The Ides of March are just about upon us, and St Patrick's Day will be here shortly forthwith. I continue to surf along the wave of life and await a change in the coming weeks. I have largely been inactive, getting plenty of rest, and merely observing the outside world at a distance from the safety and warmth of my home. The last several weeks have been a blur with no significance to be drawn from. I have become a homebody almost exclusively. With no transportation and no work there is little to draw me to differentiate the days. I get out on occasion to the drug store for milk or pop; and then there is the DQ where I can get some ice cream. Beyond that I have gone nowhere else in weeks. I spend time on the 'net; listening to music; watching sports, movies, or programs; or reading. I need to go to the Wal-mart to get groceries as I have made an effort to try to get rid of much of my supply as possible. But I still have about 10 days to two weeks worth of product, but much of it is incomplete without getting additional substances: thus a trip to replenish is becoming rapidly necessary; so Monday I will call a taxi to take me to and from the store.The weather as usual has been up and down. After a very warm first week in March, this second week has been more winterlike, with our coldest days in quite some time and some brief snowfall. Tuesday the 10th saw the mercury dip below zero, and the following four days were cold with temps at sunrise in the low to mid teens and daytime highs around 40 at best. But Friday saw the start of a warming trend, and as I input this letter on mid Saturday afternoon, the temperature has soared into the upper 50s under a crystal clear blue cloudless sky with zero wind. And the forecast for the coming several days is upbeat as we may see the upper 60s again early in the week and no chance of wind or cold for at least a few days and possibly longer.
Winter ends in less than a week and I am very grateful for that. Although winter can make frequent and harsh intrusions again and again for at least another six weeks or so, the worst is over and it is all downhill from here on out. The warm splendid days like we are experiencing today become more common in the coming weeks, and the prospect of life returning to the flora of the high prairie becomes closer to a reality. We have about a month until that begins, and about five to six weeks until it becomes an explosion of life -- Spring, indeed.
While I do not watch any college hoops for the most part, I do jump on the bandwagon about this time to get into March madness, especially this year since I am idle. I have watched MWC hoops since early in December, but no other conference except for brief snippets. But this week I have watched alot of college hoops with this being championship week and the presence of many games being televised. Today is the peak of the action, and on Sunday the brackets for postseason are announced, which is somewhat anti-climatic to the action seen this week. I have also been watching hockey as that season winds into its final 15-20 % of the regular season; as well as baseball, as spring training is going full bore with the added bonus of the WBC which has had a couple of interesting games to take in.
Saturday I arose before dawn as I have much of this week and spent some time on the net. I watched some DVR'ed programs from recent days before taking a prolonged shower and doing a shave. I went out about 10am to get the Saturday paper and bottle of pop. After I returned home I ordered a pizza from PJ and started watching some of the telecast hoops matchups. About 11:15am I got a phone call from the older of my three sisters, M, and we had a great detailed conversation for about 2 1/2 hours or so. My pizza came and I had to wait about an hour to start eating it while I continued my conversation with sister M.
She suggested I consider relocating to Houston at some point; I would think its a possiblility at best but rather improbable as to how I am thinking at this time.The heat and humidity, the insects, the strange foreign threatening people, no scenic mountains to be able to see regularly, and a number of other considerations would seem to make it a place I would have enormous difficulty in adjusting to. But the cost of living, the vibrant economy, no winter, and the relative closeness of a caring sibling and her family would be positives that make it worth considering. I know I want to relocate out of the Mountain states region in the middle of the next decade, and thus far I have only considered the Pacific Northwest of Oregon and Washington along with the Desert Southwest of Arizona and Nevada. Its not a relocation that I will embark on anytime in the next five years approximately, so other places can be considered and researched to see if they can be considered as worthy alternatives
The afternoon continued on very nicely as I was able to open the front door and let some ventilation in from the nice day. I watched hoops and surfed the net for several hours before retiring around 8pm.
Sunday started off with a predawn arising. I baked myself some cornbread for breakfast and had several cups of hot tea with honey. I once again watched some DVR'ed programs from Saturday evening - the 10pm news, a woeful SNL, and the 20/20 episode from Friday night with the usual grouchy and whinning John Stoesel. As the day got going I watched Stargate again and readied to make plans to go to the store possibly in mid to late morning, but I decided to hold off until Monday. The weather was generally okay but clear skies in the early morning changed to fully cloudy skies in the later morning and the wind was up somewhat, but temperatures made into the mid 50s when I stepped out around noon to get the Sunday Post and a root beer from Hoys and then some ice cream from DQ. I talked on the phone with Matt for several minutes about a variety of topics and he sent me an email with an enclosure consisting of a cover letter and his resume for me to review and proofread. I watched the NHL matchup between the Rangers and Flyers which was a surprisingly solid New York victory in The Garden. After the game ended, I watched some college hoops halfheartedly while reading the paper and surfing the 'net.
All in all, another lazy overall quite Sunday, much like every other day so far in 2009. Maybe I need to go get a sixpack and get trashed.
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