Snow and Getting Older

It's amazing to see how some people react to decisions made by our homeowners association board! Five to eight inches or snow were forecast for overnight into Friday morning and at some point, someone has to call the snow removal people. Well, they did and when the actual snowfall was only about 3 inches, a number of people complained about the bad decision (our guidelines are for snow removal only when the accummulation is more than 3 inches). Their complaint was based on the sun melting a lot of what had fallen. They ignored the homes that didn't get the benefit of the sun and, more importantly, the fact that it was a wet, heavy snow that would have taxed many of our residents. Oh, the snow guys also managed to remove much of the ice on walkways and driveways.

I have been fighting bronchitis for about two weeks now. Started as a cold, as it usually does, and very quickly "settled in my chest" as my mother used to say. But it stayed and stayed and stayed. Finally went to the doctor who gave me Zithro and Flonase and they had helped a lot. However -- and here's where getting older comes in -- I am tired! I've been sleeping well but after I'm up a few hours, I want to lay down. Not to sleep, just to rest. I would surely like to bounce back more quickly but it ain't happening. But I'm rested enough, I believe, to resume going to meetings, playing bridge, etc. For which I'm thankful. :-)

Ordered an HD-ready TV set!! Samsung 32" LCD. I think I mentioned that I had seen part of a ball game on a friend's set a couple of months ago and decided that I had to have that. And the prices have come down a lot! I think that the HD cable box is a $0 upgrade according to thw plan I have, so that will be nice. I'm hoping it will be here and running in a week.

The winter baseball meetings have ended. The Red Sox will have an entirely new infield and maybe 2 out of the 3 outfielders will be new, too. I'll have to learn all new names and faces. "Can't tell the players without a scorecard!"