I guess today is meant to officially honor those who died while serving in the military, but I like to think of it as a day to remember the people I cared about who are no longer with us. Notice I said “think” about them, as I don’t actually go around planting flowers or flags or anything like that. I haven’t even visited my parents’ grave in a long time, now that I don’t live very close to where they’re buried. But I don’t really think of them as being there, anyway. Whatever’s there, it isn’t what made them, them. But I think of them all the time, and not just one day a year. There’s also a long list of dogs that I think about, too. Mostly, though, it’s nice to just have a day off (though technically I’m on call support duty – there’s a technical difference between on call and support; if I was on call, they’d have to pay me – and could have to respond to a web emergency), and I even have tomorrow off, which is nice as well.

It’s been kind of chilly around here this weekend. It wouldn’t have been bad but for the wind, which has been kind of annoying. Still, I did get a fair amount of stuff done. The grass is cut, I did a lot of weed whacking, and even cleaned the gutters (which means I was up and down a ladder and squatting on the roof so my foot was bothering my quite a bit last night and is hurting a bit today). And today SU returns to its rightful place – namely, playing for the NCAA Lacrosse National Championship. They haven’t been in the finals since 2009, and today they’re going for their 12th National Championship.

Another local team – Lemoyne – has already won the Division II National Championship, and the local Community College just won its fifth consecutive Junior College Championship by winning its 70th game in a row (which is a record for any level of college lacrosse). Plus my old high school won the sectional tournament and is now heading into the state championship tournament.

So now SU just has to do its part and win.