Weekend

Action packed day on Saturday. Went to Synagogue in the morning followed by lunch at a friend's house. Conversation was lively and I surprised everyone (except my bride) with my near encyclopedic grasp of the subject of Sea Monkeys (more on that to come). Later, She stayed home to wash her hair and I went to my daughter's house. We took a long walk in her neighborhood hoping to start her contractions. Of course that didn't work. Since she is several days past due (and since she is very slender and the docs don't want the baby to get too big), she will likely be induced. They don't schedule inductions over the weekend so Monday may be the day, unless the baby decides to appear on its own before that. In the late afternoon She went back to Shul and I remained home reading Londonistan, an interesting and frightening account of what has occurred in the U.K. We later drove to the old Friends Meeting House near the Hopkins Homewood Campus where we participated in an International Folk Dance session, leaping and twirling and coming up with steps we haven't done in over thirty years. It is amazing that these patterns are so ingrained that they remain intact after all of this time. The Balkan and Israeli music DJ'd by our old friend Paul reminded of us of how She and I first met at a folk dance session at the JCC in 1971. The group is small and comprised of unique types so typically seen in folk dance circles. They are, however, welcoming and forgiving (when a complex step is not quite remembered) and they encourage us to request the dances we wish to do. After that, we drove home and returned to our respective computers where I did some cooperative flying with some members of my online wing (more on this to come as well) and She chatted with some friends. A pretty good day, I'd say. Tomorrow:Sunday frenzy.

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