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.