Not a cloud in the sky this Sunday morning, as we clear the lanai of potential projectiles during a hurricane. It’s all part of our preparations for seven weeks of travel over the next four months as storm season looms. Our windows are all hurricane proof but the lanai screens are vulnerable. I’m just hoping that nothing happens while we’re gone. 

Today is my son’s 48th birthday, so I’m feeling ancient. To put things in perspective, his youngest is four so at my age she will be 26 and his oldest 37. Glad I got started early as a father. We’ll celebrate tonight with dinner after he gets done working. I’ll probably spend the day by the pool rather than cooped up inside as I am now. There’s baseball to watch and reading to do while I work on my tan. 

We didn’t get to the movie theatre yesterday and won’t today, so “Matinee Monday” will be the next opportunity to see Where The Crawdads Sing. Yesterday’s activities included watching additional episodes of Blackbird and Alone before joining my wife for more of Virgin River in the evening. it will be good to take a three-week hiatus from watching too much TV. Hopefully, some better habits will form in the time we’re on the road. The typical dog, run, swim, write, TV, lunch, dog, TV, dinner, TV, dog, sleep pattern will be thankfully disrupted with a lot of driving and new sights to see. Road Trip.