Month: November 2011

Saturday

I attended an Eagle Scout court of honor this afternoon with my father. I didn’t know the boy who was earning the rank, or the local Scout troop, or really anyone there except my father. But he asked me to tag along, and so I did. Once an Eagle Scout, always an Eagle Scout. My father knows the troop, helped out at the boy’s Eagle project, and had a few brief sentences to read during the event.

This time was a little less awkward than the last one of these we attended, almost a year ago. This time, at least, when I reluctantly took to the stage to join the rest of the Eagle Scouts in attendance in repeating our pledge to the Scout Law, I was in a much larger group, and not just a third wheel with two other people listed by name in the program. I was still some stranger off the street — in a suit and tie, though — but I felt a little less conspicuous, a little less like I was trying to shoehorn my way in.

Then this evening, I watched Croupier, which was enjoyable and interesting, if ultimately a little unsatisfying.

And that was my Saturday.

Friday

I was woken up early this morning by a barking dog who’d just been out but wanted to go again. I don’t know if this going to be a thing with him as he gets older — he’s eight going on nine — but it was a little ridiculous today. And he kept it up, apparently, after I’d left for work, barking until my mother took him outside as well. (Although he didn’t want to do anything but look around then.)

Anyway, it meant that I got to work early, which I actually kind of like. There’s almost no one in the office yet at 8 o’clock, and I can enjoy a semi-leisurely breakfast in the break room before setting down to the business of the day.

Meanwhile, it’s turned really cold again, really quickly, and I think we may have bounced straight from Indian summer to winter. I’m not complaining, necessarily, but the office can get pretty darn cold at times.