And Now for the Rest of the Week

Tuesday was like Friday since there was no school Wednesday. Dave and I even went out Tuesday night. Ok, so it was to Katelyn's choir concert, but it was still a night out. The concert was a benefit concert for the local VFW. It was actually an amazing concert. I love these types of events because they always make me so grateful to be an American and so proud of those who have served our country in the armed forces. Wednesday was low-key. The problem with having a day off in the middle of the week is that means you have another Monday. Fortunately Thursday's Monday was N.O.T.H.I.N.G. like Monday's MONDAY. There was no nit-picking. No time-sucking 1st grader. I steered clear of all soda machines. Katelyn called twice to double check on the after school plans. David put a new battery in the Honda on Wednesday. Dinner was ready. AND the sporting event of the evening (middle school wrestling) went great. Carson beat his guy 13-0. Wow, seeing him in his singlet this year demonstrates what a little more testosterone can do--he has real muscles in his arms and legs! Then it was Friday and since we had gone out on Tuesday's Friday, we just enjoyed a quiet evening at home watching the snow fall. Well it was sort-of quiet. The boys were having some gaseous issues. Usually such things aren't funny, but last night it seemed that we all had received a dose of junior high sense of humor. Everyone but Katelyn, that is. She had a choir competition across the mountains and won't be home until Saturday at midnight. This morning (Saturday) the boys left early to go deer hunting. I joined my friend at 7 a.m. to go on a leisurely 6-mile run. It was delightful. The air was crisp, but no wind. The snow that had fallen last night had melted off of the roadways so we had a clear, non-slippery surface to run on. We each shared how the week had gone and before we knew it we were back at the club and it was time to go home. PS Carson didn't get a deer. And I lost the coin toss for going to get Katelyn tonight. But you know what? This week wasn't too bad.