On Idle

I went to outer space today. Actually I just took my four year old nephew and two year old niece to the park. Nothing like a grey drizzling day in March for a nice trip to the local play ground. It is especially fun if you are of a preschool age and there are puddles the size of small ponds laying about. Yes we equipped them with rain boots. The play ground is one of those wonderful wooden castle types, with lots of stairs, tunnels, and towers. One of the towers was painted like a rocket. No, it WAS a rocket. We launched after a very short countdown. (preschoolers not being too good with long count downs) After which there were electric swords and hot lava involved. I am not sure how it all fit in, but in a dream like way it worked.

So I am playing uncle. I would be better at it if I had not been nursing a cold when I arrive, which is now waxing to a lovely and congested crecendo. I still have a basketball hoop to finish building and my sister is going to take me shopping tomorrow to see if she can't do anything about my horrendous fashion sense. Hey I'm an engineer! what do you want?

Friday I will set out to a not-so-old college friend's house in Ohio. I here he has a tree that requires hacking into bitsy bits of firewood. Should be fun.

Sam's Summary

• My imagination is every bit as good as a four year old's
• I have a cold
• I don't have a sense of fashion
• I will be helping friend Chris hack up a tree on Saturday

Thanks for reading.