Definitely a fall morning; foggy, a bit wet, as it rained this morning, leaves on the ground all over the property.

Our front lawn is SO long and it desperately needs mowing. Unfortunately, my back really suffered from driving to and from Rochester and Don’s hand is sore, so we have to wait a bit. Frankly, if it weren’t for the cars parked outside the house, it would look like no one was home. As an added bonus, raccoons got in our trash can this morning and there’s trash strewn all over the area near the shed. That hasn’t happened in a while!

I’m determined to be very careful and take it easy over the next two days before I have to zoom coach again on Wednesday and Thursday. But thankfully, I can sit here in my chair with the heating pad on while coaching and that helps.

I’m currently listening to and watching BBC News Live as the King has traveled to Edinburgh where the late Queen’s coffin has arrived. I find all of this fascinating and moving; the ceremony, the ritual, the love for the Queen. And I’ve traveled to Edinburgh a few times and I know the Royal Mile and Edinburgh Castle, Holyrood House, etc. It’s such an extraordinarily beautiful city.

She became Queen in February of 1952 and I was born in November of the same year. She’s been Queen for my entire life. The same for millions, of course, but I’ve always felt a special link as I was born the same year she became Queen.

I haven’t been able to watch much coverage in the past few days, so I’m going to take advantage of being home and watch today.

I have some cute Blythe pictures but, in keeping with my intention not to post about them every day, I’ll wait a day or so to post them.

Stay safe.

Happy Monday.

Foggy morning.

I coached a lot yesterday. These zoom sessions are particularly challenging because it’s more difficult to ‘read’ the person I’m working with when I’m not in the same room with him/her. I have to work harder. This particular zoom connection was dodgy, at best, so sometimes the coachee would freeze, or I would, or the sound would go in and out or we’d talk over each other and have to start again. Lord.

At the end of it all, I’m exhausted.

I have an even longer day today.

I’ll be glad when zoom coaching sessions are finished – most likely, at the end of next week.

And after today, I hit the road for Rochester on Friday. I’ll get to the hotel, check in, rest a bit, and then head over to the theater and watch the final preview. (The show opens on Saturday.) I’ll take notes, send them out via email, and then drive back home on Saturday.

Sometimes, I feel like I’m getting too old for this. Ha! I’m almost 70, so I probably am.

Dear husband is making me a meal of some kind that I’ll take along with me tomorrow (in addition to a sandwich for lunch.) I have a little cooler and some ice packs, so it will be fine on the journey to Rochester. I’ll pop it in the microwave for dinner before I head to the show.

Okay, my friends. No posts tomorrow and Saturday. Back on Sunday.

Stay safe.

Happy Thursday.

A cool and foggy morning, but we’ll reach 91 degrees this afternoon.

Our lawn is mostly brown now, as you can see in this photo. You can also see the dried up coneflowers.

We got an email from our town yesterday declaring a burn ban because of the extremely dry conditions. They also said that we are experiencing a drought which could impact the town’s water supply. Most of us just outside of town have wells, but I know the center of town has its own water supply – no wells.  I was pleased (doesn’t seem like the right word to use here) to see the town officially using the word ‘drought.’

It’s really bad here.

We’re making an effort to conserve water. Quicker showers, less watering outside – only the pots on the porch, not doing small loads of laundry, but waiting to combine things in one big load.

I have one coaching session today because the rehearsal for one of the actors ran over and he couldn’t make it to the coaching session. Technically, I could charge them extra for this day, but I won’t. Things happen, and 30 minutes out of my day today is no big deal.

I woke up at 4:30 this morning and couldn’t turn my brain off, so a nap will be necessary this afternoon.

I wish I had more exciting things to write about, but I don’t. I will not be blogging on Saturday and Sunday. I have to leave very early on Saturday morning for Rochester. And I won’t have time on Sunday, either. Plus, I don’t really want to take my laptop.

But I’ll be back on Monday. And I’ll blog tomorrow morning, of course.

Okay. Have to take a shower, eat something, and prepare for a short coaching session.

Stay safe.

Happy Thursday.