May 1, 2007
McKinney, TX
One of the things we've come to learn is that the first week or so on the road in the spring can be a shock to the system. New places, changing time zones, different foods, and variable weather. The latter hit us around 3 AM, when the rains came in waves. Spending the winter in the desert southwest lulls you into a sense that the sun should just shine every day and showers are something for a tub. Well, we're not in Phoenix any more. Yesterday was overcast at times, and the heavy rains at least held off until the overnight hours. The skies gradually brightened all day, and now the sun is out and heating things up. It's reminiscent, of course, of the time I spent here in the northeast suburbs of Dallas from April-July, 2005. On the east coast, we called it "Florida weather" -- always steamy with a storm brewing somewhere, whether it hits you or not.
In any event, the weather hasn't hampered us at all. The pups went to "Doggie Day Camp" at PetsMart today, and they'll do that for the rest of the week. After we dropped them off this morning, Geri and I stopped in a few stores for a few odds and ends. In the afternoon, we packed up all of the old blinds (we spent much of yesterday removing them; saves on installation labor) and hardware. They're now packed away in the roof pod on the car. I rearranged the wiring on the new tank monitors (the installer wired black->gray and gray->black) and cleaned up a couple of messes, then we picked up the "kids" and dinner, and, what do you know: "it's 5:00 somewhere -- here"!
Tonight, I hope to get to the pictures (last night was Heros on TV) and catch up on bills. Tomorrow, the installation of the new blinds will begin. We hope to have everything completed by Friday afternoon so we can head out first thing Saturday AM.
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