Ahhh, another week begins.\u00a0 Swell.\u00a0 I am betting it will be a real hum-dinger too.\u00a0 Plenty of cubicle time to pass the days and rain to ruin the evenings.\u00a0 Whippee.\u00a0 It was a decent weekend though.\u00a0 Friday, given the relatively nice weather, I went down and sat with the boys on the patio at the Brooksider.\u00a0 Had a cigar, caught up on all their weekly golf scores, the usual.\u00a0 After a bit Donette came by and we headed to dinner at Kin Lin’s down near UMKC.\u00a0 I am pretty sure I have never actually sat down and eaten there before;\u00a0 We always get delivery or takeout.\u00a0 It was good though, I’d go back for sure.\u00a0 Well, other than the peculiarly chatty waitress.\u00a0 She was certainly nice enough, or so it seemed anyway;\u00a0 I couldn’t understand a word she was saying.\u00a0 She was quite determined to be conversational though.\u00a0 There was lots of smiling and nodding involved on our part.<\/p>\n
Saturday was pretty full.\u00a0 I got up, had a little breakfast and read the paper, then Munkirs came by for a bike ride.\u00a0 There weren’t any “group” rides that we could find, so we picked the route from the Thursday night ride<\/a> and headed out.\u00a0 We got in a solid 35 miles at a decent pace.\u00a0 Now if we could just do that 3 nights a week instead of 1, we’d be making some headway.\u00a0 After the bike ride I headed up to meet Donette at the pool for some lounging.\u00a0 Luckily she’d gotten there early and grabbed some seats, because it was packed.\u00a0 We grabbed some lunch there and hung out for a few hours.\u00a0 After that we headed back home, cleaned up, and then went downtown to the 3rd annual Brew Ha Ha<\/a>.\u00a0 We’ve volunteered to work at this event the last two years, and we signed up this year too.\u00a0 It was a good time as always.\u00a0 Didn’t seem like the crowd was quite as big this year for whatever reason;\u00a0 Maybe the “newness” is wearing off.\u00a0 The only downside was we got stuck working with a real schmuck.\u00a0 I’m sure everyone has met the type;\u00a0 Knows everything about everything and wants to make sure you are aware of that.\u00a0 Myself, I am quite accomplished at dealing with these people.\u00a0 Nod, perhaps occasionally offer up a “yep,” and then walk off and do whatever I want.\u00a0 Donette, well, not so accomplished.\u00a0 About the 18th time he proposed a new “system,” she finally wore out and there was a minor skirmish.\u00a0 Honestly, it was very annoying though.\u00a0 Seriously buddy, we’re filling water pitchers here, not trying to cap an underwater oil spill.\u00a0 Our system went something like, “pick up empty pitcher, fill with water, set down full pitcher.”\u00a0 Not very fancy, but reasonably effective.\u00a0 We still had our fun though, and fulfilled our philanthropic duties for the year.<\/p>\n