I don't know about you but I am just floored by the fact that it is the end of March already. What the hell happened that the days are whizzing by?
Remember when you were a kid and the days just dragged? You wanted school to end so that summer vacation could start. Then, depending on your particular life style, summer either whizzed by way too fast, or it dragged on and on then suddenly it ended. I remember feeling like I hadn't had a vacation at all, do you? It was just a weird combination of awareness. School dragged (even if you were a good student and enjoyed a lot of it). But back then, we had different things to look forward to...Christmas vacation (yes, that's what it was called!), then Spring Break and then vacation.
Maybe that's what I miss...that anticipation of things to come. You had to be patient....and that was hard as a kid. I do have one thing that I am looking forward to....my trip to Chicago with Cee. When Cee and I mentioned that to Michael, he said he really wanted to take his wife to Taste of Chicago. I told him that it always seemed to be either just before or while I was there that it took place. Now I am wondering if he might be thinking of driving up there in tandem with us IF Taste of Chicago is scheduled for then.
Let me explain what that is. It has to be the biggest gathering of all kinds of ethnic foods that you have ever seen. There are booths set up and the smell of all the wonderful dishes being prepared is enough to make you gain 20 lbs. If you like Greek, Italian, Jamaican, Vietnamese, Mexican, Chinese, Japanese, Polish....you name the type of food you want and you can find it there. It's amazing and delicious. You can also just try foods you have never had before but are curious about. It usually runs for a week and it's well worth going to but....you have to be able to put up with huge crowds of people. It's an experience and you have to plan on spending the whole day...or two or three...to experience it all. That's what Michael wants his wife to experience. It's not something she would have ever been to in her native Nicaragua.
Cee and I really enjoyed our visit with Michael and Lucia. They are good company and it's fun to do something different. Michael was a sweetheart and he bought some vodka (Pinnacle) for me to enjoy while we were celebrating Cee's birthday. When we were getting ready to leave, he gave me the bottle which was a surprise but he's not doing much in the way of drinking these days. At least, not the heavy stuff. I give him credit for that since it would be so easy to overdo it. He's doing more like those coolers on the market, which is very stingy on the actual alcohol in them.
Since Michael is in sales, he spends a great deal of time of the phone and sending emails, etc. I've often wondered if he could actually TAKE a vacation. I mean one where he's not selling something. It's like second nature to him and he works hard at it. After our get-together for Cee's birthday, he was such a sweetie and sent me an email. It said he enjoyed our visit and told me that I was welcome any time. To just drop by whenever I needed to get away from the Beast....LOL. I may do that when I need a break.
Okay, I always have to include something about the chickens so here it is....we know the chickens ate up all the grass that was in their yard. I think I told you about Chewlee gathering up a lot of the weeds and some clover that we have growing here and there. She fed it to the chickens and they LOVED it. So the Beast used up the huge mass that Chewlee had picked and put in one of my big bowl. He then picked a bunch more when the chickens just went nuts and ate it all up.
I went out this afternoon and picked a huge bunch of clover, some wild flowers and some interesting stuff that had popped up in our vegetable beds. I then scattered it in the chicken coop and they couldn't get to it fast enough. It was hysterical. You would think they hadn't been fed with the way they ate it up. The Beast says it all helps fatten them up. Yikes! He's thinking about eating them???? I don't know. Let them spend a couple years laying eggs first and then we'll see.
The rooster makes me laugh with some of his antics. Today he came speeding out of the barn over to this one hen and really was giving her hell about something. She had her head bowed and then she lay down on the ground like she was really sorry about whatever he was pissed about. He then strutted away and it was a while before she got up and started eating the greens again.
The rooster really does strut. You don't even have to see the comb on his head. Just the way he walks around tells you he's the king of the yard....LOL. If nothing else, they are good entertainment.
Time to get ready for bed. Love you all. Be good. Be happy. Get rid of any negative people in your life. Life is too short to be anything but happy. ***Hugs***
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