Rehearsals for Guys on Ice are going well, but Monday was our day off, and I had a great day.

Dentists appointment in the morning. Yes, it’s odd for me to put “Great Day” and “Dentist’s Appointment” in the same thought, but I got a nice teeth cleaning and some new crowns finished, and they look great!

Then it was off to do some prop shopping for the show, a little costume shopping as well. This was much fun. In addition, I picked up the new Green Lantern comic book and read that while having a great (soft) lunch at a Mexican place I’d never tried. Yum.

Next, picked up a new battery for our riding mower, and installed that. Then, while Jeanne and Maggie took a walk with the dog, Max and I played baseball in the backyard for a while. This was much fun. I was very proud – I almost got knocked unconscious by a screaming line drive off my kid’s bat! 🙂 His hitting is getting pretty good! The throwing though…we’ll be continuing to work on it.

Immediately following baseball, we had giant bowls of homemade chicken soup with angel hair pasta – YUM! Then we all had a big family event where we gathered up all of the recycling that’s been accumulating in the garage, piled it into the van, and took it down the road to the recycling place – this was fun because pizza boxes and folded cereal boxes fly like frisbees, so we had a blast filling the cardboard bins!. And of course, since we were already in the van, even though it was getting close to bedtime for the kids, I couldn’t NOT take advantage of the fact that we were already halfway to town, so I drove us to Twisters for some spur-of-the-moment ice cream cones.

Eating the ice cream cones on the way home, Maggie was lamenting that the only thing we didn’t get to do was ride our bikes. Well, it was getting dark, but we jumped on our bikes and took a couple of spins down the dirt-road that runs next to our yard (it leads to a courtyard of houses, a nice little dirt-road cul-de-sac that’s very pretty and peaceful, kind of in the woods). So, we rode around for a little bit chatting and laughing, and then headed back in for bed. Naturally, while we were getting them ready for bed, a break-dance show broke out. I was painfully reminded how out of shape and nearly forty I am, as opposed to 18 again, when I tried to show them exactly how “The Worm” is REALLY done!

Once the kids were in bed, I did have to watch the Tigers bullpen lose a game for them, in what appears to be a big blow to their postseason chances. *sigh* Still, after that I watched a great episode of Doctor Who! What a great show!

And now…Tuesday morning. Work. Off to do a little more shopping, prep for rehearsal, and prep for Williamston Theatre’s big Season Launch Party on Thursday. So, I’m expecting Tuesday to be a great day too…

But I need more days like Monday in my life!