For those of you who had to work this past week, you are welcome for me making that week go about as fast as I can remember a week passing by. I guess that’s what happens when I go on vacation, the earth’s rotation just naturally speeds up. Considering how long the week prior to my vacation seemed, I guess it all evens out.
While this past week seems to have flown by, it’s been a fairly busy one. As you may have read in my last post, my Mom and I went out to Glencoe for the town-wide yard sale. We also went to the bank to ask a few questions about my house and mortgage, just future planning but nothing we plan to do for a while (if ever).
My sister and nephew came down for a few days mid-week. We went into London so my nephew could go to Plato’s Closet. I walked down to Chapters and ended up purchasing NASCAR Mavericks and Dylan Goes Electric. In addition to a trip to Value Village, I assumed that would be about it. However, we ended up going to a couple of pet places (a PetSmart and the local humane society) to check out some kittens. My sister and nephew seemed to enjoy it but my Mom said it bothered her and, to be honest, while I liked seeing the kittens, there were several older cats who looked sad and scared. Needless to say I don’t think we’ll go back until we’re ready to actually get a cat. I’ve been telling Mom that we should wait until the fall. While we may not be ready to get another cat, we already have a name picked out: Joey (after Logano and Tribbiani).
On Wednesday, we went to the Little Hobby Hill Farm, located just south of Ingersoll. I wasn’t sure what I was expecting but we had a great time. You get the chance to interact (feed, pet, even pick up in some cases) goats, chickens, ducks, alpacas, rabbits, puppies and kittens. If you follow me on Facebook (which I’m guessing is 90% of those who are reading this), you probably saw my post with some of the photos. The best part for me was when I scooped up one of the baby goats and held him. I wasn’t sure how the goat would react but he/she left me pet it and it ended up basically going to sleep on me.
Mom and I took a day trip on Friday and may head into London on Monday to do some “treasure-hunting.” Other than that, I am hoping to be able to just take some time to work on some of the projects I’ve wanted to get done during my vacation. I’ve been working a bit here and there on some of those projects but really need to sit down and get some stuff crossed off my To Do list. I’d also love to take a day and just veg, binge-watching something. (Maybe I’ll get back to work on recapping the 1987 NASCAR season for my Track Talk website.)
I started watching a movie called Von Richtofen and Brown, about the famed World War I flying aces (although from the Wikipedia entry, it sounds like it wasn’t really too factual). What surprised me was that it was directed by Roger Corman, the same guy who directed all the low-budget horror movies back in the 1970s.
Of course, my “Project 56” continued – or at least tried to – and I turned 56 on Friday. (Thanks to everyone for their birthday wishes.) I can’t say Project 56 was a total success but perhaps we could consider it a work in progress.
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