I’m not entirely sure what the phrase “Indian Summer” refers to, but I think we may be experiencing one. \u00a0 Maybe I’ll just get on the google and check that out. \u00a0It’s hot, I know that. \u00a0The 3-day weekend was nice and appreciated and all that, but the weather really took away from it. \u00a0And, right on cue, the dog chewed holes in our low-rent pool so we didn’t even have that option for relief. \u00a0We made the most of the situation though, or at least tried. \u00a0We kicked it off on Friday by inviting our friends Michael and Alaina over for dinner. \u00a0I had a tri tip in the fridge that needed to meet the grill, and that sounded like a nice sociable option. \u00a0Well, as it turned out they already had plans. \u00a0They’d invited family up for a nice dinner. \u00a0Hey, sounds fun, what time should\u00a0we be there? \u00a0What can we bring? \u00a0Sometimes you just have to jump in there and invite yourself. \u00a0We took our tri tip up and threw it on their grill, and it \u00a0came out delicious.<\/p>\n
Saturday we went over to a friend-of-a-friend’s house for dinner. \u00a0This was edging just a bit out of my social comfort zone, but they live like a block from our house so I figured what the heck. \u00a0It turned out to be a wise decision. \u00a0The guy was a bit of a foodie and had all kinds of cool cooking toys to talk about. \u00a0He made a short rib ragout for dinner, and it was awesome. \u00a0I did leave a little earlier than everybody else, which may have been rude, but it was past my bedtime and I figure sleeping on their couch might have been even ruder. \u00a0Not sure what time Donette wandered home but she said she had fun too.<\/p>\n
Sunday the heat wave topped out, and I had to work for a bit. \u00a0That combination of factors led to a pretty lame day. \u00a0We drove up to Auburn and picked up a wine shipment at Mount Vernon, and then I napped the afternoon away. \u00a0I had to work at 6:00, and it went as well as could be expected. \u00a0When I got done I checked in with Donette and she was up in Cameron Park at a\u00a0friend’s house, so I bee-bopped on up there to join them. \u00a0We spent a few hours playing beach-ball in their neighborhood pool which felt great, then played cards to round out the day.<\/p>\n
Monday not too much went on. \u00a0We had the bright idea to order a late-night pizza up at our friend’s house the night before, and both of us were feeling the effects. \u00a0It ain’t easy getting old. \u00a0We recently bought a new computer desk, so we just kind of puttered around the office all day putting that together, as well as dismantling the two old ones it’s replacing. \u00a0I like the new desk, it’s big enough to fit both our computers on and is actually made of wood. \u00a0It’s older though, and was apparently made before the proliferation of huge dual monitor setups. \u00a0Her dual 22″ setup works OK, but my 24″‘ setup, not so much. \u00a0I am thinking of going to a single 32″ instead. \u00a0This is considered a huge “life event,” and must be given way-too-much thought over the next several weeks. \u00a0Anyway, we got the office put back together pretty well, and were able to give away our two old desks so we don’t have to figure out how to get rid of those. \u00a0After that it was off to the couch for the evening. \u00a0Donette played on her ipad all evening, and I watched “Creep<\/a>” on the patio. \u00a0(Odd movie, and more than a bit disturbing.)<\/p>\n\n\t\t