Cheryl's Birthday. D Day, Two of My Favorite Events in History.

Today, June 6th... A Day which shall live in Infamy! Opps!  Wrong speech.   

Today is Cheryl's Birthday.  She is still young-ish....  and will have to wait three more years until she is officially "old."   And then she can start winning her age group awards in her races again.   She is really looking forward to it, because competing with women who are 7 years younger than you has been a challenge.  She went from consistently getting 1st place in her age group... to consistently 2nd.    And then 3rd... ( if third was even offered)  and So far  this year...  4th!  Meaning:  She has been knocked out of the leader board by younger, faster, and less attractive women.  

For the festivities we went to Muscatine to run along the Big Muddy.  The fountain has finally been turned back on and we enjoyed the cool water for the first time in over a year.    Good thing too!  Because the heat was beginning to climb up there.   Running in the heat is much more bearable if you can splash off in the fountain afterwards.  

While on the run,  Cheryl outran a usual train.  It might have been a little more even if the train had been going the other direction.   But a win is a Win!

Currently, we are eating her "Birthday Pie"  A Strawberry pie she has been working on for a week now.   It is good!  And I will be needing another piece very soon.  She was also working on some fudgey thing that ended up being a boiled over DISASTER!  ( No pictures, but it was a MESS! Similar to this one off the internet.)

She also got her Birthday Present from Amazon:  A Hello Kitty Strawberry Shirt!  Hey! I never said she was mature or grown up...  And since when does age have anything to do with your life philosophy?

Time for that second piece!   I'll sign off with  rain is predicted for tomorrow.  And the cooler temps blowing in are a welcome, if not ominous sign.   For that reason, I did not do any outside chalking today. A little rain might not even wash last weeks murals away.  But the rain will be a welcome sight for the farmers... and the Mushrooms.   Hope everyone is having a fine day today.   Mine will be made just a little bit better after another slice of this.... 

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