Drifting Along

Home for a few days, being Mother’s day weekend and all.

I’d seen the stories about the wild fires in south Georgia for a good while now but hadn’t thought a lot about the magnitude until I woke up this morning to smoke filled streets. Now, we’re more than a 100 miles away and we are coated in smoke… wow… Has decidedly cut down on the desire to be outside.

Still, I spent a good chunk of the day out there. I needed new brake pads and, as I discovered, a new caliper. I’m by no means a grease monkey, but with a touch of guidance from my Dad, I can get some stuff like this done. It is like a puzzle of bolts to remove and put back together. My brain works well on that. And yes, I’m a cheap skate. If I can do it, I’d rather do it than pay someone else. There will be plenty of time when I’m 80 to let people do for me.

That done, I did some work around the house, planted a planter of mint and catnip for Mom and drifted into a lazy evening. It’s funny that the plants were almost as expensive as the planter. Wow!

I also today, watched the last episode of Life On Mars. I realize I may be coming to the table late on this one, but WOW, what an incredible series. Just fantastic. It’s been quite awhile since I found myself so riveted to a TV show. The ending was just phenomenal. I won’t give it away. Find it and watch it yourself. If you get BBC America, the first episode airs on May 26th. The general premise is that a police officer from 2006 is in an accident and when he wakes up, he’s a police officer in 1973. His struggle to understand what’s going on while trying to fit into life in a different time is the heart of an incredible show with an awesome cast.
[YOUTUBE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOHaCCEH8lE[/YOUTUBE]

Apparently, there will be another series from the creators of Life on Mars featuring some of the same characters. I can’t imagine it living up to this show, but it would be awesome if it does!