My Day: 18 September 2011

Well, here we are – number 65! How can I possibly be this old? I always used to think it was funny when my elders said that. After all, they'd always seemed old to me! But now I know exactly how they felt. Old age has crept up on me and smacked me from behind.

Well, actually, I look more like it’s jumped out and punched me in the face!

Don't really feel any older though, and I've been pretty good about ignoring it until just the last week or so. But the past few days have been really depressing. Happily, Michael was great – surprised me with a little chocolate birthday cake, along with "Happy Birthday" paper plates and napkins. Then he made my favorite grilled salmon for dinner, even though the weather wasn't really perfect for such activities.

So, all things considered, it wasn't such a terrible day. I even got a little reading done. Oh, and the Cowboys won – now that's a great birthday gift, right?

My Day: 10 September 2011

Sitting here, unregenerately wearing white pants after Labor Day, watching the US Open online. One of my favorite events of the summer. Don't know why I'm such a tennis fan, since I haven't played a game in about forty years. But I've always loved watching. And for me, summer is nicely bracketed by Wimbledon in June/July and the US Open in September -- I won't really feel like fall is on its way until that last match is won.

My Day: 3 September 2011

Last night I finally got around to watching the recording I made of the Tony Awards show from back in June!!! I do this every year, but I think this is the longest I've ever waited to watch. And it was really one of the better shows, too -- but the Tonys are always entertaining. Especially now that Rosie O'Donnell isn't hosting. Glad to see that John Laroquette won the Best Featured Actor in a Musical award for his role in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. One of my favorite musicals, although I haven't seen this revival. Hard to imagine Harry Potter (sorry -- I mean Daniel Radcliffe) as J. Pierpont Finch, but it's a role that's hard to mess up.

News from Texas: Cactus Pryor has died. Now that's really a name from the distant past!

My Day: 1 September 2011

September! Already! How is that possible?

Not one of my favorite months, even though (or possibly because) it's the month of my birth. Pretty nice day, though -- mostly sunny and clear. Roger Federer won his match at the U.S. Open, and I started reading a new book. Not a bad way to begin any month.