Under my original plan, I was going to hit the road tomorrow morning (Thursday) for my trip. But I have opted to delay departure by 24 hours. One fewer night on the road, plus it greatly reduced the stress on me to get everything finished at the office today. I have one story to finish tomorrow a.m., then work on some pictures and then lay out the page. I should be out of there around noon.
I'll have a few family/personal errands to do the rest of Thursday, including packing and picking up a few final things. I stopped at the local dollar store earlier today and got a few low-cost things for the trip, including a towel, a flashlight and some snacks for along the road. I went to a department store to look for a backpack, but they didn't have any. There is an old one in the attic, anyway.
My wife and I had some fun last night, and we sat together tonight and watched the end of movie we started last night ("My Uncle Silas 2" with Albert Finney), a Buster Keaton movie ("Sherlock Jr.") and some black and white Mickey Mouse cartoons. She's up to bed now, and I'm writing.
The radar says some strong storms will be moving through our area during the night. They've got warnings in the Duluth area and northwest Wisconsin, but we'll see how close they get to us. A few nights ago, some storms came marching in about midnight ... and promptly died out. We may have gotten a sprinkle, but the pavement outside was mostly dry when I got up in the morning.
We did get a nice storm Monday evening, while I was covering the local Little League title game. Suddenly thunder was booming, lightning was flashing and rain was pouring down. So much so that the field was partially inundated for a while, and about 10 people with brooms were needed to "sweep" the puddles away. It made for some interesting photos.
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The game was delayed about 40 minutes, but once they resumed there was no other problems. The infield was even semi-dry.
That was the only serious thunder and lightning our area has had so far this year.
I also got a letter (e-mail) from a friend of mine, who lives about 60 miles away--I visit her from time to time, and we are due for another visit. She was telling me about a conference she attended recently, along with meeting up with a good friend and having a good time with him. She recently had a fence put around her backyard so she and her dogs can have some fun. She said she has been "brave" out there. "Brave" means she was sunbathing topless. "Real brave" means sunbathing nude. One time, about two years ago, long before the fence, she was being "real brave" when the meter reader arrived.
I'm looking forward to seeing her again. We usually got out for a pizza and then watch a Rolling Stones concert on DVD. We're both Stones fans and have been since the '60s.
Oops! Just heard some thunder outside, so I'd better check it out. It's not terribly warm or humid here, so there probably won't be any severe weather. But a thunderstorm would be fun. As I've written before, I enjoy them.
I'm going to check it out ...
Yes, it's lightninginging out there. I'm just checking out the weather radars, which indicate some storms moving due east from the Duluth area--and a strong batch of storms heading out way from Iowa and southwest Wisconsin (where I will be driving in two days). If they make it up here, it wouldn't be until the middle of the night. So will we have a light show in the early morning? Stay tuned.
At any rate, I'm going to stop here. I'll try to write more before leaving town on Friday morning.
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