Temp: 28 degrees
This morning I went out back and picked some fresh herbs (huh? Who says gardining doesn't pay off?) and made a couple of fresh herb omlettes. The day didn't start off sunny, so I spent the morning playing video games, but by noon the sun was out, so I took the opportunity to water the lawn. Sure, I could just set up the sprinkler and forget about it, but what kind of catharsis would that be? I kinda enjoy just taking the time out to hand water now - inefficient, sure, but it's an excuse to be out in the sun while still accomplishing something... I find it hard to just lie motionless in the sun, and besides, if I did that on MY lawn, the ants would eat me alive.
So I'm out watering the lawn, when the phone rings. Carole was inside listening to Billy Idol and bouncing around (dancing? Exercising? Who knows...) but she heard the phone, and brought it outside for me (yeah, I guess she answered it first, and determined the call wasn't for her...) - It was Wayne. He's leaving for PEI tonight, and was having an impromptu get together to listen to the first post-production mixes of his bands new album, and have some drinks with friends on a gorgeous afternoon. That sounded like a great idea, so we heared over.
Ther ewere a couple of friends there that we hadn't seen in a really long time, so it was great to catch up.
We also all went to the Fireside Pub for a late afternoon lunch, and that was a lot of fun. Brian and I played the pinball machine there for a bit, and had the most hilarious time ... I don't know if this was suposed to happen, or if it was a malfunction, but on Brian's first ball, THIRTEEN bals drop - the whole bloody game is just full of pinballs bounching everywhere - and as he's frantically trying to keep them all in play, more keep shooting in. Finally he loses them all, and what happens? Nope, it's not player two's turn, it's stil player one, and 13 more balls shoot out - the whole thing starts over. We were all just howling with laughter, it was the craziest thing. His final score: 617,000,000 - yes, it was the high score.
So after lunch/dinner it was back to Wayne's place for a few more hours on the back deck, soaking up th esun and catching up with old friends. It was a reallly nice day, but before we knew it, it was 8PM and Wayne had to leave for the airport. He'll be gone 3 weeks, but when he returns, he'll have Comeau with him - that'll be a blast!
Posted by Calvin at July 8, 2006 08:58 PM