Dreary Day

I'm so wishing warm, sunny weather would arrive. But today has been dreary, rainy, storm-threatening...not really cold, but just cool enough to make me shivery. It wasn't the most pleasant day for road trips, but Hubbie and I made two short ones anyway.

The first was a 30-minute one this morning to the dealership where we bought our van a few months ago, to have a sensor light checked out. The light came on and stayed on, so that we couldn't tell if something was wrong or not. Turned out nothing was wrong with the van...just the sensor light. The mechanic did something to it to make it shut off, but said he'll need to order a new one, and we'll need to make the trip back at our convenience to have it replaced.

The second trip was shorter, only about 15 minutes, to the store where we (frequently, of late) get our computer repaired. This time, though, we were in the market for new cell phones. Our old ones were hopelessly out of date. Got two...Hubbie's is traditional black, mine is a delightful great-grandmotherly pink.

This evening, we made a third trip, only a couple of miles this time, to a local college that was celebrating an anniversary with a community picnic. Hubbie and I picked up hamburgers and hot dogs, potato salad, baked beans and cookies, served on plastic flying disks, and brought them home, where Mother stayed to prepare a heart-healthy turkey burger, baked potato, and corn-on-the-cob for me.

Due to the weather, the picnic was being held indoors, where tables were brightly decorated with red and white plaid tablecloths, and containers of red tulips. A local, popular musician was performing. An inflatable bouncy castle for kids, we noticed, was set up on the auditorium stage. Speakers were scheduled that we might have liked to hear. Folks we know were milling about. But since I'm trying to carefully monitor my salt intake, I didn't feel comfortable eating the college's picnic fare this time, so we didn't stay.

Now, it's thundering, so it's time to shut the computer off.