Ooo De Lally, Ooo De Lally ...

[keladry_lupin]

I usually stay pretty close to home on Saturdays. Clean house. Hang out on the Internet. Write. Food shop. Tai Chi is a recent addition to the Saturday thing. Maybe go to work for a few hours, if the pile on the desk is close to teetering.

Not today. Today I was out and about, all day. Tai Chi, haircut (it's way too short, but I like it anyway!), and then it was off to my Aunt Millie's for the afternoon. That was fun! She's approaching ninety, and every other weekend, my mother spends a few days with Aunt Millie to help out. It's mostly taking her shopping, to the doctor, and to the library; stuff that Aunt Millie can't do any more, because she's almost blind. I usually take the time when Mom's away to revel in the solitude. But today I made the sixty-mile drive to Aunt Millie's to go visit. The three of us swam in the nice, big pool (yes, I got sunburned, but not too bad), went out to dinner at my favorite restaurant, and they sat on the veranda and talked as I reviewed what I'd learned in Tai Chi this morning and then collapsed onto the hammock. The temperature was 102 degrees F -- though Aunt Millie's air conditioning is faaaaaaabulous! -- and it was still 88 degrees at 10 p.m., when I started my journey home.

Cool, huh? Of course, now I'm exhausted; I did twenty laps in the pool. *points to icon*