Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 4:00 a.m. in "The City."

I'll say this for my plans to sleep through the night, I didn't. However, it gave me the chance to ruminate on the day just gone by.

STWD and I took the morning walk before 10:00 a.m. That meant that the newspaper wasn't out yet. But that's okay, because since Mary was hard at work on Forage Tuesday, I was given the task of going to the grocery store solo. Since I don't drive much anymore, the drive in itself was an adventure. I was given the "Privilege" of stopping for gas, something that apparently I am uniquely qualified to do. Then I negotiated my way to the grocery store and got just what was on the list. I even got to return the cans and bottles, another task that I am apparently uniquely qualified to accomplish.

But I digress. I stopped at the Ace Hardware™ in Spring Lake on the way back, and a trip to the hardware store is always a nice little diversion for me. Once again, I got what was on my list and then safely made it home.

Although it was raining lightly as I passed across the bridge from Spring Lake, when  I got home, the lawns of the palatial estate were dry, so I decided it was time time to mow. I am making progress on the encroaching dandelion population here too, so I only had a few to pull a few after mowing.

Once again, the day got away from me. I did get my desk permanently repaired where it was cracked and I got my music indexes updated. A little time with the girls also ensued. Mostly though I lost track of time. Hopefully today will go better.

I have an edit to do for Mary and if I get out late enough with STWD, I may get today's newspaper. I never got to any book reading, but that was part of my lost day.

In sports, the boys in blue defeated the Mets, 6 - 1, to run their season record to 17 - 15. The Tigers took 10 innings, but defeated the Twins 2 - 1. Their record is now 20 -1 5. My beloved Red Sox took it on the chin again from the As, 2 - 9. That leaves them with a record of 15 - 18. The Caps fell to the Bowling Green Hot Rods, 1 - 5. I don't want to discuss their record. The Bulls were defeated by the Cavaliers 96 - 101. They are now 2 - 3 in their best of seven playoff series. The Blackhawks are still on layoff, but open against their next opponent, the Anaheim Ducks, Sunday afternoon.

In the wacky world of weather, Mary wanted to let the heater stay off now that we are in spring. I made an executive decision late yesterday to turn it on for the next couple of days. Right now, it is 41 chilly degrees. Today we are expecting a high of 57° under sunny skies. We're supposed to get back into the 70s by Saturday, as the T-storms return.

No trainspotting. I heard one late last night, but that's all.

The sun will rise today at 6:23 a.m., and set at 8:59 p.m. Ciao.