Driving Legal

I had to get my driver's license renewed before the end of the month.  I had thought about it at the beginning of the summer and then it promptly left my mind.  Today it popped in my mind and since my days of leisure and freedom are soon gone, I decided to drive across town and take care of it.  I was pleasantly surprised by what a nice experience it was.  There was a parking place right by the door.  I didn't have to take the test.  I didn't have to wait.  I could clearly pass the eye test without my glasses, and my picture turned out pretty good.  Now I'm all legal until 2020.

Birds on a Wire

On the way home from school today I saw hundreds of birds fluttering around in a crowd.  They came to rest on the power lines overhead.  When they did, I saw that there were already hundreds of birds lining the wires - thousands!  It was a crazy site. 

Since I watched the Alfred Hitchcock film The Birds, I've never really liked birds up close.  I'd never have one for a pet, but I love watching them.  I love birds from a distance.  Someday, when I have more time, I'm going to be an official bird watcher.

I Can See Clearly Now

I have three pairs of glasses that I rely on more and more.  One pair slides down my nose.  One pair falls off my face if I look down, and the last pair has two lost screws so it's actually in three pieces.  Today I finally took them in to be fixed.  It only took about 20 minutes, and now, the quality of my life has vastly improved! 

Double Dog Double-Take

I was driving through Bown Crossing this afternoon and saw a golf cart coming down the road.  There isn't a golf course very close and it's not the kind of road where a golf cart would be sort of legal.  The young guy driving looked very casual, like he might drive this way every afternoon, and in the back seat of the golf cart were two big, black, Newfoundland dogs, looking this way and that.  Not five seconds later I turned the corner and saw an older couple walking their dogs along the greenbelt.  They looked like twin dogs again, only this time they were brown and white Brittany Spaniels, and they both had plastic cones around their necks.  Weird in a happy, funny way. 

Advice for Life

I'm reading a book to my class and as the young character gets ready to leave home, her ma gives her this advice, "Ain't nothing in this life comes easy to any of us, child.  Every road you walk down's got a price.  Sooner you learn that the better.  Don't matter the direction you go, there'll be some bad mixed in with the good and you just gotta learn to take the one with the other."  Good advice.  I wish I had thought to say that when Ty left home.  I'm going to store it in my memory banks and use it sometime.  I know the opportunity will come.  I would add that some paths you choose, and the direction you move, does make a difference.

Stuck in a Bad Situation

I was stuck in my black pencil skirt yesterday.  As I was getting ready for church, I tried to unzip, so that I could better tuck in my shirt, and the tab broke off.  Then I couldn't get the zipper down.  I hiked up my skirt to pull the shirt tails down and that made the lining of the skirt bunch up and get twisted.  Terry tried to help with his needle nose pliers, but I didn't think he put much effort into it.  We didn't have a lot of time either because we didn't want to be late.  I was finally able to get the lining under control, so we just went to church.  When we came home, Terry put some muscle into attacking the zipper with the pliers and was able to break the zipper, so I didn't have to cut my way out of the skirt.  I was thinking later that if this happened when I was late to work, and I was in pants, it would have been a bad situation. 

Going, Going, Gone

Bye bye

Terry has been cleaning up the Forester, waiting for spring weather to arrive.  On Saturday he placed an ad on craigslist and had three calls.  On Sunday all three came to look at it, and two were ready to buy.  On Monday the first caller took the car to his mechanic, then took Terry to Capital Educators, and drove away with the Forester.  I'm mourning.  I never drove it up to Bogus, or took it on a Christmas tree hunt, but it did drive great in the snow, and it did haul some teenagers to a couple Ultimate tournaments.  I might get another Forester in a few years, when I have time to go skiing, and maybe a place to stay up in the mountains.  Right now, Terry's all excited for the car hunt.  He's looking for a Corolla, which will be perfect for going to and from work, and to the grocery store.

Channel 2 News - Super Serious

I've been hanging around a lot this past week and the local newscasts just repeat what little news they have.  Sometimes when we really can't take it any more, we watch channel 2 or channel 12 news, which are pretty entertaining on many levels.  I was listening the other day when the broadcaster from channel 2 interrupted the scripted story with a breaking news bulletin about a car accident that had just taken place off of Chindon, but there were "no super serious injuries" reported.  They were going to continue with updates later in the broadcast, but apparently there was nothing to report.

Monday of Spring Break

I still feel crumby today, but I had signed-up to deliver milk to the women's shelter, so I ventured out.  Of course it started hailing.  What kind of spring break is this!  Actually it only lasted a few minutes and it made me feel good to donate milk.  It also made me feel good to buy all healthy, fresh vegetables and tofu at Winco.  I'm going to be making purees and using them in my sneaky recipes.  The sun came out with some blue skies.  My pansies are happy, and Terry is taking me to Blue Cow - medicine for my sore throat.  I've finished 4 books that I've been reading since Christmas.  I have my sewing machine out.  I've ordered the crochet patterns, and cleaned one room.  I think everything will be good.