Over the weekend the temperature rose a bit, but so did the humidity. There was still a distinct chill in the air. Took the dogs for a good AM walk on Saturday, then ran 3.5 miles around noon. The Duke v. St. Louis game was on TV when I got back followed by the RPI v. BU hockey game at Houston Field House in Troy, NY. It was the national game of the week on the NHL channel. Both my teams won ,so it was a good PM.(I spent most of the RPI game trying to see if my sister and brother-in-law were in our old seats. - No luck) Nan was having some of her girlfriends over to say Merry Christmas, so I went to see Harry Potter. Not bad. Does make you ready for the final chapter.
Sunday was another misty,moisty morning. Again the dogs got a good walk, then church. The church I started to attend is a United Methodist church close to East Campus. A good group of students attend and the minister has been very outgoing. One of the things I have found interesting about the churches I have visited is that they are still somewhat segregated. Of course, the Methodist church in the 19th century had a battle over abolition and there are a number of AME churches in the area which are the result of the southern UMC churches excluding blacks. It seems strange though that in this region which appears pretty liberal politically there isn't more diversity within the churches.
After church, I met Nan at the gym and we worked out for almost an hour. From there she went to the shelter to walk dogs. The number of volunteers has fallen off. So even though she has papers to correct, the dogs are getting walked. (I took ours for a PM hike) At night we went to see the Narnia film, Voyage of the Dawn Something or other. I never read the C. S. Lewis books, but Nan said that this movie stayed very close to the book. It was very entertaining.
By nightfall the cold front had passed and the winds had picked up from the northwest. I'd be looking for lake effect snow, but there's no lake.
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