Turns out that my Dad *did* keep some of his savings stashed away in an old sock... imagine my face when Mom showed me...

Yesterday was spent getting that liquified and put into savings for Mom and The Boy.  I never know when I'm going to have a week day free, and since yesterday turned out to be one of my free days, I jumped in and got the job done.  But between the drive down, and taking time to chat with Mom about various things, and the drive back, and the wait to get cashed out, and the drive to the bank*... throw in picking up The Girl from University.., my day was pretty much eaten up.

It was good to get it done, and I did manage to stop and pick up my shoes from the shoe repair, which I'd been trying to get done since Friday.  The DH had spaghetti waiting for us when we finally got home in the evening. But there's still quite a few things left on my Things To Do on Next Free Week Day list. 

And, Dad, in a sock?  Really???

*deposit into someone else's account?  Can't do that at an ATM...

There's been quite a few changes these past two weeks.  It is noticeably darker in the mornings, and darker earlier in the evening.  This year, I'm not sure why, I felt a little cheated, 'No, no, it's too soon for it to be getting darker'.  But, as I've noted before, it's been getting darker every day practically since school was out last June.  It's just that this year, it seems different for some reason.  

We had our first foggy morning a week or so ago, and a little bit more rain, and a grey day on Friday.... looks like fall is really here.  Oh, and I've got my first cold of the season.  *That's* unusual; I don't typically catch the things the kids are passing around, but this one seems particularly effective at propagating itself; many of the folks I know are sniffling and there appear to be quite a few teachers who are calling in sick. 

The greenhouse effort continues.  I had really hoped that there'd be a strong push, and they'd get it done, but it seems to be dragging on.  The DH believes that he'll get some of his buds around some Wednesday and they'll raise the roof when he gets to that point.  I keep expecting that to be the up coming Wednesday, but each week, we're not there yet.  Coincidentally, I just saw a link to a DIY site with instructions on how to reuse windows to make a greenhouse; theirs looks a lot more like what I expected than what I see happening out back.  But whatever, I guess. This is The Girl and her Dad's project, and I'm mostly staying clear.  It would be nice, however, if it could get wrapped up before the rains came again....

Meh. Wasted another day, although I did track down some interesting background information about the T. Pratchett books. The Girl tried to burn down the kitchen; thankfully she kept her head and put out the pan fire with minimal ill effects. I'm grateful that I didn't have to make a rapid evacuation of the house since I was in the shower at the time.

The rest of week's activities had ups and downs. I made a major effort on Tuesday, and got a lot of the mess made from The Boy's departure cleaned up. The stairs up to The Girl's room have been vacuumed for the first time in ages. Our mid-week trip to the Sinusoidal Wasteland to see The Boy had mixed results. The primary goal, which was to have him take his driver's test in the new car, failed. The alternate goal, which was to give The Girl a bit of a vacation somewhere warm, was more successful. It was a nice visit, but I would have been happier if he had passed the test.