At just past 3:00 a.m. in "The City", let me be the first to welcome you, wherever you may be. The current temperature is 48°, although it feels like 43°. We will top out at 49° after the sun rises today at 8:01 a.m. That "high" temperature will be accompanied by an 80% chance of showers in the morning. I'm hoping that by the time I am off to the Irish Jam session at the library, the showers will be gone. Sunday will be mostly cloudy, but the chance of showers drops to 10% along with a high of 54°.

Once again, and probably for many more days, Mary and I teamed up to rake and bag the falling leaves. It was so windy, that the leaves were blowing about and the bags were tipping over. Plus, as fast as we raked and bagged, more leaves came down in search of their fallen brethren. One good thing, the city sponsored street sweeper came by yesterday morning and all of the leaves by the curb were whisked away. If another sweeper comes by next Friday, maybe I can "arrange" for the leaves to fall into the street. Since the back forty on the palatial estate is isolated from the front yard, it is always necessary to cart the leaves to the front in any case.

I am nearly finished with my highlighting and reading of the latest indexing project. An enjoyable and enlightening task in this case. As is often the case, I am learning things I'd never known. I got in some time with the girls both before and after that highlighting.

It was about 5:00 p.m. when Mary wanted to take a walk towards the waterfront. She had consulted the weather forecast on her computer and felt safe in saying that rain was not in the forecast. It was windy, so we wore our wind proof coats. Unfortunately, as is often the case here in GH, once we started out the misty rain was falling, the wind was blowing, and the hoped for walk never reached fruition. Instead, we reversed course and made it to the corner of Washington and Seventh for a dinner of perch, baked potato, and Mary's personal favorite, Cole Slaw. Mary shared the baked potato, but I declined the Cole Slaw. Once again, a good joint effort.

Sugar the Weather Dog had already eaten, so she was happily ensconced on her couch. I try to consult Sugar whenever we are going out. She is usually accurate when rain or a front is coming through. Today, Sugar the Sous Dog will be assisting me in the kitchen as I bake my famous banana nut bread. Sugar is always ready to lend a paw with clean up duties.

When we came home, we watched a pay per view version of You've Got Mail. Both Mary and I caught some ironic nuances that we hadn't seen previously. For the first time in many viewings, I stayed awake in the media room and that helped.

No trains tonight.

Today's college games include: MSU @ Indiana, Michigan has a bye week to lick their wounds, but next week they travel to meet the Spartans. Mary and I will be traveling to the Post for that game. The Northern Illinois Huskies host Miami of Ohio.

Other than the Irish Jam, I have some highlighting to finish, and we may go to the Post for Karaoke in the evening. I say may, because as the day wears on, I wear out.

That looks like a full day for me. Mary will continue to work on her indexing project while I play at the jam. The sun will set at 6:56 p.m. and it is likely that so will I. Ciao.