Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 12:00 a.m. in "The City."

Did it rain yesterday? Only a lot. In Muskegon, they had over one inch of rainfall. In Holland where Mary and I were for our dental and car appointments, the rain also fell. No complaints from me, except that I had to take the morning safari with STWD while it was pouring. We both came home wet, and one of us smelled like a wet dog.

Prior to our departure for Holland, I watched the southbound train run. Two locomotives and 12 CHCs passed by at 10:00 a.m. Then, we were off. We took the back road, because the trucks out on the highway never seem to notice that the rest of us are not trucks. They speed, they pass, and they don't seem to let anything slow them down.

With a little assistance from our GPS, we were only a few minutes late to the dentist. He was a tad behind schedule, so it didn't really matter. Both Mary and I were done in less than one hour. Afterwards, I found our way to both the cook's store in downtown Holland and then to the car dealer without the GPS. Back home again on the back road with a stop at the big-box everything store in between.

Since it was getting late and we were getting hungry, we opted for dinner at JWs. As we were walking over, the northbound train passed by behind us at 3:45 p.m. The same locomotives, plus one BC, 10 CHCs, six DBTCs, and four DWTCs.

I just finished highlighting the latest indexing project. By the by, "That Book" did indeed return. The author agreed to the changes that Mary had suggested, so now it should be a matter of some tweaks, I think.

I have just a few chores to accomplish today, plus the regular morning walk with the intrepid weather dog. It should be drier today, as the forecast calls for partly cloudy skies, but no precipitation. Wednesday, while the temperatures will continue to warm, the rains will return. I plan to say in as much as possible. I doubt that Sugar will disagree.

I almost forgot to mention that the 5 - 9 Detroit Lions defeated the 5 - 9 New Orleans Saints, 35 - 27, in a battle of two teams playing for pride, not the post-season.

The sun will rise today at 8:13 a.m. and set at 5:13 p.m. Ciao.