Start with NOT sleeping in, generally a good thing
Add a 15 mile walk, starting and ending at Green Lake
Mooove on to the Milk Carton Derby on Green Lake
Relax
Maybe a ball game (maybe this is a Carl & Ashlan affair, it’s not at Green Lake)
That is the plan. We’ll report later on how the day progresses.
(Milky White is the cow in Jack and the Beanstalk, at least in the Into the Woods version.)
Went to the Mariners game last night.
Left work on time.
Caught the bus.
Got to read while on the bus, which was much better than watching the slooooow traffic around me.
They are replacing expansion joints in the westbound I-90 lanes, which means they are closed. All westbound traffic is now on the two lane express lanes bridge section. So – 3 lanes plus a carpool lane down to 2 lanes. Traffic has been affected.
Anyway, walked the 1/2 mile from bus to stadium, and sat down in the sun. (2 hours from portal to portal) The sun lasted at least for an inning or two, at which point the sun dipped below the stadium wall. (Until it came through the bank of windows, and then through the concourse hole – which is always a bit like being lit up individually – think The Natural)
Got to talk with a few friends and watch Felix Hernandez (All Star) duel it out with a Ranger. Close game. But they finally scored (boo). 1-0. 8th inning heroics. Ichiro on. Branyon out. Lopez out. Griffey walks. Gutierrez hits a mighty wallop! Yeah 3-1. The top of the 9th was two long flys to Ichiro and a slightly shorter one to left field (name escapes me). So that was the game.
Nice. Didn’t know there was a ticket for me for tonights game until this morning. After the chance of trying to drum up a carpool, and too late to catch the bus. So – either skip or get there late. Driving at prime drive time across I-90 will not be good. Decisions, decisions.
OK – just slow Jay day.
Big project is on its way, which means my part is just about over (I hope).
Some clean-up, and then the actual physical clean-up remains.
Yesterday was spent in meetings, with said clean-up, and trying to list all of the things that had fallen by the wayside over the last 3-4 weeks.
Then my body did its own little rebellion, so we are even slower today.
I don’t think I have the flu or even a real cold, but still …
If you are sick – stay home. So home I am. and slow.
So – off I go to pitter patter around the house.
I will probably try to slowly do some work on-line – it is not vacation time yet.
As Carl would say, go have a glass of workahol.
Friends
That have good times with you.
They have bad times with you.
They cheer you on when you do hard things.
That let you just be lazy when you need a break.
They let you be yourself.
They marry you and stay with you for a long time.
7-5-1985
Kris, Jay, Carl, Dave
We are!
This is reminiscent of a vacation we took a few years ago, through St. Louis.
Actually, the biggest similarity is that it is hot. Triple digits or at least close.
A few years ago we were in similar temps with a car with no AC. But that was in August.
There was also a St Louis vacation (me alone) on the 4th of July. Went to the Arch. Played Knots. Ran through a rainstorm.
Last night was an Em’s game (Little Minor league A M’s), followed by fireworks.
The game was crowded and stiffling hot. The fireworks were fun. Down on the outfield, lying in the grass.
This morning was the Butte-Butte run/walk. Dan ran, the rest of us walked. The walk was a 4.5 mile. Enjoyable fun. Everybody made it – Jay, Carl, Chris, Elisia, Parker, Maggie, Sue, Kevin, Angela – ages 4-52. Then a few of us walked about 1-2 miles more to get coffee (how Seattle). Really, the minivan only held so many, and there were a few more of us than so many.
So – my milage is a bit shorter than it should be, and last week was devoid of exercise.
Falling off the training wagon, but will get back on next week. 45 days or so to go, so it won’t be the end of the world.
(Rey – if you’re reading, Carl said he parked 70, and Parker got 1 off of Carl)
I’m not sure, but there may have been a little bit of exaggeration going on.
I even tried to leave work early.
Not tremendously early, just 1/2 hour. A mere 30 minutes.
I went to check with my project of the hour compatriot to be sure he had things handled.
I knew he had just been talking with one customer because he had asked me a question.
But less than 5 minutes later – he was gone.
And then I realized that all other manager, supervisor types were also gone.
So – I turned my computer back on, called home to give an ETA of home arrival, and went back to work.
But at 4:30 I was packed up and ready to skeedaddle. Checked in with the 2 that stay until 5, and out the door.
The original idea had been to get home, pack (since there had not been any time to accomplish this earlier), and take off for a 5 hour (under good conditions) jaunt southward.
But while slogging through the homeward commute I decided that the tonight or tomorrow AM question was listing toward the AM.
So – now, as soon as that was agreed to by all involved, the tiredness is coming in waves.
I need to pick it up for a bit and finish the packing part.
Early to bed will probably not be an issue, and then it will be early to rise.
It will also allow us to spend at least part of an evening with our friend Dennis – who lives south, but is spending the fabulous fourth here.
3 Day Weekends are:
Sweet, Awesome, Rad, Cool, Groovy, or whatever your generation likes to use to describe Nice.
Saved by friends.
You know when it’s your significant other’s birthday,
but you’re just too busy to do much,
you manage one kind-of present – not a surprise (so practical)
and you just can’t find your way around work
and you only come home because you think your kid needs the car?
But your friends decide to have a birthday party –
at their house
with pizza and cake and ice cream and presents
And another friend brings movies (16 mm)
from the 1920’s up through maybe the 1960’s
with an intermission and everything
(The Marquis would have really enjoyed the approximately 1957 film on bicycle safety).
And somebody called a few more friends and we all had a good time.
And I now have a lot to be thankful for.
And Carl had a good birthday.
It is almost tomorrow.
I just got home from work – really probably 15-20 minutes ago.
Still.
Public meeting tonight. We try to end them at 9, and at 8:50 I tried to reel it in, but it just kept going.
All in all not a bad meeting, and I am sure we did some educating, especially for our Board.
This was not originally intended to be a Board meeting, but they all wanted to hear what was going on – so they did.
Tired
8 AM meeting in the morning. I got my stuff ready for that one at about noon today – so it should be a breeze.
Then it is prep for the 7/6/09 meeting, which sounds far off, but is really just 3 work days away. Getting ready for today’s meeting provided an opportunity to do double duty for both meetings (today and the 6th) and I took it and ran with it – burning up multiple copy machines.
We finished our last packet of information 10 minutes before tonights festivities started.
OK – this is way more information than anyone needs, but I tend to dump my head after a public meeting. It is kind of like a performance. So consider that you are all saving Carl from at list a little bit of me blabbing away.
Ah – evening at the R-H household.
Carl, dishes and working on stats and talking baseball with friends
Ashlan, aerobics (off-site) following by more working out on-site (we think)
Jay, home (Ashlan needed the car) working on the next evenings public meeting.
Well – we were all at home together for a bit at least.
Finally up – and missed the start of any organized walks.
Glad to have slept, but need to do some sort of exercise.
OMG – a birthday is coming up and no time showing in the days between, except today.
A want/need could be found at REI – down to the flagship store – Sandals found and purchased.
So – need a walk – walk back.
Announcement – First Raspberries of the year! A large handful, large & flavorful.
Sorry no pictures this time – they got eaten too fast.
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