Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 2:30 a.m. in "This City." 

The ephemeral "They" in the process of misquoting the Scottish poet Robert Burns from his poem To a Mouse say "The best laid plans of mice and men gang aft agley." That best sums up the results of my plan to go to the ukulele jam in Pensacola yesterday morning. I did not take into account the annual 5K and 15K runs across two bridges that was scheduled for yesterday morning. The resultant traffic jam backed up traffic all the way through Gulf Breeze. A one hour ukulele jam would have been shortened to about one-half hour by the time I got there. So to borrow another quote, this one from the immortal William Shakespeare and his play Henry IV. Prince Hal, upon finding Falstaff playing dead on the battlefield says, "The better part of Valour is Discretion, in which better part I have saved my life."

I turned back after stopping for fuel, priced at $1.77/gallon and came home to do some chores and reading. Mary was hard at work on her long distance poetry writing project, so I stayed out of trouble, read the morning's newspaper, and solved the crossword puzzle. Then I started my latest pulp fiction book, James Patterson's 1st To Die. It is an oldie but a goodie. Between that book and several others that are here, I have plenty to read over the next two weeks. 

But I digress once again. Mary finished her lesson, and then made lunch. Since we had some errands to do, we set out once again for Pensacola, this time with better results. We'll be going back again later today after the morning walk with STWD, to see Swan Lake. 

Today's weather will be much like yesterday's, with a current temperature of 45° that feels like 39° as we head for today's high of 56° under partly cloudy skies. Monday's forecast calls for a 90% chance of rain and T-storms with a high temperature of 66°. Tuesday's temperatures will also be in the mid 60° range with partly cloudy skies. 

Other than the ballet, we have no specific plans for today. I'm good with that. The sun will rise in a few hours at 6:31 a.m. and set at 5:36 p.m. Ciao.