Unusually Cool ... like me!

It was another chilly start to the day. The temperature at 5:30am was barely over 50 degrees – brrr. It was chilly enough that I chose to wear a jacket while walking with Ykraps. He wore only his summer coat. My sinuses were draining after taking my third dose of antibiotics last night. The meds were working. My head felt so much clearer. I felt good enough to run four miles and did so without fail. I mentioned that it was chilly, but it was also sunny and clear. It had all the makings of a BM’er day. I planned accordingly. Again today, I threw together a quick salad for lunch along with nuts and fruit. For breakfast, I whipped up a ham & cheese omelet saving half for Mindy. However, she was having her friend Teri over later in the day. I really wasn’t sure if she’d eat it or not. Teri often brings donuts. I was ready to leave for work by 8:20am and took the BM’er just as I had planned. It’s a little dirtier than I would’ve preferred but I drove it just the same. I’ll need to wash it this weekend. I just feel better driving it when it’s sparkling clean! Work was busy. My peer was off so I was hoppin’ all day. I still managed to escape for lunch. I drove to Lowe’s in Mill Run. The only thing I bought was a new plant digger. I lost my old one the day I took it to Mindy’s mom’s to plant flowers. I’m afraid that I threw it away with the empty plant containers. I bought a real nice one this time. After Lowe’s, I finally remembered to stop at Jack’s to get more crickets for our lizards. I also bought some new bedding mulch for their terrarium. It looks like nothing more than triple shredded pine bark mulch, but they charge $5.50 for a 1lb bag. Yikes! I was back at work by 2:30pm. The remainder of the day went quickly, although I didn’t get out of there until 5:40pm. This was baseball night, so I had just a short drive down the road to the diamond. Mindy mentioned during an earlier call that Jacob developed a strange cramp directly behind his knee and was in severe pain. When he arrived at the ball diamond, he could hardly walk. Couldn’t straighten his right leg, or put much weight on it. There wasn’t any way he could play. Still, I was proud of Mindy for making him dress and attend the game anyway. Coach Rob first suggested he not bat but simply play the field. They placed him at pitcher (behind the coach). But after one inning they took him out completely. He rode the bench the rest of the way. My dad showed up after one inning or so. Again, it was freakishly chilly for mid-June. Plus, the diamond we were assigned was almost completely shaded by large trees. Out of the sunshine made it that much cooler. Lucky for me I brought a jacket. Dad shared that one of the Simsic’s grandchildren drowned last week in the Olentangy River. Apparently happened the same day of Charles’ mishap. Sad, really sad. Meanwhile, back to the baseball game. Jacob’s team played considerably better than they have all year. Their defense was good and their hitting much improved. Because of Jacob’s beach vacation, we haven’t been to a game in two weeks. Truth be told, we couldn’t wait for this game to be over. Not only was it uncomfortably chilly, but Mindy & I were very hungry, too. I actually took a brief nap from my camp chair. Mindy drove the Trooper and agreed to pick-up a pizza on the way home. This pleased me much. The drive home in the BM’er down Old Dublin Rd was invigorating. I addressed some minor chores, including walking Ykraps before Mindy & the kids made it home with the pie. It was trash night so I took care of getting the large can to the curb and all the inside cans emptied into it.. The pizza was very yummy. I was so hungry. After four big pieces I took to the yard to water flowers. I didn’t really want to but knew that they needed it. I was tired. The watering woke me up and raised my spirits. I was a bummed to find that more than half of my day lilies & zebra grass had been eaten out of the weeping willow bed. That irritates me to no end. The most likely culprit, deer. They love the stuff. Happens each year about this time and there’s little you can do to prevent it. Also, as luck would have it, a large doe came strolling into the backyard while I was watering the deck beds. My guess was that she was coming back for more, that is until I she saw me. The neighbor and her young daughter were out watering, too. I alerted her so she could see the deer. I spent about 30 minutes all totaled watering front and back. Mindy was already inside getting the kids ready for and into bed. She said that Jacob wanted me to tuck him in but wanted me to avoid sitting on his bed and hurting his injured leg. J I followed her direction. I was very tired. After updating my blog I suggested that we head to bed. Good night full moon!