Sunday Driver

"Lazy Sunday" used to have a different connotation - something involving no real reason to go anywhere soon, the Boston Globe, and a remote control. Today sort of unwound like that. We went to bed last night with a plan to "go somewhere" with Tim. We were down at Spaulding by 8:30, finding that Tim had already eaten, but was still tired, so he had slipped back to sleep. Amy found a spot to read the Globe and I sat down to pay bills (always multi-tasking, and now one less thing to do when I get home). When Tim awakened, we settled on going out to see a movie - something fun, and an activity that would put Tim out in the real world to deal with people, traffic, obstacles, etc. There were a few things that had to be fit in - a visit with my cousins Tim and Paul (a brand new dad, who would be visiting with his wife Christine and their handsome new son Hayden) and picking up Jancy at South Station. It seemed like a pretty easy day to manage. Well, being a lazy Sunday, we didn't get to the movie until 5:00, but we did have a nice visit with Tim and Andres, who came up to see us en route from Falmouth to DC, and then Paul, Christine and Hayden pulled into the lot about 5 minutes before we HAD to take off to make the movie.


In between, was just a great, nothing-special sort of day. We watched "Remember the Titans" on TV, spent a bit of time on the patio, I shaved Tim again, and while Amy went to get Jancy, Tim & I took a nap (his bed is very nice). Tim showed me again (because I asked) how he could tap his toe, and he also showed us an art project that the Fine Motor Skills Group had taken on - window painting in the cafeteria.

In these pictures you can see the traditional New England directional sign post directing you to various important areas at Spaulding. Tim painted the bottom two signs for his two favorite two activities, using a paint brush that he held in his left hand.











We did eventually get off to the movie - Superbad - which we watched at a huge 19-plex theater across the street from the Boston Common. The trip over and back went pretty smoothly - up to Cambridge and down to Tremont. I'm happy to report that, at least on this route, Boston is pretty accessible. Seating in the theater was easy and comfortable, too and was set up so that we didn't create any obstructed views.










So, here's a "Parting Shot" for you. I've started bringing Amy's camera because it's smaller and I don't have to worry about it so much. The downside is that it is nowhere near as good as Tim's so I get a lot of shots like the ones above - blurry. I also don't get as good a preview of what I'm shooting, and the results are sometimes a surprise. Like this one - I can't remember what I was trying to capture, certainly not what showed up when I uploaded the day's images. What do you think?