Home for a Week

We have been home for a week and we are happy to be home.  I have been thinking how it is a good thing to like being home and not wanting to be on the road or busy all the time.  We like our routines.  We like our apartment and our frequent sports watching.  I am not fond of meal planning or preparing but I like to eat so it needs to be done.  Two weeks of frequent meals out gave me a weight gain of three or four pounds that have to go!  

This week has been one of terrible news coming out of the Middle East with thousands dead and injured--both in Israel and in Gaza.  Our hope and prayer is that it doesn't escalate.  The news out of Washington DC is also chaotic with the House of Representatives unable to choose a speaker and thus unable to accomplish any goals.  And then the news continues on the several indictments for former President Trump with the latest bit that one of his lawyers has pleaded guilty just before her trial in Georgia;  we wonder what her cooperation will mean for the others.

Our lives involve frequent doctor's appointments.  Jim had a good and reassuring one this week with his urologist for the six month follow up for his prostate cancer diagnosis of four years ago.  

We had the joy of a dinner out with our friends the Moorheads who treated us at Seasons 52 to celebrate Jim's induction into the AAAS.  And we had the fun of our first Wall Street Journal Wine Club shipment which to my surprise, my husband took charge of ordering.  Our first bottle (Caballie Blanc)was really a winner; the second not as much.  But it is fun to enjoy them and read about them.  

We began planning for the church small group which will meet at our apartment starting next week.  Suddenly the carpeted steps look terrible and needed cleaning.  We will dust and vacuum and clear off the coffee table. We have begun to look at the lesson and have emailed the group.  I have planned the snack.

 Jim was able to get in his weekly golf outing again.  I have spent time with my Goodreads "want to read" list and began downloading some for my Kindle app on my phone.  And as always,  there is our daily Spelling Bee time each morning where we don't stop until we get to "genius" together--usually with the help of the two-letter hints on the site.  And we do a happy hour NYT Crossword puzzle with each one of us on our own laptops. 

Last week Saturday was a great win for Notre Dame football over Southern Cal.  We are watching the Phillies and the Diamondbacks in the NLCS with the Phillies ahead 2 to 1.  We watched the Liberty lose to the Aces in the WNBA finals.  When we complain about the frequent repetition of some commercials, we have to admit that maybe it is because we are spending so many hours in front of the TV in the evenings.

I write about our trips and adventures.  It seemed good this morning to also write about a wonderfully  ordinary week at home.