A Day in Another Time

I wish I could take a photograph of a beautiful sunrise.  It loses nearly everything in the translation.  Especially from a bus window!  This was a huge orange ball floating right on the horizon this morning.  And I was so thrilled to see my Denver in the middle right of the photo, just a hint of a town looming.  I also love that even in that little suggestion of my town, I know exactly where my building is in relation to one of the buildings.  I can look in the morning and know where I am going.

My son woke up in this same town this morning.  No longer half a world away.  Right here.  He has to go get the baby, who has been with her maternal grandmother in another state, so I won't see him until Thursday.  I am invited to THEIR house.  How awesome is that!  I am so thrilled that he is home.

Tomorrow I shall go swimming before work.  Did I mention that I have an Olympic Distance Triathlon in just 2 months from today?  I am not at all ready and not sure I can get ready, but I am certainly going to try.  I talked one of my friends into registering with me (back last November), or I think I would just ditch the whole idea.  I have a half marathon at the end of June that I am actually excited about.  It starts at over 10,000 ft. elevation (at a ski area), and ends at 8,500 feet.  Both of those are high elevations to be running around in.  But going downhill is such fun!

I had my HOA meeting tonight.  Only three of us showed up because the rest of them are feuding!   HOA boards are the weirdest things on earth.  I joined mine and quit just short of two years later.  I hated it.  But a few months after that, I missed it.  And then the president called and asked me to come back.  That was four years ago!  I like knowing what is going on - and I also like that I can sometimes be the voice of reason when they start getting full of themselves, which they do from time to time.  I like being civic minded - because for too many years of my life I was all about me and little else.  By the grace of God sometimes I get to act like a real grown up human being.  Sometimes.

So, it was a good day, the beginning of a new era for my son and his wife.  And I am grateful.  So grateful.