I did, I might add.

My sister was in from Florida last weekend.  It was one of her flying visits.  I think the older she gets the more she needs to come in to reassure herself that all is well with Mom and the rest of us.  She'll probably be back in June or July. 

Last night a new Wii game was being released at midnight, one that Andrew had reserved for him and Eler Beth.  He took her with him to get it, because she informed me she had to go, as it would be her "first time getting to go to a new release!!"  This was a big deal, apparently.  They were going at 10:00 p.m. to a local Gamestop where one of Andrew's best friends works, and they'd be inside, so I said she could go.  I have never, ever waited up for Andrew in my life, but I actually waited up for them last night, just because she was with him.  To kill the time I gave my keyboard a really good cleaning -- popped the keys off and cleaned them individually.  It was past time for that to be done!

Andrew went to a play at the local high school yesterday.  One of his best friends was in it.  The high school has a really good, award-winning theater department.  They were performing "And Then There Were None", and Andrew's friend T was playing the part of General Mandrake.  I thought I might go see it today, but I'm just too lazy to venture out.

And I guess that catches me up to some extent.  Perhaps I'll be back later.  I hope everyone is well this weekend and enjoying a nice Spring day.