Walking in the rain

It was another rainy day here so I walked to campus for the last TALONS student recruitment day and took a long way home through the Cary Woods neighborhood. There were robins everywhere. Those red-breasted birds are seen in flocks in open areas often looking for worms and bugs on the ground. The creeks in the neighborhood were flowing nicely and the sound of water was everywhere. When I walk, I often pass a house with a trailer parked in the driveway advertising Auburn Unicyclists. Today when I walked by someone came out with a baby in his arms. I said hello and it turns out he teaches unicycling at the Dean Road Rec Center. He tells me he's taught plenty of adults to ride unicycles so I'm going to sign up for the spring session. I've wanted to ride a unicycle ever since Brett and I visited Harvey Mudd College for the first time and saw all of those students riding unicycles around campus.

I wish it were easier to get home; I'd love to be in New Orleans this weekend to celebrate the Saints in the Superbowl. I voted by absentee ballot for the mayor's race, but I understand that the Saints have completely overshadowed that event. I'll be watching the game with my friend's 86-year old mother. She likes football and is fun to be with--clever, witty and happy. She's written several self-published books of poetry and an autobiography and she draws and paints for fun...a good role model for me. I'll be studying the rest of the weekend; I have a lot of reading to do before Tuesday.