Today's Brief Update

I don't have much going on, otherwise I'd write about it. Maybe.

The holidays are officially over and for the most part, people have scattered.

Jake's was home for about three weeks. He was planning leaving on Saturday, or maybe Sunday morning- it had been still up in the air. But either way, he would be leaving soon, so I had taken him out grocery shopping on Friday night to to stock him up with food, and for the traditional selection of the birthday cake mix.

His birthday was officially a week away, but we were going to squeeze a party in- somewhere, before he took off.

We managed to have the party, such as it was, on Saturday morning, which gave Helaina enough time to enjoy the festivities before she had to leave, and it allowed Sam and I to keep our Saturday commitments of grocery shopping and snacking on free samples.

Jake came along with Sam and I, and I stocked him up with even more groceries and, when we got back home, some additional items from our basement, along with a left over meatloaf from the three I had made earlier in the week.

He headed out just after lunch on Saturday, fully loaded with clean laundry and food and supplies- to the point where it caused me additional stress worrying about what to do with all that stuff if his car broke down.

But after his three hour drive, he arrived safely and uneventfully. And he even remembered to let me know as soon as he got back, that he got back just fine, which was a plus.

So, I'm back to sitting in my Hopperesque environment. That is, if Mr Hopper ever painted a scene with a computer and someone else in the background playing a video game. And, come to think of it, it's less stark, largely due to surroundings being packed with more stuff.

It's another bitterly cold day, but the sun's trying to come out. As Dad would say, at least the days are getting longer.

They sure are.