Monday, September 17, 2001
[6:39 AM]
Things to Be Grateful For
I was looking back through some of my archives and ran across this entry from December 13, 1999, during the first winter we spent in our house:
We have been undergoing the installation of a new heating system these last two weeks. Holy cow, is it ever gonna be done? Originally it was supposed to be finished last Tuesday . . . today it's Monday again and they're still not done. Tonight when I got home there were three (count 'em, three!) vans in my driveway, and about seven men inside the house, working away. They stayed til 7:00 and it's still not done. But we're getting closer. Surely in the next couple of days . . .
In the meantime it's still maxing out at about 50º F in this house. The coldest we ever recorded was 35º F in the living room. It feels like camping. Last night when I got in bed, it took me 45 minutes to warm up enough to fall asleep. And that was with the electric blanket blazing away.
Um, 35º F in the living room? And why weren't we staying in a hotel???
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[11:43 AM]
It's been such pretty weather here this weekend. Yesterday I went out to the orchard and up to Manchester to go to Record Express and Target. It was good to be out on the road with the music and the sunshine.
Today it's time for chores and cleaning, some work on the bathroom project, and maybe a phone call or two. Just kind of a quiet Sunday.
My journal is updated with an entry and pictures today.
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Saturday, September 15, 2001
[8:21 PM]
Late yesterday evening Marty and I came in from dinner and errands, a Friday night tradition at our house. It's getting dark earlier and earlier now, and as we got out of the car, we looked up into the sky. Although we live very close to New Haven, the city lights interfere much less with our view of the stars than you might expect. Friday had been a cloudy day, but by last night it had cleared and the stars were vivid against the black sky.
Among all the stars were the tiny flashing lights of a jet plane, moving slowly across the sky, way overhead. It was the first plane I'd seen in the sky since Monday.
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Friday, September 14, 2001
[5:25 PM]
I'm glad it's Friday. Even though it's not much of a Friday -- it's rainy, it's cold, and my weekend guest is stuck 1300 miles away -- at least it's the end of this long, long week.
It really is actually cold today. I noticed some color in the trees, as well. We will be well and truly into autumn in just a couple of weeks. The year is slipping away.
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