On Friday night, I had dinner with some friends and neighbors. We had pizza, chicken, and jo-jos. And let me tell you, those were some dang good jo-jos. I kept their little boy entertained with my video game prowess and we had a nice time just hanging out. The little guy is on some allergy medicine that makes him very hyper as a side effect. I felt bad for him – he was so excited about everything, but had just trouble staying focused. And his mom was suffering some wear-and-tear as well – must be exhausting to try and keep up with him. We finished up the evening with some gelato and called it a night.
Saturday went on a “pond tour” with a friend. The tour spanned 3 counties and had all kinds of waterfalls, ponds, gardens, etc. Some really nice work on several of them – though one had way too many gnomes. I decided it looked like the end result of a hoarder who decided to put in a pond.
That evening, I met up with friends for dinner at PF Changs. The restaurant was really cool and the food was excellent. And the company was a lot of fun. We covered a lot of topics and really had a great conversation. Hoping to hang out with this crew again soon.
Sunday morning I worked on the mint I had drying in my basement. I got all the leaves off the stems and sealed away in some tupperware – I’ll crush this a little better one of these days and get it ready to become tea. I’ll do a test brew to make sure it’s good before I give any away – just in case. Though, really, how can you screw up mint?
Went out to dinner on Sunday to Rockne’s and got wheat pasta, chicken, and broccoli – and no sauce. I cleared my plate on that one – really good. And pretty healthy too.
Had a bit of a mild headache most of the weekend and it’s come back today. Not bad, just enough to be noticeable and mildly annoying. I took some advil this morning, but it hasn’t been able to kick it yet.
Also over the weekend I bought another wooden box. I really enjoy containers in general and this was shaped a bit like a pyramid with the top cut off – and then inverted. I don’t have anything in particular to put in it – it’s been added to my collection.
I’ve started to make the moves to replace my car. I’d really rather not have to get a new one – I like my car pretty well – but the looming repair bills have me worried. It was also really nice not having a car payment.
That’s it for the weekend. My sister is due to have her second child any day now – looking forward to meeting the newest member of the family.