Spring

Not officially, but the air is warm and has that smell - the anti-winter smell. The smell of damp soil and organic things happening. It is a different smell than just a thaw when it is still winter. This smell has things growing behind it. Daffodils, both large and small, are blooming. The forsythia is starting to yellow up, too. Flowering trees are budding. Going to be a hell of a shock when things drop to the low 30s tomorrow.


Mother in law is improving. Family (finally) decided they didn't need 24 hour coverage/visitation while she was in the hospital, so things are looser now. She may be home on Monday, which sounds insane following such a long surgery, but I am not a doctor (or a politician, or a cost analysist for an HMO).

Just 8.5 more days of students until Spring Break. No plans to go anywhere (thanks Memphis City Schools for making Holy Week the break), just getting caught up on housework, yardwork, exercise, etc.

An aunt gave us two tickets to the Tennis tournament finals today. For six years we have bitched about the idiots parking any which way, pulling into traffic without looking, etc, since the Tennis Center has about 50 parking spaces. We walked, and enjoyed the matches. Not even sure if they are noticed outside of Memphis. Back in the "old" days, magazines and others would throw tickets at me, thinking I was important to their business. Now I am, in theory, putting out one of the most important "products" to the country, but nobody is shoving anybody out of the way to shower me with anything, aside from abuse.