The forecast said we’d hit 60-some degrees today, which is an improvement from earlier in the week. The first day in a slight trend of warmer temperatures. But, as I ran errands this morning, it surely didn’t feel like it.

The Yankee had an appointment to make this morning. Some of her first times out and about, and so that is another sign of improvement. (She’s doing well and staying on the mend!) But she can’t drive herself yet, so I am now playing the role of executive chauffeur.

Here and back, here and back. You know how that goes. We had lunch in the car, just like the not-too-long-ago days. And that was when the sun finally burned off the clouds. That was worth 15 degrees, easy.

She came on campus after that for a meeting, and sat in my office for a while as I finished the day’s chores. A few of her students stopped by — she’s incredibly popular with the people who know the score. Stamina comes back over time, though, and the half day’s worth of activity wore her down. By the end of my work day, she was ready to go.

So we went!

At the house, we sat beneath this tree for a while, until the sun dipped low and the temperature started to slide back toward where the day started. And that’s the rhythm of things, isn’t it? No matter how far you go, how tired you get, you always come back to where you started.

One hopes, anyway.

The forecast calls for another week or more of warmer weather ahead.

One hopes.