down to the wire....

Hi,
Marshall has been working his tail bone off the last few weeks. Tomorrow is his big day: he's taking his flight test for his US pilots license. I know he's going to pass with flying colours (no pun intended) but he is still plugging away at getting all his ducks lined up so that there is no chance of failure. I have complete faith in his ability to nail this test, wow the examiner and spike the ball in the end zone... sorry wrong game but you get the idea. Wish my man good luck and clear skies for tomorrow morning. Not to be considered a bribe in any way, I have baked chocolate chip cookies to give his FAA examiner tomorrow when all is said & done. Showing up with home-baked food is always a good thing... after the test is done, they can celebrate.

Everything else is hunky-dory. Swimming lessons are light this month. People are still away for the summer or kids are at camp. That's fine by me. I get to swim more laps for my own health and take Yoga classes more often. I'm enjoying the Yoga more and more as my body gets with the program. Saturday I learned to get from a pose called 'crow', where you balance your knees on your elbows as you plant your hands on the floor and lift your toes off the ground. You are putting all your weight on your planted hands. From there, you spring your feet backwards and end up in a 'plank' position, like the top of a push-up. It's really cool looking when you do it. I'm good at head stands too but my hand stand needs work.... and then there are all the pretzel poses that I may have to learn in my next life. This body is just not going there.

Time to move on. We have a mason redoing the front walkway of the house and parts of the back patio. All the pointing (cement joints) needed pulling out. It's looking terrific. I hope he's done today so that I can get rid of the concrete dust. Then we have to spray some sealer on it and it will look better than new. Own a house, get a job. There is always something to fix here.

xox
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