R&R
*contented sigh* This is the life… I have been enjoying my back-at-home-ness to the full.
Monday was spent trying to recover from jet lag. I had figured that on Sunday I was up for 25 hours on five hours of sleep – though I had gotten up at 0400 and got in bed at 2100. Don’t you just love traveling west :)? So, needless to say, on Monday I stayed in my pajamas all day simply because I could and relaxed, played on my computer, and recounted stories of my travels.
On Tuesday, Mom, Dad, Indy (our dog), and I went to some friends’ house and picked blueberries. These folks have been blessed with a whole hedge worth of blueberry bushes, so they invite other people to come out and enjoy the overflow. We spent about two hours in the “cool” (82 F), sticky Alabama morning, chatting with each other and various members of our host family. The end result was quite a bit of fun and about six gallons of blueberries. We made some blueberry waffles when we got home to enjoy the fruits of our labor. After breakfast, Mom and I settled in to wash the rest and go through them to toss out unripe ones and make sure none of them still had stems. It was quite an undertaking, but now we have an abundant supply of blueberries in the freezer. In the evening, Daniel got home from work and he, Mom, and I watched quite a few episodes of Lost, only to realize that we didn’t have the season finale.
By yesterday morning, we had obtained the finale and decided to watch it before the D left for work in the afternoon. We also had managed to get Dad hooked on it, and, since he has this week off, he has been making up for “lost” time (yes, that shameless pun was intended). I think he’s up to episode 13 now. So, we all discussed the merits of the show… somewhere along the way, the guys disappeared, and Mom and I were left, ready to go shopping but in the midst of a philosophical discussion. The discussion finally ended at debating how “blatant” a story’s Christian message should be, bringing to bear Narnia, Lost (in a hypothetical sense), Signs, and Les Mis. Somehow me encouraging her to read Harry Potter fit in there as well. We did finally end the conversation to get dressed and out the door for our shopping trip… which was rather tiring, but successful in the end. At my urging, we made the ground beef that had been appropriated for dinner into topping for nachos and had a very relaxed meal.
Today has no particular plans except to take it easy and, perhaps, finally unpack one of my bags. Maybe I will take the dog for a walk or some such…
Monday was spent trying to recover from jet lag. I had figured that on Sunday I was up for 25 hours on five hours of sleep – though I had gotten up at 0400 and got in bed at 2100. Don’t you just love traveling west :)? So, needless to say, on Monday I stayed in my pajamas all day simply because I could and relaxed, played on my computer, and recounted stories of my travels.
On Tuesday, Mom, Dad, Indy (our dog), and I went to some friends’ house and picked blueberries. These folks have been blessed with a whole hedge worth of blueberry bushes, so they invite other people to come out and enjoy the overflow. We spent about two hours in the “cool” (82 F), sticky Alabama morning, chatting with each other and various members of our host family. The end result was quite a bit of fun and about six gallons of blueberries. We made some blueberry waffles when we got home to enjoy the fruits of our labor. After breakfast, Mom and I settled in to wash the rest and go through them to toss out unripe ones and make sure none of them still had stems. It was quite an undertaking, but now we have an abundant supply of blueberries in the freezer. In the evening, Daniel got home from work and he, Mom, and I watched quite a few episodes of Lost, only to realize that we didn’t have the season finale.
By yesterday morning, we had obtained the finale and decided to watch it before the D left for work in the afternoon. We also had managed to get Dad hooked on it, and, since he has this week off, he has been making up for “lost” time (yes, that shameless pun was intended). I think he’s up to episode 13 now. So, we all discussed the merits of the show… somewhere along the way, the guys disappeared, and Mom and I were left, ready to go shopping but in the midst of a philosophical discussion. The discussion finally ended at debating how “blatant” a story’s Christian message should be, bringing to bear Narnia, Lost (in a hypothetical sense), Signs, and Les Mis. Somehow me encouraging her to read Harry Potter fit in there as well. We did finally end the conversation to get dressed and out the door for our shopping trip… which was rather tiring, but successful in the end. At my urging, we made the ground beef that had been appropriated for dinner into topping for nachos and had a very relaxed meal.
Today has no particular plans except to take it easy and, perhaps, finally unpack one of my bags. Maybe I will take the dog for a walk or some such…
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