After work on Friday I hit the pool and did 60 laps. Felt pretty strong afterwards and when I got home I took myself for about a 4 mile walk. The heat started to wear on me and ever with a break in there for dinner in air conditioning, I was still worn out. I was almost home and started to cut across and exit ramp from the highway – and though the way was clear, I was still going against the light.
No sooner had I stepped into the street when a police car fired up his sirens and lights and started to pull into the intersection.
“Great”, I thought, “I’m going to get a ticket for jaywalking. I cannot freaking believe this”
Instead, though, the police car pulled through the intersection and the next one before turning off this lights and sirens.
So, no ticket. Just a really impatient police officer running a red light.
I spent much of the morning on Saturday doing some housecleaning to get ready for my former neighbors visiting on Sunday afternoon. I was just about done mopping when I got a text saying that they had accidently double-booked and would need to reschedule for another day. I was fine with that – though I am getting a little weary of keeping my place so clean. I need a little disorder, I think.
That afternoon I was up at the mall looking for a tea strainer. My mint is drying nicely in my basement and I’ve been looking for a strainer for a few days now. Went into a Williams Sonoma figuring that if anyone had one, it would this place. A somewhat zealous clerk approached me and asked if she could help and when I told her what I was looking for she took me right over to the section. She handed me the tea strainer and asked if I had been to Teavana – I told her,
“No, I’m making my own tea,”
She got a puzzled look on her face and I continued, “I’m growing mint in my backyard,”
Based on her reaction, you would have thought that I was the most clever person that had ever lived. It was a little disconcerting. I managed to convince her that I didn’t need the larger size for all the astonishing tea I was making and managed to escape with my purchase.
Yesterday, I went to a birthday party for one of my neighbors. It was outside in the full sun and we all got pretty well cooked. The food was excellent and the company was fun. One of the people I was talking to was from France, though he and his family have lived in the US for a number of years. They speak French in their house and English otherwise, though they would all shift languages seemlessly. He and I talked a little about Origami and I gave him some references.
It was late when I left and I may coined a new phrase when I announced:
“Time for me to go. It’s already 10 minutes after yesterday,”
Today I’m headed to a small pool party and dinner. Should be fun.
Not looking forward to this week though – it’s my buddy Casey’s last week with us before he takes a new job.
So, time to do a little folding, a little reading, and a little relaxing. Gotta make the most of the weekend before it slips away.