I’m staying home from work today as I have a splitting headache that is refusing to respond to Tylenol. After a bit I’ll switch to aspirin to see if that makes any difference. In the meantime I’m not interested in doing very much at all. The house is quiet as Nina is down in the Ogden area doing some clothes shopping. We’re headed next week to a wedding in Portland, one of the very special events for Nina. The ceremony will be in the Portland LDS Temple. The bride was an inmate at the Pocatello Womens Correctional Center when Nina was the Relief Society President in the branch that serves the prison. She’s one of the real success stories of people changing their lives and making the most of the new opportunities.

So, new clothes for the event are definitely appropriate. Meanwhile, I can be feeling lousy here at home and not be affecting anyone else. I do need to be at the office tomorrow, so I’m hoping this is a one-day thing.

Spring is trying to establish itself. The snow is mostly gone and the temperatures have moved up into the mid to upper 40’s during the day. I’m not sorry to see winter end! It has hung around long enough. According to the hydrologists, we have had abundant snow in the mountains throughout the region and the snow melt is filling up the rivers and the reservoirs. Hopefully the aquifer underneath us is getting nicely recharged as well. The grass can turn green anytime it wishes.

With the relentless increase in gasoline prices, I’ve joined a van pool to ride back and forth to work. The cost per day is about half of what the gasoline alone would cost for the trip up and back. While that is saving money and wear and tear on the car, it cuts down on the independence! I need to figure out some hybrid method … a way to ride the van up and back as well as a way to have transportation up there. Maybe I need a beater pickup or something I can just leave there parked overnight.

That’s the blathering for today. TTFN!