Trying To Settle In

Our first full day back off the road was one of trying to fight off total exhaustion. The trip finally took its toll yesterday! The morning at church was more hectic than ever, as all of the things that normally get taken care of during the week had to be dealt with in the morning, and when you throw in an annoying break down on the technological side of things it made for more stress than there really needed to be. After church we retrieved the dog from the home of our good friends Gary and Bonnie. They took good care of ol' Dixie while we were away. Once home I tried to take a nap...a failed attempt, caught up on homework for the week, and then tackled some of the yard work. The weather was great...kind of cloudy, but up into the low 80s. Our garden is not planted yet, and the weeds have had a "hay-day" in taking over the whole plot, so there was a great deal of wilderness that needed to be hacked out. Along the way Kay decided that the shed just had to be cleaned out and organized, so all of that pretty much took up the entire day. restful, huh? We did manage to get a pork shoulder roast grilled along with some corn casserole and green beans for dinner.

I mentioned the nice weather, and it is going to be warm again today, up near 80. There will most likely be some rain later on this afternoon, and we could have a little lightning and thunder. The weather pattern will be making a big shift this week. The warmth will shift eastward and a big cool area of low pressure will be dropping in from the North Pacific. As the warmth tries to hold its ground against the onslaught of the chill the battleground will be in our area through tomorrow, resulting in clouds and more showers. Highs Tuesday will drop back into the 60s. It will then be cooler than normal through the rest of the week as highs will only be in the 50s again from Thursday through Saturday, and maybe the low 60s on Sunday.