Raincharm’s Weblog

Put the little one on the early boat this AM. Most amazing she was ready to leave at 6 AM. She didn’t need to be to the ferry to Victoria until 6:30, but I had to be back home to get my carpoolers by then, so off we went.

She texted me to say that a poster of things you could buy in Canada had a pair of the little sewing sissors I have that are shaped like a crane/heron. I told her I thought Mom and Dad had picked them up on one of their trips to Spain. I think this is right because I thought Pooh’s pair said Toledo (and I don’t think they went to Ohio to get us little presents.) Ashlan said she had finished her book, so I hope she got to see some whales on the trip across.

This is the favorite part of our job descriptions. Today I had a Board meeting to attend and hoped to get some other work done while they contemplated the state of the District. Had I consulted the agenda I might have realized I would probably need to pay more than passing attention. And as it turned out I ended up being the minute taker as well, since our normally fabulout minute taker was busy being a grandmother once again. (Now those are other duties that might be fun – but no hurry here.)

Torrential rain, a little sun (while it was raining) followed by windy winds made the drive home interesting.

Well Sunday is over. It was cloudy, but not rainy, and with a bit of sun in the afternoon. 1 mile + walk to get to the game for me. We first saw the sun during Carl’s baseball game (2-10 loss). I moved out of the stands chasing bits of sunshine to try and warm up.

And it is definately getting to be summer.  My soccer game was late (7 PM) and I actually wore my sunglasses for the first half, and it was still light out when I got home. (5-2 win I think – keeping score was never my strong suit.)

Ashlan spent her day working, and missed the soccer game. We missed her too.

A basic day, nothing special, but it’s our life.

Around 6 miles today – thanks to Carl for accompanying me.
We walked up to the mall where Ashlan is working to see her in action.

Weather in Raintown continues to be grey (gray?) and 50’s-60’s. The newspaper headlines are all about how this is going to be the norm for June and into July. I read about the warm temperatures back east and then crawl under a blanket.

Really I don’t mind rain, but this is getting to be (c)old. I guess it makes it easier to be at work.

Anybody know much about XM radio? Reception problems or radio hints. Thinking about it for Carlos.

Happy birthday Rey! We miss you, we love you and we hope you have a wonderful day.

A day away from work, so why not be merry. Still up early, and off to appointments and some merry drugs. Everything is fine and no worries, but the most entertaining part of the morning was listening in to other patients and nurses stories. You don’t have much of a choice, all being in the same room for a while. I just want to always be one with a good attitude. While the nurses said that people say all sorts of things under sedation (like singing Irish tunes), they said all I really did was smile a bunch. I guess that means I am a merry person underneath it all.

Fluids, fluids, fluids … they are supposed to be so good for you. I have had enough for one day.

Oh – and apparent Obama v apparent McCain – which will be the most transparent.

Have you ever noticed that when your diet is restricted, you always see things you can’t eat.

Theme for the day – Hungry for what I can’t have.

Oh yeah – For you Michiganders that didn’t make it past midnight, the RedWings lost (boo-hoo). I found myself with two that wanted the Penguins (Nook? who are you rooting for).

Well today we all got to play games ourselves. Ashlan & my team won our soccer game 6-0 and Carl’s team won their baseball game 14-3. Carl got two singles and a double, pitched two innings, giving up 1 run. Ashlan only got to play the first half of our game, because she had to go to work (her first non-training day).

Busy now planning next week, although it doesn’t seem to matter how much we plan, it just happens.

After suffering writer’s block, this morning offered some new perspective. When first considered I thought a blog would be a great  way to keep in touch with the kids away at school. Of course, by now one is about 6 months from graduation. (Did I ever mention I over analyze and think to much instead of doing?)

But this morning I am sure this is a good thing. A minor accomplishment but it made me feel good, and I was singing in the car on the way to work this morning. Usually a good sign, and also a sign that there were no carpoolers along.

So – off we go – to partially quote Cris Williamson, “Sing out a song of the soul.”