After 8 Hours of Painting the Back Porch, Why Not Have a Softball Game Under the Lights at 9 p.m.?

Highlight. A triple play. Tunga's catch in left field, curling it in, rolling to the ground, and landing the ballin his glove like it was a football. Tunga's hit, speed to first base. My hit, hernia speed to first base. We scored runs and made it to the 4th inning, and I actually love coaching from 3rd base (and playing 3rd, when in the field). 

And, I spent so much time meticulously painting the back porch with all the sloppiness of Ali and Kanyea back when we did it four years ago. To their credit, when we finished last time, a fluke rainstorm came out of nowhere, not on the radar, and washed so much of the work. My time to invest in such work is rare, and it's taken me quite a while to finally get back to it. I'm thankful for these blue-skied, sun-shiny days.

I took this photo in the car as the sun was setting in Milford. Playing for Companion Animal Hospital, the caregivers to Glamis and Connecticut family. They have such a good crew, and even if we are the Bad News Bears, we're also the Animals. 

I also entered my grades, updated CWP's summer enrollment, submitted another grant, and mowed the lawn. That is the reason why I slept good, too. Today, I'm cleaning up spots where paint spilled, hopefully finding an outdoor rug, and bringing out the tables. I am hoping, too, I'll be able to get a few plants into the soil and pop some color around the yard.

I have 40 carpenter bees and the birds love pooping on everything, but one dumb bee was silly enough to get close enough to my racquetball racquet. I hate doing it, but they're chewing my house into Swiss cheese.

Sunday is graduation, so I need to take advantage of as much Saturday as I can...I'm going slow. Need to weed-whack, put laundry away, an do the weekend as weekends get done.

Proud to take advantage of the good weather when it comes, too. We've had a nice spell and I've been waiting for it.