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 I'm going to be watching the weather as the day progresses.  Mason and I are making plans to try to catch the Leonids tonight, which are supposed to be at their peek some time around 3 am.  

I've only seen the Leonids one other time.  Several years ago, Shawn and I drove down to Norwood Young America, MN to hang out with the Minnesota Astronomer's club. The meteor shower lived up to its reputation of being spectacular.  We saw hundreds of meteors, including one 'fire ball' type.  We weren't there anywhere near peak time and we didn't even stay that long, probably no more than an hour (it was cold. It's always cold near my birthday in Minnesota). Plus, if I remember right, we spent much of the trip down freaking out about our car, which seemed to be having some kind of overheating problem--which I tried to fix with antifreeze... and then we spent the rest of the time worried that I'd put too much in. 

Even so, I remember that trip fondly.  I'd love to give Mason a similar experience.  Of course, it's raining right now.  We're expected to stay under fairly heavy cloud cover.  But, if I'm reading the weather radar maps correctly, it does look like if we head south it's clearer. Hopefully, we'll have a patch of clear somewhere nearby tonight, too. I'm willing to drive a couple of hours out of town, if necessary.  Mason is almost ALWAYS up for a road trip adventure, too.

Otherwise, the countdown to my birthday continues. Yesterday I got a terrible "present" in the form of the allegations against Sen. Al Franken.  DO NOT WANT. PLEASE RETURN IMMEDIATELY. It's actually been kind of a crappy birthday week in general, if I'm honest.  I hope this means that my actual day will be spectacular.  

Currently, my plans for my big 5-Oh, involve meteor chasing and brunch.  I LOVE breakfast out and when my birthday falls on a weekend, I insist that I get breakfast out. Sometimes we also do dinner, but, the truth is, of the two I would always rather have breakfast out.  Some folks at my usual coffee shop, Claddagh, have suggested we try the Colossal Cafe on Grand Avenue. It looks amazing, so I'm currently very much leaning towards trying that.  Should be fun, if Mason and I don't end up sleeping through the whole thing.  :-) (It's possible that we'll still be up.)

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Yesterday, despite NOT being Mason's favorite parent, he and I went to the park. In the way of my little nerd, we brought along books to read. (New LEGOs catalogue arrived!!!) We started at Mirriam Park, but quickly discovered that it was empty and very cold. So, after a quick stop back home for sweaters and such we headed for the River Road (Saint Paul side.) By chance we ended up reading on a park bench right next to the Desnoyer Park extension (a little paved path that disappeared into the woods towards the Mississippi River.) After hanging out on the park bench just reading for a half hour or so, Mason decided he was up for a little adventure. So we checked out the extension path. It took us down to the river's edge where Mason spend several hours just finding large rocks to toss into the river. We watched some people on the opposite shore play with their dogs on a wide sandy beach, and then we followed the trail awhile until Mason found some easily climbed sandstone cliffs and including one weird little crevass that in a horror film would have housed some giant trapdoor spider, but as it was, was a great place to slip and climb in the white sand.

Mason soon declared this was "the best day ever." So, while I might not be the parent du jour, I get to share the very best days with him. I decided that was a pretty good deal after all. :-)

He's aggitating to go back to the River Road today, and we may do that, although we have a new LEGO Star Wars game at home to figure out. Mason joined Half Price Books' Summer Reading Program, wherein if you read at least 15 minutes a day for seven days a week you get a $3.00 coupon to use at the store. Mason exchanged three weeks worth of reading yesterday and bought the game, a sticker book, a Marvel All Ages "Fantastic Four" graphic novel, and, of course, Mommie and I bought a ton of stuff (although Mama sighed and said that nothing compares to Uncles and we'll just have to make time to get over there before her next business trip to Seattle in the next week.)

Anyway, we're hanging out at the coffee shop right now and I think Mason is at the end of his patience for sittin' and reading, so I may have to keep things short.

Here's my CONvergence schedule:

Friday July 3


7:00 PM: Tricks of the Trade: How to Publish and Not Perish


Saturday July 4


11:00 AM: Lyda Morehouse Signing

12:30 PM: Meet the Wyrdsmiths

2:00 PM: Writers Groups: The Secret to Success in Fiction?

3:30 PM: Broad Universe Rapid Fire Reading


Oh, and hey, we have a Senator. Whoot!

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