It’s Sunday night in rural Douglas County, and it’s really feeling like spring. The temperature got up into the 70’s, and I even spent a little time on the mower. Gracie came out to the house to get the sunroom ready for her protracted stay following her upcoming knee surgery. Tomorrow will be another regular …
April 2019 archive
Apr 06
Day 20,291
It’s a Saturday night in rural Douglas County, and the rain is coming down. I was hoping that we might be able to start mowing the lawn this weekend, but it looks like this rain is going to set this back a few days. Might be a bit of an indoor day tomorrow. But that’s …
Apr 05
Day 20,290
OK, I’m not going to lie. My obejective is to crank out my two hundred words as quickly as possible, because I’ve gotta go pee. Isn’t the at the reality in a lot of situations though? You have this responsibility or that responsibility, but sometimes the finale you present is affected by the demands of …
Apr 04
Day 20,289
It’s Thursday night in rural Douglas County, and I think I hear a car door close outside. Might be one of the kids, might just be one of the neighbors. I likely won’t know until somebody comes knockin’ on the door. Not really… Bonnie and Gracie both have keys. If somebody does come knocking, it’s …
Apr 03
Day 20,288
OK, here we go. It’s getting to feel more and more like spring out here in rural Douglas County, and temperatures will be in the seventies on a pretty regular basis in the coming days. I’m looking out at the yard and putting a little list together in my head of the things that have …
Apr 02
Day 20,287
Here I am thinking about my online Python class, and then I start writing, and thinking to myself, “Python? I ought to be taking a class on typing instead!”. I am not the most digitally dexterous when it comes to my typing abilities. I tried. I took typing for almost a week in high school. …
Apr 01
Day 20,286
It’s been a rather quiet April Fool’s Day on this first day of the fourth month, but I’m not complaining about the lack of pranks. I had a couple of calls today, stepping in on one overseas consult as well as a first time communique with my direct report. I think both went ok. Lisa …