I made my travel arrangements for Colorado Springs–going out Thursday morning, returning Sunday afternoon (assuming no new medical crisis). No problems arranging this at the office, to my considerable relief.

A lot of good things did happen on Sunday and Monday. We had a good time at St. Mary’s Church on Sunday morning. I got the hard copy of colgaffneyis Newsletter out. mia_mcdavid and I had a good bike ride on Monday morning, and we grilled some good bratwurst in the evening. In the afternoon the Tinker came over and worked on one our cars, fixing its most serious mechanical problems at a much cheaper price than we could get elsewhere. It was good seeing him–he does not get out as much as he used to. I made a lot of progress on that box for colgaffneyis water jug. It is not done yet, but it is far enough along that I can see the finished object in it.

James started school today. He said it was boring, but he does seem to accept the reality that it has started again. At some level I suspect he is actually relieved.