{"id":299,"date":"2008-07-27T21:09:03","date_gmt":"2008-07-28T01:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/strathconn.com\/lady\/2008\/07\/27\/sunday-night-blues-9\/"},"modified":"2008-07-27T21:09:03","modified_gmt":"2008-07-28T01:09:03","slug":"sunday-night-blues-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/strathconn.com\/lady\/2008\/07\/27\/sunday-night-blues-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Night Blues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is Sunday evening and it is raining &#8211; again!\u00a0 We lucked out and had good weather yesterday, but the rain is back.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday evening neither of us was really very hungry for dinner so we called Jayman and asked if he wanted to go for french fries and ice cream with us. \u00a0 We went to our favorite place, The Chelsea Royal Diner, and sat outside.\u00a0 We gossiped and talked movies.\u00a0 They mocked me for not watching all the Indiana Jones movies and when we dropped Jayman off he loaned us his boxed set.<\/p>\n<p>Friday was gorgeous!\u00a0 It was warm and sunny without even a hint of rain.\u00a0 I took my morning walk and just admired the brilliant blue sky.\u00a0 My neighborhood is so beautiful.\u00a0 I hardly saw any cars and only a handful of people.\u00a0 I also had my &#8220;annual exam&#8221; Friday.\u00a0 I love my gyno.\u00a0 She has seen me through a lot, and I haven&#8217;t even had babies yet.\u00a0 Then I ran a bunch of errands, including getting a new cable modem from Comcast (we totally noticed the speed difference).\u00a0 Friday night we did our favorite date night activities&#8230;Keene for dinner at Margaritas, a quick run through Target (okay, only I like that) and then browsing at Borders.\u00a0 I bought my friend Hillary (who is starting college in a month) two books.\u00a0 I saw <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&amp;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FHow-Survive-Your-Freshman-Year%2Fdp%2F1933512148%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks%26qid%3D1217206006%26sr%3D8-1&amp;tag=ladystrathcos-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325\">How to Survive Your Freshman Year<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=ladystrathcos-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" style=\"border: medium none  ! important; margin: 0px ! important\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" \/> in the college section (it is across from graphic novels) and sat down to thumb through it.\u00a0 It actually has some good advice and is written in an easy to read way.\u00a0 It&#8217;s not like whole chapters of text, but little anecdotes that you can read a few at a time.\u00a0 The other book I got her is one of the best books I have ever read.\u00a0 Every woman in the English speaking world should get this book the day she gets her period.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&amp;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FBook-Doctors-Complete-Vulvovaginal-Health%2Fdp%2F0553381148%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks%26qid%3D1217206534%26sr%3D8-1&amp;tag=ladystrathcos-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325\">The V Book<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=ladystrathcos-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" style=\"border: medium none  ! important; margin: 0px ! important\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" \/> by Elizabeth Stewart was an Amazon recommendation when I bought another book about women&#8217;s health.\u00a0 It answered nearly every question I have ever had about &#8220;down there&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday I weighed in and stayed for the meeting.\u00a0 Actually I stayed for the meeting and then weighed in.\u00a0 Best Lady cut my hair and Hill-the-Pill and I went out to lunch.\u00a0 In the afternoon T worked on the new pond filtration system and I marinated mushrooms, squash, zucchini, and asparagus.\u00a0 We had my parents over for dinner and Trivial Pursuit.<\/p>\n<p>Today I did virtually nothing.\u00a0 Well, except write this entry.\u00a0 My first in weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is Sunday evening and it is raining &#8211; again!\u00a0 We lucked out and had good weather yesterday, but the rain is back. 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