I awoke this morning about 5:00AM to the sound of a rather lengthy train rumbling by.  I don't think that there have been any trains the last few days, that or I am sleeping better.  A lot of the snow we got after the new year has already melted.  Not to say that it is all gone, but much of it has melted.  We did go out yesterday, to one of the last places Mary ever wants to go.  We are still looking for a shelf for my office and this was another futile effort.  Got some useful things, like new gloves for Mary and some things to mount the cord reel in the garage, but that's about it.  Did stop for lunch/breakfast and Mary had an egg salad sandwich, the best in Grand Haven she says, although as one who eats eggs in many forms, I personally find egg salad as likable as mushrooms are to me.   I had a short stack of pancakes that I couldn't finish, so they will be part of breakfast today.  By the by, if anyone has an idea how we will get into the garage if the power fails or if the door breaks a spring, I'm all ears, cause without a door or window, I 'm at a loss.  Worked more on my novel yesterday.  The characterless are starting to take on a life of their own.  I am always amazed by my writing.  It just seems to come naturally, the next step isn't obvious to me, but the characters always seem to know what to do.  I'm up to seventy 81/2  X  11 typed pages, so I sure hope they know what they are doing.  Sometimes I wonder just who is writing this novel.  Tonight is the first of two tutor training sessions for the R.E.A.D. program, a program that assists people in learning how to read.  Time to go down for morning tea now.