Fall's Early This Year

Awoke to a cool, sunny day, in the lower 70s. It's really too cool for this time of year, but it's still appreciated after August's 90-degree heat waves. Spent the morning listening to WOGL's Brunch With the Beatles show. In honor of the remastered re-releases of the 13 original British Beatles albums coming out on Wednesday, they ran a few songs from each of the albums. Though Sgt. Pepper is my favorite album overall, The White Album and Revolver have songs I like, too.

I tried calling Mom, but she was watching Skylar and Collyn. Oh well, I'd call back later. Called Rose and got her answering machine; not a big surprise. Made Dark Chocolate Chip Pancakes for breakfast and spent the rest of the morning working on DVD and video inventories.

Not surprisingly, work was a zoo today. There were lines at every line, and we actually had a lot of them open, for once. Some fairly grouchy customers, too, but no really major problems. There was no relief, but there was enough help by 5:30 for me to leave on time.

Sometime around 4PM, the sun disappeared behind clouds. It dropped into the 60s and became very windy. I had a bit of a rough ride home.

I did finally get a hold of Mom when I got home. She was making dinner for herself. Keefe went home with Anny and her kids and Daddy's out working for the week. Mom claims she and Dad are going to try to work things out, or at least call at truce until they can actually afford a divorce. We'll see how long this lasts after Dad gets home.

She seems to have had a good day with her grandsons. Collyn is old enough to eat solid foods and cruise around in his walker now. He and his older brother Skylar have a little game worked out when they visit Grandma. Skylar will hide behind the pantry door in the kitchen while his brother follows him. When Collyn gets close enough, Sky jumps out and yells "Boo!" Apparently, this makes his brother giggle with delight. That's so cute.

Skylar will be starting kindergarten at Margaret Mace School in North Wildwood next week. I hope it works out. He's not known for getting along with kids in a group setting. Mom says he behaves fine for her, but I know few kids who would misbehave for Mom.