04/26/2010

Last week was Motor Week. Monday started with 04/26. There is an ongoing routine with the local Ford guru when 04/28 and 04/29 roll around. Don’t worry if you don’t get it. Four consecutive days of displacement: 426, 427, 428, and 429.

Bella and I witnessed a rabid raccoon wandering the neighborhood on Monday morning. Bella is my three year old Labsomething. She is finally at the age where they settle down into canine adulthood. Jimmy the cat can be eating or playing, and Bella will not even investigate. Usually. More on them later. The raccoon mysteriously vanished before the city crew arrived.

Excellent visit with my cousins last Friday evening. One of my eclectic hobbies is genealogy, and my cousin handed me an album of family photographs. She made the comment that puts it all in perspective, “If Babi and Dede did not hook up, we wouldn’t be enjoying Summit Extra Pale Ale in the Western Suburbs right now“. All of the decisions made years ago still impact our lives today.

Hawks won Game 5 of the series with Nashville in OT. Watched the game with some friends at our favorite college watering hole in DeKalb. Prior to moving to Minnesota, I though I would become a huge hockey fan. Didn’t happen. The year after arriving here, Norm Green moved the North Stars to Texas. However, I am still loyal to the Chicago teams I grew up with: Bears, Cubs, Blackhawks, and my Huskies.

Bumped into a old high school friend at the Jewel after returning from Spring Homecoming at Northern. For those not from Chicagoland, Jewel and Dominick’s are the two large grocery chains. He recognized me first, and I actually thought he was someone else. We talked, and I realized that the last time time I saw him was at least 15 years ago. Rochester desperately needs an upscale grocery store.