My brain is not yet in gear this Monday morning, so I’ll just recap the weekend.
Friday night Diane and I caught “Million Dollar Baby.” Highly recommended; although it’s a boxing movie, it’s not what you expect. Hilary Swank was terrific; she sure can throw a punch. In the race for Oscars, I thought this movie was far superior to “The Aviator.”
Saturday morning we went to M3’s basketball game. Young girls play basketball with a different set of rules. In pro basketball, for instance, you rarely see an official time-out so the referee can tell all the players to make sure their shoes are tied. Thoroughly enjoyable. Afterwards, I hit the gym and Diane went to visit a home for troubled kids.
Saturday evening Alex came by early for his birthday party. DIane baked a strawberry cake, and I’m pretty sure Alex ate the whole thing in one night. We went to Joe’s Crab Shack (meh – it was ok) and then played Monopoly. Alex used to whup us at Monopoly when he was younger, but the luck wore off as an adult. He’s coming back for a grudge match soon.
Sunday was church (Romans 8) and bible study (Luke 22), then we visited Irv in the hospital. He’s looking good; he’s out of ICU and in a private room now. All the prayers were fabulous; Irv says obviously God has one more task for him and he’s not ready yet. We stopped by Mom’s to visit, too; she caught the flu and hasn’t seen Irv since Thursday, so we brought her a first-hand update.
Back home for a little early Valentine’s celebration. Diane brought some candles and we camped on the sofa and watched “Second Hand Lions.” I had heard wonderful things about the movie, but it’s eluded me; I haven’t seen it playing anywhere, so I finally just broke down and bought the DVD.
That’s about it; a very pleasant weekend all around, but way too short, as always.
Chasing the Wind 
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