77 on a late Sunday afternoon, mid-September, in Wisconsin? And a high of 83 tomorrow? I don’t like it, no sir, I don’t like it one bit. And we haven’t seen rain in weeks. Oh well. Both rain and temps in the sixties are due by the end of the week. Have I mentioned I’m ready for autumn? Oh, yes. Yesterday. Well, I mean it. I’m ready for autumn.

This has been a good, somewhat open, weekend. For some reason I’m slightly bouncing off the walls, too, although I’ve worked out already. Maybe the carbs in the fried rice I had for lunch are kicking into gear. Maybe all the sleep over the last couple nights (over eight hours two stretches in a row) has left me energized. I don’t know.

So last night M and I went out. We snagged decent Mexican food in West Bend then cut over to Cabela’s for binoculars. The night was cool and clear and the drive home East o 60 was a pleasure. I told M one of the greatest gifts of Wisconsin summers is driving home a little after dusk. I remember, even, when I was a kid, my Dad liked to drive around late at night, too. We share that, at least. Anyway, after we arrived home I read for a while, snagged a half tablet of melatonin, and crashed hard. This morning I was up first, near six. The dogs were in full spaz mode so I loaded them into the car and drove to the dog park. Only a few other dogs were present, just after dawn, and the puppies did a great job of sticking near me (except for a three or four minute stretch when I lost Mack, but he came back, no worries). At one point Pete seemed to hurt his shoulder when he bounced off of, uh, a rather large woman and landed on the gravel, but he was ok within a minute or two. I arrived home, all muddy, and worked out to Fox and Friends/ESPN news. After breakfast and a shower I revised a syllabus and answered email at the dining room table. Once football started S and I focused on the games except for my lifting and (badly) ironing a couple of shirts. Later on I burned a couple CDs and moved Assisi pics to a jump drive for a presentation I’m doing for the freshmen in a couple weeks.

I need a shower.

Have a great start of the week…