Surreptitious Saturday

Getting Personal

It's a gloomy, Saturday afternoon. We had a thunderstorm last night around bedtime, & it rained during the night. It was raining when I got up this morning & it's been gray & overcast for most of the day. My mood is matching the weather, I'm afraid, & I attribute this partly to post-vacation ennui, which is typical for me.
          Lois is in the Lincoln with the Worley's. She took the little girls back from our annual summer grandkid camping trip last THU. Rachel had joined us at the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, & I rode back to Norfolk w/her & Bentley. Lois was planning to take Hadley on a "date" today, then come back tomorrow.
          I "slept in" until 7:30 this morning. Usually I'm up between 6:00-6:30, sometimes as early as 5:00-5:30. Since this morning's quiet time I've been doing some puttering around the house & also spending time on-line. Maybe it's time for a nap.
          A week from today Lois flies to Fayetteville for our niece Lynae's wedding. I'll take her to the airport on SAT, then drive to Lincoln & pick up Brianna, who'll come back to Norfolk with me. We're going to a Casting Crowns concert on SAT evening, & I'll take her back to Lincoln on SUN. I'll pick up Lois from the Omaha airport later on MON evening. Her back-to-school mtgs most likely begin this WED 8/1. 
          Earlier this summer i "self-published" a book of devotionals for Lutheran High Schools & mailed it to the four LHS's in Nebraska, plus a copy to our Nebraska District Education Executive. I got very positive feedback from one of the principals, & our District Exec asked me to send him an e-copy, so he could post it on our District's online resources for Lutheran schools. 
          Otherwise I'm back to my "normal" routine. I spend several hours at Orphan Grain Train each day & schedule cardiac maintenance every weekday. I have an eye appointment this week in preparation for a cataract procedure later in AUG. I'll have the other eye done in SEP, & it will be a relief. I've found it increasingly difficult to do any reading unless I am in a very well-illuminated setting.
          I did go on a 35-minute walk through our neighborhoods earlier this afternoon. On FRI night I treated myself to take-out Chinese. Last night it was a Runza & onion rings. Tonight I think I've pick up something from Taco Bell. Yes, my eating habits when Lois isn't around could best be described as slovenly.
          I also rsvp'd my attendance for the SPC Class of 1973 reunion in Concordia early in SEP. It's our 45-year reunion, & I don't think we've ever had a class reunion. I'm looking forward to it, although Lois won't be able to attend due to her teaching responsibilities.

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DEPT. OF SHAMELESS JOKE-STEALING

From "late laughs" in Norfolk Daily News (6/29):  "A man in Pennsylvania was arrested for stealing meatballs from a man's garage. I can't tell who's weirder, the guy who stole meatballs, or the guy who keeps them in his garage. [CONAN]
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