Leaving The Lake For A Couple of Weeks

5:40

6:00

6:-05

6:06 

We are both up early,  Evie at 5:30, me at 5:55, and we hope to be off for Bristow, VA, by 7:30, to visit our daughter Jill an her family, babysit when Jill and Drew take a business/pleasure trip to Tampa for five days.  We are looking forward to seeing Hayden and Halle since we have not seen them since Christmas.

Yesterday went quickly, even though we did not have too much to do.  No trips to Lakewood, to Wegmans, as we just hung out here at the house, slowly packed, worked some in the yard, occasionally went out to the dock to fish, to see if we could catch one more bass before we left.  No luck.

I did manage to kayak for a half hour but as luck would have it, it started to rain just as I got out there.  I stuck with it until the lake looked like it was being pelted with bullets and  I knew it was time to go in,  When I got in, it was time for my monthly hair cut, much easier this time of the year because we set the chair outside, so Evie can cut it in the breeze and I have a great view of the lake. And we have not clean up.  I may have mentioned this before but I have been to a tonsorial parlor only once in the past forty five years.  The rest of the time Evie has been my barber and I think she is beginning to wish she never started this.

For lunch, Evie made tuna/cheddar melt sandwiches, broiled them, and we watched the last episode of RITA, a Danish series.  It was sad to see it end because we both really liked it and wished it had another season.  The rest of the afternoon was given up to reading, taking a nap and watching more NBA on the tube.  This could go on for another three weeks, as the NBA season never seems to end.

Anyways, by 4:30, we were all packed, organized and ready for our trip, so we both grabbed a beer, a common occurrence recently, and went out on the dock to fish for a half hour before coming in to get dinner ready.

Dinner, as we planned, was leftovers, the shoyu chicken and rice from Monday night.  We were excited to sit down, get the evening over with, so we could be on our way.  But we did look forward to seeing the last episode of American Crime, the best show on TV recently and not on a cable channel. The ending, as expected, was a combination of tragedy and commiseration.  The series creates sympathy as much for the perpetrators as for the victims, which is unusual.  We both highly recommend it.