Summer hit a couple of months early here in the North Bay. There was just enough of a breeze late in the afternoon to keep the heat from being oppressive, but this is something we’re not used to. It’s been a long, dreary winter, and I’m not sure it’s completely over just yet, but it was great to see this kind of a day stuck in the middle of April.

This was also the first game for Eric’s baseball team, and as much as I enjoyed the game (or the part of it I saw), I think I got a little too much of that wonderful sunshine. I could feel it at the time, and I could feel it even more later in the day. If past experience prevails, I’ll feel it for a day or two and then I’ll be fine. I don’t usually burn badly, but today I did burn kind of stupidly. I just wasn’t prepared for a couple of hours in sunshine like this.

I’m glad I went. I got to see Eric hit a two-run double. Aiden and Kylie were there, and I think some adults as well, but with Aiden and Kylie around there isn’t much time for paying close attention to the game, or for chitchat that doesn’t involve them. They always have something to say, and it’s almost always amusing in some way. At one point Kylie asked, “What are you guys laughing at?” I couldn’t honestly tell her, because I think it was just general happiness at being out in the summery sun with two lively sprites.

I came home before it was over, with Eric’s team comfortably ahead (although there’s no way I could tell you the score or the inning). I had the intention of spending the rest of the day doing nothing, but I couldn’t resist getting some work done. I somehow crossed six of the quarterly tax items off my to-do list, leaving four more to go. That gives me confidence that I’ll finish before the end of the month, since it’s ten whole days away and there’s another weekend between now and then.