Sunday, March 23, 2008
Week Past 03/17-03/23/08 (Easter)
Mon 03/17 is St Patrick's Day but celebration started since the weekend. Hooray for Green Beer.
Thu 03/20 is the First Day of Spring. As if to mock the day winter storm was forecasted late in the evening thru Fri 03/21. I thought it bypassed us. I woke up at 5:30 am and nary a trace of snow on our roof. But by the time I was about to leave at 6:30 am there it was. Falling, wet and gaining strenght. There was already an accumulation in the driveway. The road was slippery and slushy. I witnessed a car spin as it turned right on County Rd 42. Later it was my turn on my to the gym. I did not spin but the car kept on moving forward as I stepped on the brake when the traffic light turned red. I had no choice but to make the left turn. Luckily the vehicles on green did not move forward immediately though I heard a honk. It would have been a perfect T-bone. I thanked God profusely. It was Good Friday. Pic above is my drive going to the office from the gym.
March is really the snowiest month. The rise in temps from negatives to teens and twenties is the perfect snow maker. I heard the weatherman on the radio telling his story when he was new in MN. He asked his senior colleague what advise she can give him. Her reply: "Never make any important life decisions during March."
Sun 03/23 is Easter. I've read somewhere that this is the earliest Easter celebration in 95 years. Two years ago I wrote about Easter and a link on how Christ's suffered. This Sunday there were three scheduled masses: 7:00 am, 9:15 am and 11:00 am. All three were packed. After mass W and I attended a birthday celebration cum Easter party. It was Randy and Leslie's daughter, Leyla, celebrating her third birthday. It was at the social hall where they are renting their apartment. It's the same place where W and her staff rented their unit when they first arrived circa 1996. It's also where I stayed when I first came to the US to visit W in '97. Memories. Bottom two pics shows Mom lighting the candle and proud Dad with guitar looking on.
