Making It Up As I Go Along #368

MONDAY...
— Not lots of sleep so I'm groggy today. It's not a super busy day but Phil does more than me.
— Practice after work. Slowpitch time. A bit of fun.
— Late supper with Nick and Dusty with the Jays on TV.

TUESDAY...
— Tired day... really tired. Work is sporadic and somewhat annoying today.
— Few groceries after work and some TV... snoozing throughout much of it.
— Talk of the Phoenix Coyotes going bankrupt and being offered to Jim Balsillie to move to Southern Ontario. Would be great to see but I’m picturing another annoying block by the NHL. If only they were as dedicated to Winnipeg and Quebec’s NHL health as to that of Phoenix, Atlanta, and Tampa Bay.

WEDNESDAY...
— To CD Warehouse before work. Wilco’s live DVD and a new Decemberists CD get picked up.
— Work is busy. Just me tonight and it starts pretty calm but, by 9:00 it’s going pretty busy and I’m swimming in it until about 5:00 AM.

THURSDAY...
— Softball is rained out. Of course, by 3:00, it’s pretty much stopped raining. But I’ll take the rain out as I’m quite tired today. I take the day off work too. Going to a course on Monday so to keep the three day weekend, plus with morning golf tomorrow... the night shift was best passed this time around. Good too, cause I’m tired enough I’d have been useless.
— Canucks game is annoying. Oh well, so close to a stranglehold on the series. I’m up to bed before midnight comes around... too tired.
— Manny Ramirez suspended 50 games for drug use. Looks good on him. Of course he speaks of it being accidental with an ingredient in his medication or health shakes or whatever. I wish we could go back to the days where athletes just worked out and ate well. That supplements were not a part of the routine.

FRIDAY...
— Golf day. The rain comes and goes and even some thunder and lightning is around us... plus some hail... but it goes pretty good. To the Royal Oak for food and drink afterwards... good day.

SATURDAY...
— Quiet day. Catch up on some of the TV programs I recorded over the last week or two... including Close Encounters of the Third Kind... a movie I had not seen before. Good stuff.


Family June
We’ll gather the family again this year,
It’s about a month away.
All will gather in a mountain home,
For two weeks... minus two days.

Watch for bears, they’ll eat the dog,
My sister has eyes of hawk.
She’ll stand on guard for these threats,
While we lay on the lawn to talk.

Will Claire still bounce all over the place,
She dances like a top.
Or has a year matured the girl,
I doubt it, that crack pot.

Fraser will beat us all in golf,
By now she is a pro.
Though dad will not lose to her,
If asked to play he’s proclaim “no”.

Duff is now a member of the club,
Perhaps I’ll golf for free.
My sister’s family in Castlegar,
They’re becoming Royalty.

Stories will my mother tell,
Right down to the last detail.
Like how she saw a squirrel today,
And it had a bushy tail.

Dad will want some quiet time,
He’ll look to perch with book.
But Claire will come to roust him out,
She’s always on the look.

Then there’s me, I’ll be grumpy,
A bit with parents so caring.
Repeating things impatiently
Forgetting they’re both hard of hearing.

Yes June will be a family time,
Up in the mountain air.
It will be good to see them all,
Soon comes this highlight of the year.