At weekend's end...9/12

It's 10:28 p.m., Sunday night. Sitting here with a cup of orange tea, to help break these sinuses, listening to Matt Drudge on the radio. I know I haven't kept up-to-date on my blogs recently...my humble apologies. I will do better!

It's been a rainy, overcast day here in Nashville. It wasn't supposed to be like this, but I'm glad it was. It was a good break from the heat and humidity. And did it rain! It poured more than a few times this afternoon.

Things have worked out well so far. Got some little piddly jobs done. My frame of mind has tremendously improved over the past day or two. Got to do some chatting with a few good friends and I feel expunged.

Watched some football this weekend too--Go Irish! And believe it or not, UT-Martin, my alma mater, only lost by two touchdowns to Tennessee State Univ. I think that is some kind of benchmark! Martin football has always suffered to their premier sport on campus--rodeo! I knew a couple of the rodeo guys when I was there and amazingly, it is a true sport!

Another surprise yesterday was that my cousin Robin was online. His great-great-grandmother was Polly Bell Nicholson, my great-grandfather, Thomas Bell's, sister. He lives in Doncaster England. We haven't touched base lately, so I was glad to hear from him. I do correspond with his grandmother, Molly. I am trying to get all my English branches together. Went to the genealogy library yesterday and looked for more Bell's, Jobson's, Robson's and James' in microfilm from Eglingham, North Sunderland and Warkworth England. That's where my families seem to be centered in the mid-1800's. Found a few possibilities, but nothing certain...yet!!

A week from today starts TEAM Week for the Audit Division of the Tennessee Department of Revenue. All the division's employees will be in Nashville for a week of learning and meetings. I look forward to it and usually dread it, but this year, I'm relaxed going into it because I don't have that much to do other than sit, listen and see my dear friends.

Well, that's about it from Germantown Nashville. I need to mow the yard sometime when it dries...and pull some weeds from the flowerbeds and garden. Work on the inside and the outside goes to hell and vice-versa.

My priest, Fr. Bernard, lost one of his sisters last week. Mary Margaret has been failing lately and last Wednesday she passed on. Say a prayer for him and his family. Thank you.

Time to call it a night...finish my tea...wash up and hit the sack. Good night my friends--I thank God for you!

Mark