Today should be calm after a hectic couple of days. A travel day Friday, followed by a UK basketball game that evening. Then a morning when my car wouldn’t start (battery drained), a cold morning soccer game, a trip to the battery repair shop, a nice afternoon playing games with the grandsons and dogs, then hosting a watch-some-football party for the cousins at my place. UK won the basketball game on Friday, but was beaten badly by Tennessee’s football team on Saturday. Some things never change.

I’m pleased to have already spent some good time with friends and family – that’s the whole point of being here. Both evenings included more than a little bourbon, so I’ll give my liver a break for a few days. But the weather is nice, there’s still some color on the trees (though I’ve heard peak color was last week), and there’s nothing much I have to do for a while. So time to relax, maybe read and write a bit. Some golf on Monday or Tuesday.

Our Hermitage Farm syndicate sold our horses at Keeneland on Saturday, and we made some money. Not a lot, but we covered all the syndicate’s costs and made a small profit, so we’ll get our investment back plus a little. In the high-risk world of thoroughbred horses, that’s a solid win. Not the home run everyone always seeks, but we can take our small profit and live to bet/invest another day. It’s been a lot of fun participating.

UK plays KU (men’s basketball) in a big game Tuesday night, so that’s on the horizon. Looking forward to the season.