I was just sitting here thinking about the significance of today’s date. I knew October 18th meant something, wasn’t sure what, until I remembered one of my first “real” concerts took place today, I’m pretty sure, my sophomore year of high school. Glenn and I saw The Psychedelic Furs and Ministry at the Aragon on the Mirror Moves tour. Good show.

So this past week was the busiest this academic year. I can’t attribute the hellish schedule to anything but what felt like a million chance meetings scheduled at the same time. Oh, I guess the first wave of student observations played a role, too, but not a huge role. Friday afternoon’s commute home felt hard-won. What did I do Friday night? Oh, T and I went out. We filled up the car with gas at Costco, pulled cash from the ATM, and snagged coffee from Starbucks. Well, I snagged coffee. He smelled it and decided he didn’t want any. Then we drove down to Bayshore and cruised Barnes and Noble. I’ll post a pic later. We had fun, anyway, and T’s always willing to talk in the car. Later I picked S up from a laser tag party and watched baseball until close to midnight.

Saturday morning I woke near seven, lifted, and cleaned most of the morning. Near 10:30 T and I hit the coffee shop and I ordered espresso while he snagged a bluberry Italian soda. Espresso is good. I cleaned a little more while T and M left for the game and S and N played upstairs. S, N and I arrived in Mequon just as the game started. We walked way down to the end of the field, set up our lawn chairs, and watched. Well, N huddled under the covers are played Nintendo DS. I read the latest Diary of A Wimpy Kid. T’s team lost. This game seemed more intense from the coaching/parenting perspective. The coaches screamed often (ours were embarrassing) and the parents seemed sullen. I couldn’t figure out what was up, and I’m still not sure, but I wonder if some class issues factored into the conflict. Mequon is the most affluent community in the county and we were playing at their opulent facility. I don’t know. Maybe I’m reading the situation inaccurately. I don’t care much, but the experience was a little weird.

N and I left in the fourth quarter. We hit the Cedarburg candy store. They were remodeling, with some shelves empty, and N told the women working the counter that they needed more candy. The women were gracious about his suggestion. Later I took a bath with the new Ellroy, drank tea, and collapsed into bed a little after eight.

This morning N, T, and I hit the donut shop early then waited at the crossing as train pulling empty coal cars passed heading north. I spent most of the morning burning CDs and answering email. The skies were bright and the temps near fifty. My legs hurt from a long week of additional treadmill time so I decided to walk today rather than do another full-on gym cardio stretch. I did, oh, maybe 5 miles in eighty minutes, through the woods, east on Webster, through Upper Lake Park, past downtown, and home. Now I’m on the couch wondering if S is going to wear pants today. This week looks decent. Have a lovely Sunday.