But First ...

a moment to pause and think about Senator Kennedy. Say what you will about the man's personal morals, it's the way the men in his family were raised, and that's not what I'm talking about anyway. As Art says, Ted Kennedy has been our staunch hero in the Senate for many, many years. It was easy when he was young and was one of the many liberal senators backing Johnson's programs, but he has not wavered, and has defended the position that is right to me, and others, even when we are the minority, even when we have presidential administrations that do anything they can to minimize his effect. We are lucky to have had him there all these years. I wish him the best.



And so. It is raining and cold and icky here all day. I don't think I've ever actually turned the house heat back in this late in May, and I ain't a gonna do it now. (I do have the electric baseboard heat on in the family room, though, because otherwise it's 60 frickin' freezing degrees in here.) And they actually did fix the A/C in the library yesterday, so it was a balmy 65 in there today, but I.Am.Not.Complaining. At least the air felt nice and crisp to breathe.

My sister has yet again canceled a trip to the Apple store, as anticipated. I'm just saying.

So after school today, I went to the town's newish recreation center with the Other Chai and we walked around the little walking track a billion times, and lived to tell the tale. Okay, we did 18 laps, which is a mile. And didn't die. So that's a good thing, and maybe we can do that some more. Walking with someone is a good idea, you just have to have someone to walk with. There's the rub.

Okay, the Hubs has just left for his first appointment with a medical professional in maybe 25 years. (Oh wait, he went to the dentist when K was about 3, so that's 22 years.) We'll see how that works out.

And I'm outta heah.


WATCHING MASH :: ENTRY #1758