Good morning... how are we all doing? As is the case most weeks now, it's still dark, so I'm not sure what kind of day we're up for, but the forecast mentioned a chance of rain, so being one who needs my sunshine and warmth, it probably won't be my favorite kind of day. But then, considering that many are still shrouded in blizzards and varying degrees of snow/ice storms, I guess I'll take it and be happy...
This past week has been quite a whirlwind for me... I mentioned that my son, his wife and her son would be here this weekend as my daughter-in-law had completed courses to attend commencement for her Master's Degree in Accounting. We picked them up at the airport on Thursday evening and it seems like we've been going non-stop ever since. Well, I take that back - we did stop for a short time on the way home from the airport when we had trouble with our van...
Just as we were heading into the airport to do that actual pick up, the battery light came on, which indicates the alternator isn't working... for those of you that aren't "car people", that means the vehicle can only run as long as the batter has a charge, then it will stop wherever you might be. It also means that the battery, typically, only has 15-20 minutes charge!! Considering that we had 1.5 hr trip on freeways/turnpike, the last thing we (I) wanted was to be stranded in the dark... My husband chose to try to make it home, against my better judgement, so we headed out, but I began, frantically, searching on my phone for a parts store, knowing that we wouldn't get all the way home. As luck would have it, we finally got into an area in which a store finally came up and I was able to get him to go to it... They tested the alternator and it was, indeed malfunctioning (umm - rather, not functioning) and the battery barely had any charge left... we'd not have made it much further and would have been stranded on the turnpike, forcing us to call a tow truck. That would have gotten the van home; I'm not sure about us 5 people and all the luggage my son's family brought with them...
Anyway, my husband and son are both excellent mechanics so the parts store loaned them tools and they replaced the alternator there in the parking lot. A little less than an hour after we pulled in, we were ready to go again. I'm so glad my son was able to do most of the work because, at 70 yrs old, my husband would not have been able to do it by himself. We made it home with no further problems and the van has been running faultlessly ever since.
We've had an otherwise good weekend... my daughter-in-law's graduation has taken center stage, since that's what they came for. The commencement exercises were held in one of the nicest hotels on Disney property, so Friday night we attended a party held for all the graduates and yesterday was the actual commencement exercise in which she got to do "the walk" to get her diploma...
Since the graduation all took place in Orlando, which is a 1.5 hr drive from us, we're kind of tired of making the trips back and forth. Today is "supposed" to be more laid back, so we'll see how it goes. My daughter, her significant other and my granddaughter are supposed to be here - I'm praying for a good day... these are the only 2 children we have and this will be the first time in nearly 20 yrs we'll all be together.
Anyway... I haven't been able to weigh myself this morning as my son and DIL are using the bedroom/bathroom in which I keep my scale, so I'll post this and weigh later or tomorrow... I haven't been eating a lot the past couple days, but neither have I been doing much in the line of exercise so I'm hoping I've managed to stay pretty close to stable. The biggest problem with that what I have been eating has been more bread and pasta - they had things like tortellini, meatballs, hard breads, etc for the party the other night, although for lunch yesterday, there was chicken, salmon, etc - problem is that it was smothered in butter... I've been doing very well at snacking on bananas and apples, though, hopefully, that would help offset some of that...
Anyway - that's me. What about your week? How are you doing? If nothing else, I hope your week has been calmer than my past couple of days. I'm ready to stop and smell the roses (I did cut a couple of white ones from my rose bush last night...).
~~Wishing everyone a wonderful, successful week~~