Good morning, good evening, wherever you may be, in on or around "The City." We have a current temperature of 61° as we bottom out at 54°. Of course since the sun rises in about 20 minutes, I don't see how that can happen. Sugar the Weather Dog is sound asleep on her couch, so I know there are no storms on the horizon. In fact, except for the disturbance she felt in the force yesterday morning, one that I didn't feel or sense, we have nothing on tap until the weekend.

I heard the south and northbound trains rumble through late last night and earlier this morning, but I didn't get up to look. I only know that the southbound train's horn invaded my dreams and that made for a weird feeling. The northbound train had a different engineer this morning as it passed with little fanfare.

I had my first P/T appointment yesterday afternoon. A treatment plan was developed after some preliminary tests and evaluations. I'll be doing two visits a week for two to three weeks, and then maybe one per week for the next two. I have as always, homework exercises. I'll faithfully do those and that should put me on the mend. I explained with help from a list that Mary sent along, what I hoped to accomplish and that gave the therapist a starting point. Now the rest is mostly up to me.

Mary had dropped me off at the hospital for therapy as she headed to the big-box retailer for some supplies. As always she came back with a story or two. But those were mostly about the big-box experience in general, not all that specific. Later we went out to search for a new carpet for the mud room. She had her eye on one from the big-box, but I had previously asked her to try a local merchant. We did, and she was not delighted. So we tried the big-box hardware and everything else home retailer and as always, she was pleasantly surprised. As much as Mary doesn't like a trip to those kind of stores. they had what she wanted at a reasonable price. So now she just has to decide on the actual size she wants.

After a quick stop at the butcher shop for some cheeses, we headed home and then walked to the Post to pick up that soup that Sally had made for me. It was superb. But then, what soup wouldn't be? Sally need not have worried. We rambled home, Mary heated the soup for me and the leftover burrito for herself. Then it was time for rest and relaxation and an early bed time. We could have gone to the park to hear the entertainment, but I decided that I liked it fine in my chair and then the media room. Mary wandered over to the local knitting shop and later came back with a pattern she liked for a baby afghan. She thinks that she may make Tuesday evenings a regular stop at that store to stitch and b,,,,.

In sports, the boys in blue got the chance to lose two in one day/evening and they did, losing twice to the Reds, 2 - 4 and 5 - 6. My beloved Red Sox lost to that other team from Chicago, 3 -8. The Tigers were victorious over the Dodgers, 11 - 4. The Caps fell to the Bowling Green Hot Rods, 1 -3.

Today my plans call for mowing the vast lawns on the palatial estate, and then playing the girls and reading. All of that comes after a morning walk with Sugar the Weather dog, assuming she is over her stubborn streak. Mary has a respite in her schedule, so that means we don't have to get up before noon if we so choose. I find that hard after so many years of early risings, but I may just do it.

So until the sun sets at 9:25 this evening and I return to bed this morning, since it is just before 6:00 a.m., Ciao.