I wish I had taken pictures of last Saturday's Grand Prix but I was just too busy to get anything snapped. It went off without a hitch but it was probably the scariest Grand Prix to date for the Browning family. I think I had mentioned earlier that we bought a new timing system and new software. I LOVE that the stupid thing came with no actual manual. Lots of "You'll figure it out". Does that surprise me considering most Pinewood Derbies and Grand Prixs are ran by men?? Hello? Whatever.....when it came time for the rubber to meet the road, it all turned out. We ran the actual clubbers race with a point system. Whoever had the least amount of points at the end won, it was basically averaging the times. Then, I ran the tiebreaker and the adults race strictly on best time of the day. We will run the actual clubbers race next year on this. It will mean whoever had the fastest race of the day wins. I really wish we would have ran it this way this year but all turned out well and everyone was happy. Which meant all three of us came home and slept! I don't think I had a good night's sleep for a week and so that nap was wonderful! Robert actually ended up sleeping until the next morning. Andrew got up and ate and went back to bed. Stress.....the ultimate sleep depriver around here.
I wish I was one of those people who didn't eat when I was stressed. I would definitely not have a weight problem! But I am not, and so last week wasn't good on the Weight Watchers. I went Monday night but didn't weigh. You can do that like twice a year. So this week I've hit the exercising hard and I am STILL up on lbs!! GRRRR......it seems the harder I try, the worse it gets right now. I am counting points but I think the soreness of my muscles is playing tricks with my weight. Common sense says just keep going and it will come off. The "right now reality" says forget it. Trying to stick with long term.
My mom has had some adventures this week. I really thought she would wind up in the hospital. She has polymalgia rhuematica and it was flaring badly Monday. A trip to the doctor of a Z pack of prednisone and she is doing better than she has for months!
Then on to the Robert story of the week. Of course, he and his Nana have 35 acres where his house sits. Of that, about 7 of it COULD be mowed. My uncle was a very "backwoods" kind of guy and mowed his yard the last several years with a Bush Hog. There are two tractors at the farm as well as that bush hog. Robert's first thought was to buy a newer tractor with a mower. One big enough to also be able to handle his and Nana's gardening ventures. We started looking at used newer tractors last week and realized it was not an expense he wanted while still working on the house. I told him to fix the C and the Ford--which one of my cousins has volunteered to help him with, and buy himself a lawn mower. Well, he decided that as much as he wanted to mow, he was going to need a good mower, and wanted a zero turn. I told him to keep an eye on craigslist and he would find one. Well, in true typical Robert fashion, he found one, less than half price of a new one, that night. It truly looks BRAND new!
So now the fun begins.....Monday, he went to LOOK at the mower. He realized the ball on the Ford wouldn't fit our trailer so he made another trip to Charleston, by this time it was late. On his way home, his truck had problems. Please understand that last November, he lost the transfer case out of the Jeep. Time has kept him from getting that fixed so he has been driving the Ford from the farm; technically Nana's unless you ask her, she will tell you it's his. Anyway.....OUR jeep, the Wrangler, has been sitting at the farm all winter, the kicker on that? The guys had misplaced ALL the keys to it. Robert found a set of keys just last week. So, he knew what was wrong with the truck but was going to need to order parts from work. I went and picked him up and Tuesday morning, we went to the farm and he got the wrangler and drove it to work. Monday night ended up being a late night. Tuesday was an early morning as well. Tuesday evening, Robert met his dad at the farm and they went and got his mower. Then Andrew took Robert to his truck and they fixed it. Robert was going back to the farm for something or other. Andrew came home and came to bed. We had been in bed 10 minutes when the phone rang. Robert had the truck stuck at the farm....so away went Andrew. Night number TWO of being a late night. Everything is fine though and things happened in such a way that nobody was late to or missed work, so we just call it an adventure and move on.
The first day of Spring, Robert mowed his yard though. LOL.
Thursday evening, Mom and I went to see 9 to 5 at the High School. It was great! Those kids are incredible. It still feels really sad not being one of the moms but I am so very thankful for those years we had. I never felt that way about not being in them myself but man, the mom thing is bad. Anyway, if you are in the area and haven't seen it, you will be missing out if you don't go! Tonight at 7 and tomorrow at 2 and then it will be in the books.
That pretty well brings us up to date. It's Saturday, Andrew left for the farm almost 2 hours ago and Robert left for work. I'm cleaning house and then Mom and I are going to Effingham garden and grocery shopping. Hoping for a calm day as well as a calm weekend!
Happy Saturday and Happy SPRING!!!
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