you foul, loathesome, evil little cockroach (in other words, part 2 of the previous post)

I realized the day after I posted that last one that I left out the most important update of all:  I waterskied.  Uh-huh.  I bet you think I'm making that up, but I have witnesses.  It took me four tries to get up (I'm blaming that on the skis which were several sizes too big), and then I made a wide loop all the way around our part of the lake and skied smoothly to a stop about ten yards from the dock (thirty years ago I could have skied right up to it, but apparently I've lost the art of calculating distances on skis)(or maybe it has something to do with the fact that I weigh about 40 lbs more than I did back then).  First time I've been up on waterskis since about eighteen years ago, when I only lasted about 30 seconds because I just didn't have the upper body strength to hang on.  This time, I was sitting there watching the kids ski and thinking: hmmmmm, all this strength training I've been doing has to be good for something! I should try this!

So, there.  I did it.  Go, me.  I was sore the next day, but it wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be.

I realize I haven't posted much this summer and there are several reasons for that.  (#1: It was summer.)  I was actually surprised just now when I looked back to see how often I did post, because it feels like I haven't written anything at all.  So I have a couple of ones that I'm feeling pretty ambivalent about that I'm going to back-post over the next few days, and then I'm going to sign off for six weeks or so.  At least that way I won't feel guilty about not posting because I said I wasn't going to, right??

Unless I think of something brilliant to say, of course.

Hugs and kisses to all my gentle readers.