Good morning GH. It is just past 3:30 a.m. in "The City."

At 3:00 a.m., the northbound train passed by. This train had only one engine, #2057, towing a lone box car, four CHCs, one DBTC, one white tank car, followed by four additional CHCs that were bringing up the rear.

Yesterday was interesting. I accomplished a lot. STWD and I took out usual morning sojourn, and then I settled in to do some reading. I followed that part of my day with some time in the man-cave. That always seems to upset STWD, because she won't go there and she can't protect me when I am there.

At any rate, I finished the oiling and final reassembly of the school desk that we "Inherited" from Steph and Adam. It is now going to be re-purposed one more time into an end table for Mary in the media room. My thanks for a project in the man-cave. I'm sure that Mary will thank the kids too. I took a couple of pictures to show my efforts, and here they are.

Mary can take better pictures, but these are the best I could do at 3:30 a.m.

I think Mary will like the finished product, I do, and I think that the "kids" will like it too.

In sports, the boys in blue are still in second place with a record of 6 - 5, as they lost once again to the Padres, this time 2 - 5. Pitcher Jon Lester made an unusual fielding play, tossing his glove with a ball trapped in the webbing to Anthony Rizzo at first base to get an out. But, he still lost his third game, moving his record to 0 - 3. While I recognize that a pitcher needs run support, it is tough to win when you can't seem to get the other side out. The Tigers rebounded from their loss to that other team from Chicago on Saturday, by soundly defeating that team on Sunday, 9 - 1. With a record of 10 - 2, the Tigers are firmly in first place in their division. Next up for the Tigers, the N. Y. Yankees, for the boys, they travel to Pittsburgh, while my beloved Red Sox have one more game against the Orioles, before they travel to Tampa Bay.

Speaking of the Red Sox, they dropped another one to the Orioles, 3 - 8. They are still in first place, but they can't keep this up for long. The Caps are firmly in fourth place in their division, defeating the Ft. Wayne TinCaps 4 - 1.

The weather yesterday started out cool, but finished warm as the rains arrived. Mary made it home before the rain. Outside the WW, the streets are wet, but no rain is falling. Today, we'll see a morning low of 38° as we come down from the current temperature of 51°. We'll get back to that temperature later today. Tomorrow and Wednesday, the National Weather Service is predicting a high in the 40s. Brrrr! Midday today, the showers will be returning to put a damper on things. STWD should be okay for walking until about 10:00 a.m. But it will still be damp and chilly.

The sun will be rising in a few hours at 6:55 a.m. Later tonight, it will set at 8:32 p.m. Ciao.