March 14-15

...more rainy days should be as good as yesterday. Nurtured my soul in the morning with our minister who presented on the topic of "Failure". On the surface, it doesn't seem so uplifting, I even admit to going into service with some trepidation....who wants to be reminded of one's failures? But she is so amazing to take what might be a gloomy topic and turning it into something inspirational. Expectations, goals, learning from mistakes....etc...I can never be as elequent in a fast blog posting LOL...Anyway, It was probably one of the best services I have been to! We need to support each others dreams and goals.

I wanted to stay and talk more at the UU, but I needed to make a decision as to whether or not to participate in the parade....GLAD I DID...

Between Jim, Ira and Bob, the three men of Folkloric, I think you would have the three SWEETEST men on the entire planet. All together, they are the funniest, sweetest, most geniune people I have ever met!! They only play music together once a year for St. Pat's day, and they never need to rehearse, because they are such great musicians, and are in-tune with each other. All three are positive people, even Ira who came home from Florida with his car buried in the snow, who was updating me on his life, is SSOOOOOOOO positive. Jim too!!! He knows everyone in Kingston (more than Bob), and being with the 3 of them is such a HOOT! With hail, rain, wind, and a few drunken float riders, they roll with the punches!!! They certainly were crowd pleasers!!

For me, waving and smiling at people (which is easy for me to do) on the float listening to Folkloric was the highlight of the weekend. I was in a good mood to begin with (albiet, a little sniffly), but left feeling like a made the right decision to attend, and didn't get any sicker from that decision. The only thing which would have made it better, would have been if Alan, Beth, Scott and Sumner were with me. I had cancelled Alan's parade-riding because of his bronchitis, and left it up to the King-Barras as to what they wanted to do....NEXT YEAR!!!

THEN, afterwards, it was time to focus on getting chores completed. I must have a clean and organized abode,and the week of illness left me behind on such tasks....After food shopping at Adams, I met Roger and Alan at Burlington Coat factory where we selected shoes for Alan and chuckled about shiny pants LOL. Then, Alan helped me fold clothes. I washed floors, dusted, put away clothes, etc. Even got this cup of coffee ready for the morning, and our lunches, clothes, etc. I planned ahead for this morning given the time change.

ALL IN ALL, to sum it up, this weekend was a nice combination of relaxing from illness, spiritual renewal with friends, playtime at the parade, and work/chore activities.

For today, I need to follow-up with my friends who also had illnesses/injuries from last week. It will be a busy work week as well. It's already 7:19 AM, need to finish this cup of coffee and get ready for work :)