Hot and humid. Possibly rainy.
Happy Fathers’ Day to all the dads. Becoming a dad and raising my kids has been the best thing that ever happened to me. It definitely changed my planning horizon 🙂
Yesterday did finally cool off a bit late in the day, but otherwise was hot and oppressively humid. I was north of the city running my errands, and could see the storm cells south of me. I did finally move south and got hammered by rain at my secondary location. As I moved away from there, only a mile west, it was dry as a bone.
I stopped at an estate sale, with a seller that I like whose prices are always good, and LO! the upright freezer they had listed was still there. Second day, discounted to $200. It’s older but a good brand and was plugged in and very cold, so I grabbed it. I’ll have to move even more stuff around in the garage to accommodate it… Funny thing was, as I was chatting with one of the helpers (who I see and talk to fairly often at sales, and is a friend of a friend) he looked at me and said “how you gonna fill it with meat? Cuz prices are crazy and you can’t get a lot.” It’s funny because I’ve been wondering the very same thing. If nothing else I’ve got some redundancy and excess space for a while. I am going to try to fill it though.
Dinner was beer brats on the grill, with cookies and cupcakes for dessert.
Followed dinner with family game night. One easy quick game of Sequence, and one long three way battle that ended in a draw. It’s a fun board game that uses playing cards, and even younger kids can play effectively with adults. Definitely recommended, and best played with two teams of two.
Sequence is one of my favorites, and I also really like Ticket To Ride. I’m always up for one or the other.
Later I got an email update from Frances. They have decide that Barbara has a staph infection and they are going to treat that with antibiotics. It will be a couple of months if everything goes well until she’s finally done, but hopefully she’ll see some improvement right away. We’re still holding off on cards and flowers. I’ll let you know if that changes.
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Out in the wider world, we’ve moved to full on third world behaviour. Mobs are pulling down statues of our country’s founders and military heroes. Armed insurgents have captured and barricaded off an area inside one of our cities. They’ve held it, and plan to continue holding it. Make and adjust your plans accordingly.
Keep stacking.
nick