Tides of March

Have you ever played a game on the internet (there are so many to choose from)...and have, in a small way, become addicted to playing it? I fell into that trap very recently. There is a game called Dark Dimensions, it's a Majohng, I know, I know, I spelled it wrong, but you can say it phonetically and know exactly what I mean. Anyway, I need to play this game at least once a day or I feel like something has been left undone. I think I was driven to this when I learned that the Encyclopedia Britannica will no longer be published. I had to turn to something that would take the place of those familiar brown books!

Of course, I am like that with people too. I get addicted to warm, kind, intelligent and funny people. They don't like it when I start following them down the street though, so I have to temper myself and not go chasing after them if I see them out and about..so what if they are driving and I'm on foot. It's a curse, I tell you! It's a curse to be so affectionate to all things.

The month, though usually long, went by speedily. Things happened in my house, new carpet went into two bedrooms. I helped scrape wall paper off of 4 walls. This can be rather therapeutic. If you've ever had a sunburn it's kind of like peeling that dead skin off your arms or your nose...anyway, I also pulled staples out of the floor and emptied closets. I have become very friendly with my thighs now. I never realized how strong they were.

I managed to get a day of work in at my old office. I got a call and I felt kind of like Superwoman, you know, there to save the day and all, but it didn't turn out to be THAT drastic. I didn't have to take my cape out of storage or anything. But I did see many old friends, and got tons of compliments on how great I looked, and that retirement must most definitely be working for me. Well, yes, what can they expect when one does nothing but lay around eating chocolate yogurt and watching Lassie reruns on the tube. Even the mail carrier said I was a "hot" retiree! (And it wasn't even warm outside that day.) I got an unexpected compliment from a Green Bay TV newsman who happened to be in the building that day, doing a story about food service...must have been a slow news day. Somehow in the conversation someone asked him how old he thought I was, and he said 46. Ha! And he said he was good at telling people's ages. (who says you can't trust the media!) Ok, retirement, yes! I highly recommend it!

My son-in-law left for reserves for 6 months. He will be in Germany and away from his two daughters (my grandgirls) and his wife, (my daughter). I am sure we will be seeing a lot more of them now. But I don't mind one bit. I do worry about them missing their dad, and my daughter missing her hubby. I think they do manage to talk at least 2 or 3 times a week. Computers; though they have made us lazier; they have helped a lot in situations such as these. Thank goodness for e-mail too, they don't have to wait for days on end to get correspondence. They are always happy when they open their e-mail boxes and find a note from their daddy and/or husband, whichever the case may be.

I don't know how it was in your neck of the woods during March, but here in what is usually one of the longest and coldest months in Wisconsin, it was gorgeous weather. Girls were out in their shorts and sandals. I was out without a jacket, and wearing my lightweight clothing too. It was a rather magical March. We broke weather records all over the place and no one had to clean up that mess.  March 18 it was 82 warm and balmy degrees! Beat that, why don't you Florida!  Now as the month draws to an end, the ides of March are playing games with us and it has gotten cold again. Not the freeze your butt off kind of cold, but the daffodils have wilted.

The girl who took my job had real road rash. While out motorbiking on one of those magnificent March days I was bragging about; she and her hubby were knocked off their motorcycle by an inattentive driver, and she sustained some nasty road rash and broke a bone in her foot. Their bike was totaled and they don't plan on getting another one. Neither her, or her hubby were wearing a helmet and thankfully they sustained no life-threatening injuries. If you happen to ride a bike, please do us a favor and do wear a helmet!

Ummm, thankfully no bands followed the horses...

That's just about it for March. I wonder what April will bring besides, showers, Easter Day, boiled eggs (for Easter, you know), rabbits (yes, for Easter, you're catching on), greener grass, umbrellas, spring break, due taxes.....oh! I almost forgot, Spring began March 20th....by then it felt like Summer; and St. Patrick's Day came and went with green beer and the Holiday Parade. What a great March it was!!