January 3, 2014

Englewood, FL

It was quite chilly this morning when we woke up. 

It had rained during the night so Monte swept off some of the water that had pooled up on the slide toppers and then climbed up on the roof to sweep off pine needles.

A birds eye view from the top of the rig:

 

 

 

It had been at least three months since we filled our propane tank so we knew we had to be getting close to empty.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Because it was chilly we turned on the heat to help empty the tank.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The afternoon was spent doing chores including grocery shopping, a stop at the library and the post office.

We took a walk around the park after dinner.  It was cold enough for me to regret not wearing a hat and gloves.

Back home, we watched an interesting movie, About Time.  The main character, Tim, learns that the men in his family have the ability to travel through time.  Tim cannot change history, but he can change what happens and has happened in his own life.  During the course of the movie there is a series of “do-overs” changing the outcome.  He marries and has a daughter. 

When Tim’s sister crashes her car after a fight with her bad-news boyfriend, Tim takes his sister back to the night just before she met her boyfriend changing the outcome.  When he returns to the current time, he discovers the do-over for his sister, through the butterfly affect, meant that instead of a daughter he now has a son. 

Tim’s father explains that once a child is born traveling back to a time prior to the child’s birth stops that child from being born.  To have his daughter back, Tim must let his sister meet the bad-news boyfriend and have the crash. 

The only thing I will say about the ending, not wanting to ruin it for anyone who hasn’t seen the movie yet, is that a heart-wrenching choice has to be made.

The movie got me thinking about what things in my life I would "do over" if I could.  HUMMM?