We are now a Y family. (Well, Ingrid and I are, because it’s cheaper to do two separate than the family one for our needs.)  Ingrid will do swim lessons on Saturdays with Dave, and I had planned on doing a weight class that day, along with everydamnbody else, so maybe I’ll do the elliptical or something. Might even be easier, since the weight class is at one building, and the swim class at another a few blocks away. Anyway. I am registered for one night of Yoga/Pilates Mix, and one night of the weight class, which is actually kind of cool, that you can now sign up for individual nights instead of different times — instead of always being in the 640-740 class, for instance, I can do one night at 6:40 and one at 5:30, or mix up what I do…. all good. I’m feeling pretty good about it.

Aside from that, it’s been odd — we live in Mayberry, truly, right down to the picket fence and the friendly neighbors, but last night, a few houses down, there was a home invasion. The old couple that lives there (the ones we know as "the dog feeders" as they take dog treats on their daily walks to feed the pups they come across) went next door to give their ill neighbor some soup (seriously, MAY. BERRY.) and weren’t gone for more than a few minutes, but when they got home, they heard someone upstairs, and zoom — a guy came barrelling down the stairs and out the front door.  My parents were here last night,and when they arrived, they saw the police cars, but Ifigured it was maybe a noise complaint or baseball through a window or something, until our neighbor came by to give us the scoop and tell us to lock up tight.

We do, anyway, though now we’ve locked the deadbolt and our cars, and locked our screen door when the front one is open. Seriously, while our neighbors were getting robbed, Dave was in the backyard pushing Ing in the swing, and I was upstairs folding laundry, and the front door was wide open, with our full screen door unlocked, as it is EVERY night in summer.

Later that night, the guy maced an 82 year old woman, and he’s linked to a dozen home invasions on the West side/our neighborhood. They even had a HELICOPTER with a SEARCHLIGHT last night. I’ve NEVER seen that in this town, ever, let alone in our neighborhood. So, that’s sort of freaky.

Beyond that, we got our new oil tank installed yesterday, and we had our apple pie and cheese breakfast at work, which is a nod to the farming tradition of eating AP&C breakfast before planting the crops in spring, but as a university, we plant int he fall and harvest in the spring…. either way, it was a nice way to get ready for the return of students next week.