The Norm

Work went by as usual. Not too much excitement this week. However in home news, Thursday night or should I say Friday morning I encountered a visitor in my room. You see, I thought I heard something outside my window like a squirrel or raccoon crawling on the roof (there is a non-functional balcony outside my widnow). Naturally, I turned on my light (2:30 am) to see what was out there because I figured they could come busting through my screen window if they really wanted to. I looked in vain for there was nothing outside so I turned my light off and laid back down. However, not a minute later I saw the silhouette of something fly diagonally across my room in the dark. I immediately sat upright in my bed, turned on the light, and spotted a large blob on my wall above the window. I looked closer and determined it was no bird........it was a bat!! Yes a bat, didn't get close enough to see what kind of bat. Once I saw what it was I got outside of my room, closed the door, and texted Linda-"There is a bat in my room." She came out of her room and asked me if it was really a bat, she looked for herself and was dumbfounded. We decided on a gameplan: we opened my window, I got the broom and a blanket and we attempted to direct the bat out the window. We also used a fan to blow the bat out the window. Thirty mintues later the bat was successfully booted outside of the house. I was more terrified than Linda; I credit her with the courage and I took the credit for the plan. In the morning she asked me if it was a dream or reality.
This weekend I went to a musical with Linda called Aida at a community theater. The story was set in Egypt and consisted of a forbidden love with original music by Elton John and story by Tim Rice. Considering it was put on by a local theater it was pretty impressive. Sunday we meandered over to the outlet mall about 15 miles up the road and at night we played tennis. I have been watching the Olympics like everyone else, big surprise.

The state fair starts up this week. I have a ticket to go see one of the concerts at the fair next week, building up excitement for that :) Linda is looking into entering Hannah (her dog) into a dog jumping contest, we shall see if that comes through, it would be fun to watch since Hannah loves the water so much.

No pictures this time.

Adios for now!