Three things I'm loving this week:
1. Digital downloads. I had been meaning to pick up Sugarland's latest album (er, CD, er, digital compilation...) Love on the Inside for a while now, but kept forgetting. When I bought tickets for the Sugarland show (I'm taking my 13-year-old niece), it became paramount (I have to know the songs to sing and dance along at the concert!) But...getting to a store, let alone remembering to buy the CD is a challenge for me these days. So... a few click, click, clicking on iTunes and I downloaded the album right from home, put it on my iPod and burn a CD to share with my niece. All for $9.99. And, I didn't have to drive anywhere...or try and get that damn cellophane off the CD.
2. Paddling with friends. No...not paddling friends, paddling with friends. (Remember when school teachers paddled...isn't that just a completely bizarre concept now?). This weekend is our annual friends-and-family canoe trip (dubbed "Boone's Regatta) down the Allegheny River. The canoe rental place drops all of us, the canoes and several coolers full of libations at one end of the river and we take all afternoon getting back. The whole gang is coming this year (8 canoes full) and the forecast looks fantastic with sun and hot temps -- perfect for a day on the river.
3. Cinnamon graham crackers. I have a serious sweet tooth and these babies satisfy for a mere 65 calories for a four-rectangle cracker. I've gotten in the nasty habit of make s'mores in my mouth with these by tossing in a piece of cracker, a couple of chocolate chips and a mini marshmallow (and, yes, it's quite a sight). Don't judge me. :-)
Three things I'm not loving this week:
1. My birthday. Man, am I getting old. I remember when 37 sounded positively ancient. I still feel 25...but, my the deepening laugh lines on my face tell a different story. (Of course they also say I've laughed so much my face "froze that way").
2. Firewalls. Sure, they're good. They protect you and your PC. Unfortunately, mine are protecting our PC so well, I can't get my wireless stuff to work -- firewalls are fighting firewalls that are fighting firewalls. This will require a 1-800 call to the company that manufactured my wireless router. Word has it they know how to help me extinguish all the fires.
3. The end of summer. Sure, I know autumn doesn't technically start until Sept. 22, but we all know it ends here in Erie on Labor Day. My freezing piggies signal the approach of fall and the need for something more substantial than sandals for morning bus duty. (Sigh...if only I could hibernate until spring...).