Today is Saturday March 16. We had a birthday brunch for both Laina and Elsa, who are turning 21 and 12 this year. It was delicious.

Emma and the The Grand Opera House put on their spring play last night. The show was much better than I expected and Emma’s acting is much better than I expected too. She really throws herself into the role. And the other actors are good. It was a good community experience, to see the up on this small stage with one set.

Wednesday was Elsa’s true birthday. I spent the morning of it in court, waiting to see the fallout from my speeding ticket. It was neat, in a way, to sit there and see our court process in action. I ended up having to pay a fine and get court supervision, which was the best I could have hoped for. So now I drive like the proverbial old lady, with a line of cars behind me.

Tuesday I went to the SIU clinic in Springfield to see the ENT about my ears. She thinks that I have fluid in my Eustachian tubes and that I need to take Zyrtec and Flonase for six weeks to clear it all up. If it’s not better then I’ll get an MRI. But she said it was not due to COVID. So that’s nice to know, I guess. I don’t have to wonder if getting vaccinated was a bad idea now.

Monday was Emma’s first track meet of the year, at Illinois College. I was still tired from the time change, plus it was raining all day. Plus I’m still getting over a head cold. So I was dragging ass to go see her run. I’m still dragging the proverbial ass even today. I need to get over this so I can get back to working out and get back into a good routine.

I finished printing some tiger earings. We will probably donate those to the TAC club to raise money for Tiger Athletics. I finished the new 3D guitar too. I’m working on the headstock decal right now, trying to get it to look just right. Then I will donate it to the school to be auctioned off for the music booster club.

It’s been one of the busier weeks I’ve had lately.