CIL 2012

 Washington DC - Cherry Blossoms! I hadn't planned on going but was easily convinced!

Navigated the Metro and walked quite a ways!

Thanks have to go to Cindy for convincing me that I needed to go - also for the crab cake for dinner!

Saturday

What a nice day it was today!  About 70 degrees, sunny and breezy!  And, for the first time in a while, I didn't feel tired so I was out fairly early, got some errands run and came home to open the windows and do some cleaning.  Sounds crazy I know, but I enjoyed the dusting and vacuuming with the windows open and the fresh air blowing through.  Quincy certainly enjoyed the open windows and doors too!

Spent the afternoon reading a book I ILL'd - Last Train from Berlin by Howard K. Smith (yes, THAT Howard K. Smith).  I've gone back to my history roots!  I listened to a great book - In the Garden of Beasts about Ambassador Dodd and his daughter Martha in the early 1930s in Berlin.  Re-awakened my interest - my Independent Study paper in college was on the fall of Weimar and the rise of Adolf Hitler in 1932-33.  Last Train from Berlin was published in 1942 - and, after a rather slow start with (in my opinion) an overly long "introduction" to why Smith believed what he did, gives a very interesting first person account of the life and problems in Berlin, especially after the attack on Russia.  There's another new book out (I have it on hold but might get the audio!) - Hitlerland: American Eyewitnesses to the Nazi Rise to Power that's got the accounts of various journalists in Germany prior to the war.  Looking forward to reading that one too!  May have to go back and re-read Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (one of my very favorites!).  Don't think I'll attempt Mein Kampf  again though - once was enough!

Now I'm almost ready for bed - with the laundry done already I only have groceries to buy tomorrow so I'll have extra time!  Time to get ready for Computers in Libraries - going to DC on Tuesday and back Friday.

Hot!

Last Saturday it was 47 degrees - today it was 87 - way too hot for March!

I should never have to have the a/c on in March!  But it was so hot today and the upstairs was so hot that it became a necessity!

But I didn't turn it on in the car!  :-)

SIGH

(I'm sure Virginia Power is thrilled!)

Time

I don't like changing time . . . really I don't. It's much easier than it used to be because most of the electronics change themselves - just had to change the stove, microwave and coffee pot - and I didn't change those!  But the change in time is hard . . .already it's after 1 p.m. and I'm still feeling like it's just noon and I have so much time left in my day!

I know I'll adjust (I have for xx years!) but it's not easy.  But I've "Sprung Forward" . . . sigh

Friday . . .

Been an interesting week - I think all the bills are finally paid from my trip to the emergency room in December . . . I say "think" because I thought that a couple of months ago and I was wrong! I called the fence company for some estimates but haven't heard back - guess I'll have to call again next week. Lots of other small, inconsequential things . . . and now it's Friday.

I wish I could say that I have something exciting to do this weekend but I don't . . . there are things I need to do but I don't know what, or how many, of those things actually will get done!  It's supposed to storm tomorrow but maybe I'll just get in the car and go somewhere away from Virginia Beach just for a change of scenery for a few hours!  Or I may just stay in my jammies, read a good book and watch a movie while the laundry finishes!  Such decisions . . .

Leap Day

Can't let the month end without saying Happy Leap Day!  During our next leap year, my birthday will be on Mother's Day and I'll probably be (or about to be) retired.  Doesn't seem possible!

Tuesday

I did get the foyer painted but the paint color isn't the best with the wallpaper.  It'll look good in the dining room so I guess it's back to the store for a quart of something else for the foyer!  At least it doesn't take long to paint it!

Right now I'm just so sleepy!  This crazy weather - jumping from cold to warm and back again - it's a wonder we're all not sick!  The other day it was 82 degrees in February! and the next day it was 40 something!  Anyway - can't sleep right now because I want to watch my NCIS!  Of course there's that lovely little DVR that could let me sleep AND see NCIS tomorrow!