Friday night I spent watching Rome fall to pieces. As the years ticked by the death count mounted. Pluto, the God not the ex-planet, had never been so busy. The blood lust was thick and money and armies changed hands as the Gods played with the lives of mortals. It was the Ludi Romani again! Last year something came up and I was unable to attend. But this year I remember in the nick-of-time and got my usual position as Apollo, sun God and thrower or plagues! It was good to see people from past years and I even saw a cousin who is a student in the program. I went up by myself. Angel was feeling under the weather what with hitting her 19 week mark with baby Roo. More than ever I saw the Gods (or the people playing them) manipulating the mortals until the final battle consisted of two factions both championed by some major divine support. I didn't have a faction and enjoyed the chaos. What can I say? It doesn't matter who wins the Sun will set on their empire just like the last. (He he he he!)
Saturday, we finally got our taxes sent off this week. Right before the deadline. There were complications in obtaining some needed information which delayed us, but we got it done. Finally. We never seem able to get them done in just one day. It's awfully discouraging. With taxes to be done we popped down to my folks and got them done early in the morning. This was because her neighborhood was putting on an Easter Egg Hunt.
This hunt involved about one hundred kids and their parents. It spanned the whole neighborhood. It was a lot of fun. each house participating hung a flyer on their door (or mailbox, tree, etc.) and spread candy or Easter Eggs all over their front yard. At each house, each kid would just take one treat and then move one. Unfortunately, it looked like there were more kids than eggs as some of the house (including my parents and Mom had put out 96) didn't have any more treats towards the end. It was good to walk the neighborhood and I even ran into a high school acquaintance and spent some time catching up with him. His daughter was a year younger that Kanga (and a year older than Tigger) and it was good to enjoy the wonderful weather.
Sunday we were able to attend the baptism of a former coworker of Angel's. When they met he said he was a "non-believing Buddhist" which only served to start a conversation about religion. He is a good man and very intelligent who wanted to make sure he was committed before being baptized. It was a wonderful meeting and the kids even did a good job sitting through it. We were able to talk to Kanga about baptism. As she's be able to be baptized in two years we need to help her start to understand some things now.
All in all, it was a very nice weekend.
Saturday, we finally got our taxes sent off this week. Right before the deadline. There were complications in obtaining some needed information which delayed us, but we got it done. Finally. We never seem able to get them done in just one day. It's awfully discouraging. With taxes to be done we popped down to my folks and got them done early in the morning. This was because her neighborhood was putting on an Easter Egg Hunt.
This hunt involved about one hundred kids and their parents. It spanned the whole neighborhood. It was a lot of fun. each house participating hung a flyer on their door (or mailbox, tree, etc.) and spread candy or Easter Eggs all over their front yard. At each house, each kid would just take one treat and then move one. Unfortunately, it looked like there were more kids than eggs as some of the house (including my parents and Mom had put out 96) didn't have any more treats towards the end. It was good to walk the neighborhood and I even ran into a high school acquaintance and spent some time catching up with him. His daughter was a year younger that Kanga (and a year older than Tigger) and it was good to enjoy the wonderful weather.
Sunday we were able to attend the baptism of a former coworker of Angel's. When they met he said he was a "non-believing Buddhist" which only served to start a conversation about religion. He is a good man and very intelligent who wanted to make sure he was committed before being baptized. It was a wonderful meeting and the kids even did a good job sitting through it. We were able to talk to Kanga about baptism. As she's be able to be baptized in two years we need to help her start to understand some things now.
All in all, it was a very nice weekend.
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