A Good Way To End The Week

OS really did mean to work today, honestly.

But it's the first Friday of autumn, both he and Mrs. OS have been running with the physical and emotional throttles wide open for the past couple of weeks.

We put the youngest child on the plane Wednesday, sending him off to college. Not just the college of his choice, but the one of his dreams. It was a proud moment, but the silence in the empty nest can be deafening

So, OS played hooky, and is so glad he did. Lunch at a lovely small restaurant owned by a brave young couple. Then a visit to the Mennonites, who run a bakery way off the beaten path, followed by a visit to a Mennonite-owned nursery. Filled the back of the car with purple asters.

We had fun, just for its own sake. Hell's-Bells, OS even drank most of a beer with his lunch, and Mrs. OS enjoyed a glass of white wine. A complete departure from our lives of industrious and productive sobriety.

It was a good day. It made OS grateful for all his many blessings of family, friends and occupation. It also made him aware how wonderful are our freedoms.

Off to bed. Another day in a wonderful part of the world to awaken to.