July 16 – “What’s a glitterizer?”

We headed to Waco for a few days.  All the quarantine dizziness was just making our heads spin.  For Chris it was more than Corona-ness though.  She is still getting used to the meds they have her on.  One of the side effects is dizziness.  Now I can say, unequivocally, that I married a dizzy blonde. 

We stopped at Buc-ees on the way to go to the bathroom and grab something to eat in the car.  Don’t worry.  Remember that Buc-ees is known for the cleanest bathrooms in the state, and hand sanitizer was in evidence in the car as well.  Not everyone got the mask memo though.  But there were more masks than not this time. 

Once we got to Waco we found out that the mayor is trying to keep a handle on all things Corona-ish.  As a result Christi is making sure her kiddos stay away from people as much as possible.  Their church is going through all sorts of hoop-jumping as well.  They have a day care center that they have to keep in compliance as well as a recreation center.  Lots of legal mumbo jumbo to wade through. 

On a lighter note, I heard that the Washington Redskins football team is changing their team name and logo.  Best replacement I’ve heard so far?  D.C. Comics.  Imagine it … they could all wear Superman’s “S” on their chests.  And they could commission helmets to look like Batman’s cowl. 

We were sitting in the front yard Tuesday evening, watching the boys play basketball, when new had some visitors.  Two of the owls that have made a home for themselves in the woods behind the house came out to visit us.  One landed on the power line and stuck around there until the second one made its appearance.  Then the two of them flew across the street to a tree over there.  It was amazing.  Their wing span was really huge.  Very graceful birds.  Well, except that first one.  He didn’t exactly stick the landing on the power line.  Recovered well, though.

Later that night we went on a comet hunt.  Josh drove us to the darkest place he could find, a park somewhere in Waco.  The sky was really clear, as we saw lots of stars.  We identified several constellations like the Big and Little Dipper.  But no comet.  Guess we’ll keep trying over the next week or so until it heads on its merry way until its next appearance in 6,000 years or so. 

AnnaGrace let us know what she wants for Christmas.  Actually she just wants it.  She called it a Glitterizer.  What?  Christi apparently wasn’t sure as to the provenance of said request, so she followed up.  Seems a glitterizer is like a rifle that you shoot and glitter gets all over everything.  Of course it is.  How could we not see that?  I don’t think she’ll have much luck acquiring one from her parents, though.  They are not too keen on the whole “glitter all over everything” idea.  But she does have a key set of grandparents and a certain set of adopted grandparents (Psssst … Cary and Kay Lynn) who have been known to “bend the rules” here and there …

Psalms 34:8 says, “Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him.”

Father, thank you the chance we had to see a few of your wondrous creations, the owls and the stars.  And of course, the grandkids.  Amazing.  Just amazing.  Amen.