On Friday night, I had dinner with some friends and neighbors. \u00a0We had pizza, chicken, and jo-jos. \u00a0And let me tell you, those were some dang good jo-jos. \u00a0I kept their little boy entertained with my video game prowess and we had a nice time just hanging out. \u00a0The little guy is on some allergy medicine that makes him very hyper as a side effect. \u00a0I felt bad for him – he was so excited about everything, but had just trouble staying focused. \u00a0And his mom was suffering some wear-and-tear as well – must be exhausting to try and keep up with him. \u00a0 We finished up the evening with some gelato and called it a night.<\/p>\n
Saturday went on a “pond tour” with a friend. \u00a0The tour spanned 3 counties and had all kinds of waterfalls, ponds, gardens, etc. \u00a0Some really nice work on several of them – though one had way too many gnomes. \u00a0I decided it looked like the end result of a hoarder who decided to put in a pond.<\/p>\n
That evening, I met up with friends for dinner at PF Changs. \u00a0The\u00a0restaurant\u00a0was really cool and the food was excellent. And the company was a lot of fun. \u00a0We covered a lot of topics and really had a great conversation. \u00a0Hoping to hang out with this crew again soon.<\/p>\n
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. \u00a0I’ll do a test brew to make sure it’s good before I give any away – just in case. \u00a0Though, really, how can you screw up mint?<\/p>\n
Went out to dinner on Sunday to Rockne’s and got wheat pasta, chicken, and\u00a0broccoli\u00a0 – and no sauce. \u00a0I cleared my plate on that one – really good. \u00a0 \u00a0And pretty healthy too.<\/p>\n
Had a bit of a mild headache most of the weekend and it’s come back today. \u00a0Not bad, just enough to be noticeable and mildly annoying. \u00a0I took some advil this morning, but it hasn’t been able to kick it yet.<\/p>\n
Also over the weekend I bought another wooden box. \u00a0I really enjoy containers in general and this was shaped a bit like a\u00a0pyramid\u00a0with the top cut off – and then inverted. \u00a0I don’t have anything in particular to put in it – it’s been added to my collection.<\/p>\n
I’ve started to make the moves to replace my car. \u00a0I’d really rather not have to get a new one – I like my car pretty well – but the looming repair bills have me worried. \u00a0It was also really nice not having a car payment.<\/p>\n
That’s it for the weekend. \u00a0My sister is due to have her second child any day now – looking forward to meeting the newest member of the family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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