...but what a night! Last night, west MI was absolutely slammed with some of the biggest, longest thunderstorms I've seen in my many years here. It was unbelievable, I had to go to the airport and the lightening was actually blinding me!

The funny part is, my almost-86 dad was in a plane touring the storm cells from above and could not get home. He was supposed to land at 9:19pm, then it was 10:16... then 10:45... then midnight... it went on until 2:00am when they finally threw in the towel and cancelled it altogether. He spent the night in Detroit and will be shipped home this afternoon.

The absolutely astonishing thing in all this was how uncharacteristically mellow my dad stayed through all this! It is normally a one-hour flight that lasted upwards of 5 hours! To appreciate what I'm saying, you should know that I once saw him snap an entire set of brand-new golf clubs over his knee, throw them down and stomp away never to golf again.

When he called this morning to give me his flight info, I mentioned this to him, he chuckled and said, "Well, I've mellowed with age." LOL!

I'll fix him up a nice roast and red wine tonight, he'll be even more mellow!