Today I got to replace our 26 year old kitchen sink faucet … It didn’t come out easily.. I had to cut some of the retaining nuts out.. but now we have a shiny new faucet
I know it sounds strange.. but taking out that sink was emotionally harder than I expected.. We’ve been using that sink for 26 years… sam used that sink
goodby my rusty old friend..
nite all. nite sam
-me
Super delicious day… Really nothing going on. ‘Diane and I started the day with a run up to the lower gorge. I couldn’t resist jumping in the river… It was in the 50s out so it felt pretty warm enough to be in the water. The water was still in the 40s… So he didn’t stay in long but boy is that a great way to wake up. We came back and Diane made a great breakfast of fresh popovers Devin ‘Kyle joined us that’s really a nice way to start the day. It’s been a couple of hours working on electronics project well ‘Diane worked in the garden. ‘Kyle gave me a hand pulling down the last of the storm windows
I even got to “meditate” on the trampoline which I got set up yesterday… Meditate here is a euphemism for taking a nap
Francisca brought her baby duck “Donald” over… And our neighbor Carley got to meet her
This evening we went in to meet our friends paul and Ellen to take a walk and do takeout… This is the only the third take-out meal we’ve done in the past year. We went into Burlington to a new Poké place.
I have to admit it was weird being in downtown Burlington there were so many people it was almost like normal except everybody was wearing a mask. I was actually shocked at how many people they were… Given that we haven’t been in downtown Burlington for about a year.
Burlington now has it a “high risk” for Covid… But given that we are now mostly vaccinated he didn’t feel so scary
From there we drove up to Rockledge Park and took a hike to see the end part of the sunset… Here again it felt like kind of a party… People were maintaining proper distance… They were lots of people in the woods people with small fires people with guitars… It felt like some weird vacation place
He then went back to paul and Ellen (and their dog Georgia) and a cheesecake and had a beer… outside.. It really felt almost like normal…
Let’s hear it for almost like normal!
nite all. nite sam
-me
So glad it’s Friday. I got a care package for Max and Becky today… Which is a great way to end the week. I just opened it with them by zoom. It was full of really cool stuff from Santa Fe… Call chocolate, a bunch of wicked hot ghost pepper hot sauce, a homemade laser cut steel plant stand and fresh roasted green peppers..
super thoughtful and nice way to start the weekend..
nite all, nite sam
-me
Busy day with few breaks… I did manage to put up the trampoline while on a couple of calls… Now that’s progress!
Had several meetings later this evening… We had a spring VASE grant meeting which was super fun.
It is quite a bit of work to get all the proposals and rank them…
But I love giving out money to Science teachers who need it 🙂
Later tonight we also had the fathers forever group of dads who have had children who have died.… I have to be emotionally up for these meetings… But I’m glad I went. It’s always an interesting mix of people who are new to the group… People who have recently suffered a loss are mixed in with many of us who have been there for more than a decade.… We always do I think a pretty good job of meeting people where they are. Tonight was the same kind of mix… But it’s a great fellowship. I know it sounds weird but it’s pretty fun talking to these guys. It’s a nice place to be able to talk about all of our families and how we’re doing
OK… That’s enough meetings for one day. more tomorrow
nite all, nite sam
-me