Crazy days gone?

We made it to school. I am a physical scientist. I now can tell you a lot about simple machines that I did not know before. Did you know that an object that is a level can also be a wedge? There are complex machines that are made up of more than one simple machines. Lastly, if you are not sure what that simple machine is, say lever and you have a 90 percent chance of being right. I hope my son learned as much as I did... or maybe he should have known this by now. Too bad these kids didn't have this event before the test.

By 12:20 we were done. A neighbour who was volunteering agreed to a nice lunch after our efforts. We met at a local sushi restaurant that is a fave for our family. Nothing fancy - rather plain, but the best sushi. We talked through lunch and drank gallons of tea. It was a nice time. We dished on our respective neighbour epics and both felt better. You see we both wondered what we could possibly have done to bring this upon ourselves. We came to the conclusion that we were not alone. There are many neighbours everywhere who are not talking to each other. Sadly, we agreed that it was probably best to just be friendly with your neighbours. Funny, this was our first lunch together after living about 10 houses apart for the last 11 years.

I got home just before the kids were do from school. Got the bread machine started just in time. The kids quickly made plans to go play at friends. My mother calls. My brother and father are okay. I will call her back. I dutifully dropped the kids off and pick up some groceries for dinner. Back to pick up one kid - and home to make dinner. This happens often. You would think you get used to the concept.

I called my mother and my brother and today is a lot calmer than yesterday. There is no congenitive hart failure happening to my father today. Just croan's. If you can say that. And my brother's condition will hopefully get betterwith a pill change. Whatever better can be for him. Another crisis stalled for now.

A small roast is supposed to cook for about 20 minutes per pound according to the Angus roast label. It was not true today. We finally ate at 745. That's not so bad, but we sat down to eat almost an hour earlier. At least we did not have guests tonight. It is the start of the weekend. Everyone is winding down with their Friday night shows, and I start to relax. Gotta love weekends.