A Little Bit of Spring Rain

Kicked off a cloudy morning with breakfast and The Backyardigans. Uniqua, Pablo, and Austin are "The Best Clowns In Town." The only problem is, they don't have a circus. They'd like to work for Ringmaster Tyrone, but he hates clowns. When they accidentally make him miss his train, they take him across the countryside to show him just how funny clowning around can be.

Did some writing after breakfast. The Red squadron show Luke how to put on and use the jet packs that allow them to fly. Luke's still a little upset about Harris leaving. Leia, who is giving the men their orders, assures him that Harris had to do his own thing, and Luke has to do his. He blushes when she kisses him on the cheek. Rudy teases him about liking two girls, but he brushes any feelings he may have for Mara Jadeson off.

Broke for a quick lunch at 11. Returned to Smallville for "Dichotic." Clark's concerned when Ian (Johnathan Taylor Thomas), one of the kids at school, manages to take every class, night school classes, and date Chloe and Lana at the same time. Turns out he can make clones of himself...and he's not happy when Clark and Ian figure out what he's up to.

Work was a bit of a pain in the morning. I spent almost all of the first half of the day in the register. We were off-and-on busy, and they just didn't have enough help. Thankfully, other than covering someone's break, I spent most of the second half shelving candy and gathering carts.

My schedule for next week is afternoon-early evening work on Sunday and Tuesday, off Monday, and then...vacation starts Wednesday! I didn't expect to have Sunday off anyway (that's Mother's Day), but I am glad for one extra day to get stuff done before Lauren arrives. I might do the libraries that day, depending on the weather.

It was sunny earlier in the day, but by 6 PM, the clouds had returned. I was starved after my long day. I dodged traffic in the parking lot as I made my way to Tu Se Bella's Pizza. To my surprise, they weren't that busy, considering it was Friday night and a couple of days before Mother's Day. I had no problems ordering a slice of cheese, a slice of white broccoli, and a bottle of the new Coke Orange Vanilla. Enjoyed them at the small table by the window.

Had some grocery shopping to do after I finished dinner. The Acme's having big sales on General Mills products; I got two boxes of Multi-Grain Cheerios and two boxes of Nature Valley breakfast cookies. (Got the latter super-cheap, thanks to an online coupon.) Made use of online and Monopoly coupons for Sunbelt Granola Bars, Starkist tuna, generic diced organic tomatoes, Oscar Meyer bacon, and a doughnut for a treat - and the last three were free coupons! Restocked strawberries, raspberries, bananas, honey, peanut butter, milk, mandarin oranges, ground turkey, butter, yogurt, and hot dogs.

Went home just as it started showering lightly. The rain had stopped by the time I got in. Charlie and his family had barely noticed. They were enjoying a rousing game of croquet in Charlie's front enclosure. (That brings back some memories. My family had a croquet set in the late 80's-early 90's, when we were living on the north end of Cape May and had a relatively large yard. My sisters and our friends and I used to have a great time hitting the balls around the yard.)

Played Lego Star Wars after I finished. No problems here, either. Went back to Revenge of the Sith for "Chancellor In Peril" and "Ruin of the Jedi." Completed "Chancellor" with all pieces and the red brick. Got all the pieces and red brick in "Fall of the Jedi," but fell off ledges too often to get True Jedi.

Ended the night with more Smallville. "Skinwalker" pits Clark and the Kents against LuthorCorp when it turns out a sacred Native American cave is located under one of their building sites. Local Native Americans, including Joseph Willowbrook (Gordon Tootoosis) and his granddaughter Kyla (Tamara Feldman), are fighting to save the caves. Clark discovers they're worth saving when it turns out that the symbols in the cave closely resemble his own life. He falls for Kyla...but she has a secret of her own, one that comes out when her grandfather is arrested for attacking Martha Kent and killing the foreman on the project.