Notes For Me ( and You)

A nice weekend, weatherwise – and otherwise.  This was a quiet weekend on the sports front, with most sports  having a bye week due to the Jewish new year. Peter played on Thursday night – and this time Wootton won in overtime.

We had a nice time at a party for Nancy’s summer softball team. It was at a nice house out in Damascus – crabs, burgers, chicken, with lots other dishes and desserts.

I changed the oil on the van, and also changed the coolant – we have now had the “new” van for five years.

We did talk to Alex on Sunday night, hopefully the start of a regular phone call, and things are doing well for him. President Obama visited the campus l;ast week and there was a great exitement ( one of the pluses of going to a university so close to the nations capital).

Things have been busy on all fronts lately. A new boss at work has meant an outbreak of micro management and supervision, while on the home front all the fall activities are in full flow. Both Jake and Peter are playing football, with Jake also playing soccer. Add in guitar, church school , etc and it is easy to see why we are busy driving around.

Alex seems to be doing well at the University of Maryland, only 25 mile away in College Park. Perhaps I should say he is happy and enjoying the experience. How much studying is getting done ? We will wait and see.

The garden is enjoying a new burst of productivity now that things have cooled off a bit. The tomatoes are still coming, even if the plants look near death. I have pulled all the beans and planted broccoli and cauliflower in their place. New seeding of lettuce and rocket will go in this weekend, sown in such a pattern as to allow the installation of the cold frame later in the season.