Yikes, msbelle.
I went on a 3-day hiking trip this weekend: with 5 other people I walked from the Sunset District to Stinson Beach, with overnight stops in Sausalito and Muir Beach. Much altitude was gained (and lost!), and I intend to never hike the Dipsea Trail again, those stairs are a bitch. But we could not have gotten better weather for it, and the staff at the Pelican Inn were lovely (although the food was mostly only ok).
34-ish miles, about 4,000 feet of elevation gain, and no blisters to show for it (at least for me). And my power came back on at my at the very instant we pulled into the driveway, which was great (there was a big power outage in the East Bay from a fire at a substation in East Oakland).
{{msbelle}} I'm not sure which is more stressful, dealing with parent issues, or kid issues. Clear out cocktail, blech!
That sounds amazing, Consuela. I would for sure need to shape up before trying anything close, but, wow, I bet it was lovely.
I continue to enjoy my pool walking, side-stroke swimming, and water aerobics. Water, man. Good stuff. Matt is into it now, too, which is fun. He doesn't take the classes, but we share a lane during lap swim time.
Didn't do anything social this weekend -- I finally finished S1 of Picard and have started S2. That's about all I can remember doing, though I know there was pool time, and we did crossword puzzles.
NEXT weekend, I have plans for dinner with friends on Sunday*, and Matt starts a musical theater class at the Theatre Lab in DC. Fun! I'll be taking a playwriting course with them online starting in April. Again, for fun. We're not planning to run off and try to join the circus. Yet.
**Funny note: at about 6p last night the group chat for that particular configuration of friends got a text from one of us saying, "Where are you?" to everyone. And then she quickly realized she'd gotten the date wrong. So she said, "We'll, I can report the the neighborhood is cute, and there's ample parking. See you next week!"
There are books, and unscented goats milk soap, and a tiny carrot cake--on fire! It's been lovely.
That sounds lovely.
He turned 21 yesterday, if you can believe that.
Nope. I do believe it but I feel like it's only been maybe ten years, not twenty-one since he was born.
It just was a weekend of feeling the joy of being with my people. There were a dozen of us and much of the time we were each just doing our own thing, reading a book on the porch, kayaking, bird watching. Drifting in and out of joint and group activities with ease and no formal plan.
This is my kind of family get together. It's why I enjoy one side of family more than the other. It's not that I don't love the side that lives for Forced Family Fun with Structured Activities and Mandatory Participation but I do not enjoy that at all.
oh my fucking god, fuck health insurance in this country forever.
This sums up my feelings as well.
I went on a 3-day hiking trip this weekend: with 5 other people I walked from the Sunset District to Stinson Beach, with overnight stops in Sausalito and Muir Beach. Much altitude was gained (and lost!), and I intend to never hike the Dipsea Trail again, those stairs are a bitch. But we could not have gotten better weather for it, and the staff at the Pelican Inn were lovely (although the food was mostly only ok).
Sounds amazing. But maybe a once per lifetime is enough as well.
I need to get back into walking. The dog is still recovering and she was the leader of our walks. She has an appt next week and hopefully we can take her off "crate rest." I know we'll have to start slow but it was nice walking every morning when we'd get up for a few miles.
oh my fucking god, fuck health insurance in this country forever.
This.
I went on a 3-day hiking trip this weekend: with 5 other people I walked from the Sunset District to Stinson Beach, with overnight stops in Sausalito and Muir Beach. Much altitude was gained (and lost!)
Thank sounds so awesome. I wish I could get off line for 3 days, but I haven't been able to figure a way to do that yet.
NEXT weekend, I have plans for dinner with friends on Sunday*, and Matt starts a musical theater class at the Theatre Lab in DC. Fun! I'll be taking a playwriting course with them online starting in April. Again, for fun. We're not planning to run off and try to join the circus. Yet.
Plans and activities! Sounds like lots of fun.
Oh, on the weekend cousins get together, they all have dogs, none of which made the trip so Skinner was the lone puppo, and he was totally spoiled.
I’m already so hungry which SUCKS. Bone broth, Gatorade and water not cutting it.
I’m planning my meals tomorrow. All the food.
Tomorrow is my colonoscopy
Damn straight!
Matilda is off to the beach with her friend Iris' family.
We're prepping for JZ's brother and his family to come visit this weekend. They're coming in late Thursday, leaving Sunday morning, and will spend much of Friday with other family in the East Bay. So really we're only going to have Saturday for them but that's fine.
Today included plenty of adulting. In addition to the regular paying job work, I:
- took out the trash and put the dumpster at the curb (before realizing it wouldn't be collected on Presidents' Day)
- had my tax returns printed for recordkeeping
- stopped by the plumbers' to approve their work proposal and leave a $2100 deposit
- found and replaced the missing dowel for a falling bookcase shelf just before I would have MacGuyvered a substitute with a wooden cube and superglue
- rolled up a set of bath towels and stowed them in a storage bag under my bed, and
- unpacked and hand-washed a box of dishes.
Today included plenty of adulting.
Full points! You're a grown ass man!
Happy Paczki Day! I went to Dunkin’s to celebrate (yeah, I know, but real pączki are thin on the ground in central NC) and said “happy pączki day!” to the checkout person. She was like, “Happy . . . Packsee day to you?” And I told her that pączki day was like Polish Marci Gras and they celebrated with special jelly donuts, and ordered a couple. She handed them to me and said they were on the house because she loved learning a new thing. So I’m celebrating free jelly donut day—one of the best days of the year.
