Spring Is A Struggle

 Spring should be great, and it usually is, but sometimes I have a cloud over my head. There is a sense of foreboding that I can't quite put my finger on. And then it hits me. Chrissy died on June 1st. Of course I didn't forget, but in trying to navigate the loss, sometimes I still trip and fall. When I'm alone all day I get moody. Weekends are good because hubby and I are busy.

We drove down to Hartford last Sunday. Hubby said he wanted to reminisce. I actually ran into one of my daughter's former co-workers. We hugged and chatted. She had recently moved back to the area from another state. I told her we moved to Ripon. She said she might visit.

Hartford has a few changes. The BP gas station we used to go to all the time is now Citco. The company hubby worked for that sold out to the Minnesota company that eliminated his shift and all his pay is now named that company. Figures. We don't know how many people left or stayed.

So, we had our look around. We want to go back to Holy Hill. We went in late winter but there was so much ice on the path we could hardly walk. Another place I miss is Lapham Peak, south of Delafield. We walked Harrington Beach State Park but it was devastated by straight line winds this spring. They lost about 170 trees. Weirdly enough, that very Sunday we were in Hartford, straight line winds tore into Two Rivers (way north) and flattened dozens of trees there. 

So....what happened to the places to walk up here? Why are we walking down there? The South Woods trails are not maintained and are full of ticks. The parks here are small, not much for walking. Rush Lake nature area was interesting. There are more places we found in winter that were impacted by severe flooding. Hubby has a 4 day weekend starting Friday. Not sure what we are doing. In any case, it's been fun going back to places we frequented for the past nine years.

In other news, I have a new way to eat ground beef. I take an Egg Life wrap (because I don't eat taco shells) and press a thin layer of ground beef onto one side. Then I plop it meat side down into a frying pan and brown, flip over to brown the "taco" side, then remove and add toppings. I like it because its crunchy.

That's all for tonight. I'm making hubby pizza so I need to get started.