A Warm, Overcast Saturday Morning

7:28

I was shocked to wake to a 57º morning at 7:20. We must have gotten some rain overnight because the ground is wet. Today it's supposed to get up into the 60s with little if any sunshine and as I look out, it's started to rain. It's 9:40 and I was out in a gentle rain for 40 minutes, down to Sandy Bottom and home. 

Kayak Morning

Northern Clouds

North

Yesterday was not too exciting of a Friday. It started with a decent paddle and some decent photos of mergansers swimming. Since neither of us had yoga or school, we had a leisurely coffee, wondering what to do with our day. Finally, we decided on doing some decluttering. So we went through our attic, separating clothes for Goodwill and trash. I also have five or six pairs of old cross-country skies that I have never used so I called Jamestown Cycle and they said they would take them. So I loaded the Outback with them to take to Jamestown this weekend. We took a small bite of the downsizing elephant, getting rid of clutter, and then relaxed. 

Lunch was a couple of egg salad sandwiches, and I watched my show but by 12:40, I was on my way to Westfield for my Wellness Check Up with my PA. Most of the appointment was spent answering questions about my mood, and whether I felt safe. Since I see at least three other specialists, there's not much to talk about with my PA other than the results of a recent blood test, so we talked about things other than my health. I left at about 1:30 and was home by 2:00, in time to take a brief nap. At 3:00, we had a meeting with our builder and talked about the renovation of our bathroom. We are now much more aware of what we want and the various websites where we can make choices of shower walls and bathroom flooring.  We will, however,  run our decisions by him before ordering anything.

Buffleheads Enjoying Mid Afternoon Snack

He left about 3:45 and I read until wine time at 5:00. We miss Jake Tapper's voice on CNN since he is on vacation. Dinner was a sweet-sour Thai chicken from Wegmans. All it needed was to be heated up and served over rice, one of their many ready-to-eat dinners. We watched another boring episode of The Pitt, set in an emergency room. We also watched a Colbert before Evie went up to bed. I watched the second half of the Texas Tech/Michigan State game, a thriller down to the wire. And I ended the night with another episode of Secret City.