Sunday, September 30, was MacKenzie's last soccer game of the year. Beautiful day: 75 degrees, with just a few clouds and slight breeze. The Fall colors were still vibrant. It was the final division playoff, but unfortunately they lost 3:2 in double overtime and a shoot-out. The girls were pretty bummed, but there's always next year. For the 11 year-olds, they'll move into an older age bracket so they're pretty excited about that. As an added bonus, a bald eagle soared overhead for most of the second half of the game and overtime.
Monday was quite blustery, so all the lawns, streets--basically everything--was blanketed with fallen leaves. Good thing we photographed the trees last week--most of them are pretty bare now. I spent all morning raking Mom's front yard, but of course by mid-afternoon you couldn't tell I had done a thing!
In anticipation of our departure next weekend, I had my hair cut quite short on Tuesday. RJ says he'll begin cutting it when we're on the road: NOT! He's OK with me cutting his, though.
Wednesday was a beautiful day: 75 degrees, sunny, no breeze. Loved it! This day we took the next step in having in-home assistance for my mom. An RN came and spent over 2 hours doing a health assessment. (Thankfully, Mom was cooperative!) Next step is for Mom to see her physician (scheduled for Monday the 8th), afterwhich the in-home assistance should start pretty quickly. We want to be around for the first couple of visits by the aide, to help Mom be more comfortable having someone new come into her home.
That day RJ rode the motorcycle to Moose Lake, MN on county roads to view more color. And, MacKenzie auditioned for a singing part in a local play at the Encore Theatre. Her voice teacher suggested she try out, so we're waiting to hear if she made it. RJ and I also visited the local sheriff's office to apply for Minnesota's Conceal and Carry permits. Here's a photo of us doing a hands-on shoot at our class last week, with our instructor Dennis. (I think I could really get into this shooting thing...:0) And, yes, I did hit the target!
Thursday's headlines in the Duluth News Tribune: "Weather Goes from 70s to Snow!" "...In Northwestern Minnesota as much as 14" of snow is forecast to fall..." Spoke to my brother Ron (who lives in NW Minnesota); they got 10" of the heavy wet stuff. It's way too early for this weather. Temperatures dipped to around freezing, but thankfully, we didn't get more than flurries.
Friday and Saturday brought more cold weather, occasionaly flurries, and more falling leaves. The forecast is for warmer and more seasonal weather to hit next week. It will be welcome!
Well, that's it for this week. Stay tuned for more exciting news!
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