January thaw inspires spontaneity

Kathleen was just sliding a big pot roast into the oven late this sunny afternoon when the thought hit her: This is an awful lot of roast beef for two people.
There's been a nice change in the weather, we finally had melting today, it got warm enough to wash layers of salt and dirt off our absolutely filthy car. Kathleen was feeling particularly good with her sinus infection finally lifting today and she felt like celebrating. So she put a roast in and peeled some potatoes. God bless.
Over on Kell Avenue where Mom stays, they had a break in their cabin fever as well. Around noon, the two residents and their willing caregivers jumped (well, two of them were actually gently transferred) into Jill's car and off they went bombing around Bloomington, dropping in at Walmart and McDonald's for no particular reason, other than to prove that they're not shut-ins.

Meanwhile, back on Abbey Point, Kathleen impulsively picked up the telephone to see if we could find some pleasant company to share the beef. We found two takers at the newspaper office: Perennial good-timers Laurie and Hai. They shared our roast beef and steamed carrots and some laughs and topped it off with a round of sundaes and a really nice visit and some talk about joining a business tour to Cuba.
We get another warm day tomorrow. We may take the opportunity to try out the new community dog park. Birdie unplugged. We'll see how that goes.
Just think. Only four more months of winter left.