Day 858: Rose-breasted grosbeaks

We had to get up at 6:30 to go to Orchard Park for the Prius' checkup.  It was so hard to wake up and get moving that early.  I have never been a morning person and all those years of 5:50 am alarms were pure torture.  If I slept five or six hours a night, I was happy, but now that is simply not enough.

Once we got home from Silver Creek class, I paused at the window for a moment and spotted a beautiful rose-breasted grosbeak.  While I watched, three more landed on the ground beneath the bird feeder.

One girl dropped out of Quest today.  She seemed fine on Saturday, but her mother said she was tired and got a fever on Sunday.  Was the fever related to backpacking? I doubt it.  There was no point in arguing the point.  Why are parents surprised when the kids are tired?  Why don't they say that exercise is good for them and to suck it up?