Blossoms of Spring

In spite of the weatherman insisting that we would have a cold rainy day, it turned out unseasonably warm and sunny. The kind of day where I just itch to get out, walk a few blocks, run a couple of miles, bike a few more and then pant up my long steep driveway. I really don’t understand how it happens that the day goes by and I forget to get out and enjoy that spring weather. By the time I manage to set aside my work, the sky looks ominous. Just in time to run errands – quick dashes between the post office, school, karate lessons, grocery shopping, and restaurant, racing against humidity approaching 100%. Five minutes into dinner we watch as the sky darkens, trees bend in the wind, and the sidewalk floods . Changes… umbrellas will come and go and chances are mine will be in the car when I need it.

13 Candles

Once again we have a teenager in the house! After 23 years. It’s a bit different this time around being the grandparents acting as parents. Rules are stricter. Boundaries are tighter. The world isn’t as safe. Homework is harder. My historical “A”s in algebra and geometry are little help in tackling new math. There is so much more history to learn. Heck, we are history.

Once in a while we slip. We begin “When I was your age… we needed operator assistance to make a phone call… we walked through snow and sleet to the bus stop while carrying a pile of books three feet high in the crooks of our arms… we had only one pair of shoes… it cost a quarter to go to the movie and 5 cents for a candy bar… we had no seat belts… our TV was black and white and we had to get up from the sofa to change the channel… and the list goes on.

Little J says, “Well, these are my old times.” Kind of puts us in our place. Soon we must stop calling him “Little” J.

Forbidden Fruit

Week six of Weight Watchers leaves me thinking perhaps just one little peanut butter cup wouldn’t hurt. And then I look at the points and change my mind. Instead I have a Chobani Simply 100 WITH a crumbled up graham cracker. All for the same amount of points. Which is more filling?