A Dreary Lake Morning

6:53

9:14

It's a 41° morning with a light drizzle at 7:30. I've been up since 6:40, reading the various newspapers and relaxing with a cup of coffee. In 20 minutes, I'm heading to the Lake Life Cafe for breakfast — my first visit in a month.

9:15 — Just returned from breakfast, and it's still raining, so kayaking is out. Evie just got up, which is great; she needed the sleep.

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Wednesday was a bit of a bore, mostly wet and gray. Fortunately, I did get in a paddle, which made my day. When I returned, Evie was up, and over coffee we talked about what we needed from Wegmans — our refrigerator was essentially empty after nearly four weeks away. I was hoping to cut the lawn, but when the rain started up again, I headed out to shop instead.

Even though it was a Wednesday rather than 5% Tuesday, Wegmans was busy. I filled my cart to overflowing and came home with four bags of groceries. After helping Evie put everything away, we had lunch: chicken soup from Wegmans and toasted ham and cheese sandwiches. I then started a new series, An Unsuitable Job for a Woman, based on the P. D. James novel I read back in the '70s — she was one of my favorites at the time.

Tired from the busy morning, I fell back into my routine of napping and reading for an hour. I've been making my way through Stewart O'Nan's Wish You Were Here, a novel set in Chautauqua, and it's been a pleasure to read since I recognize so much of the setting. After my nap, I did little other than sit, read, and poke around on my computer. Evie joined me, and we waited patiently until 5:00 for a glass of wine.

Dinner was a couple of marinated chicken breasts from Wegmans, along with rice and a salad, and we watched a few episodes of Doc on Hulu. Evie went to bed at her usual time — around 8:30 — and I caught a couple of NBA games before heading up around 10:00. It was a long day.