09-09-09

Yes, it's oh-niner oh-niner oh-niner today. A date none of us will see again. It will come around, of course, in 2109, but I'll be dessicated beyond belief by then. So what did I do today to celebrate this once-in-a-lifetime event? I got up at 6:30, went to Curves AND walked, worked on my talk for church, took my mother to the newish Trader Joe's-like place here, went on to WalMart (wouldn't want to miss that on a day like this), and then on to Wendy's for lunch (chili w/cheese and onions, side salad, baked potato), ending up at Tinda's for a haircut. It rained hard while I was there, but not as hard as it rained yesterday at the same time. Yesterday's was a momentous rain--huge drops pounding, pounding, a 6-foot wide river racing down Hudson as I drove up it--but only countable drops on the cement at my house when I got home. Very localized (I live maybe 1 1/2 miles from the flood on Hudson), and probably somewhat like today's date--momentous for some and gone unnoticed by others. I will complete the celebration by going to a choir practice at church for a funeral tomorrow, then coming home to watch Melanie Oudin beat the pants off whoever she's playing at the US Open. A good, all-around oh-niner kind of a day.