Off to explore
A new first on my list, today. We were off to join our “breakfast club”, like most other weekends, and we ate a standard kind of meal… or at least I did. On the other side of the table, only coffee. Anyhow, when the meal ended, I headed off to exercise the car dog. Back in the car, we headed out to explore back roads. The Glen, etc.
And then the text message arrived. We had forgotten to settle our tab. As I say, first time. A quick reversal of direction, and an apologetic offer of the debit card back at the restaurant. The waitress explained that we weren’t the first, or the only, offenders. I still took this as a sign that we’re much more relaxed about our routines than even a year ago.
This wasn’t a stay home kind of day. We drove around some more, checking out some of the shore roads and our favourite campground which seemed rather lonely without the usual residents. I took the afternoon off, while the kitchen was turned into a “food factory” for our evening out.
A house party, with a meal and some music at the tail end. I came prepared, with a bagful of noisemakers, and we received an invitation to do this again; interesting reaction, given that the hosts are working musicians. Odd note: they also have a Murphy bed. Some tips on doing the basement with pine boards instead of gyproc mud, which I find to be a reasonable way to get things finished. The cost is still an unknown, but we’ll see.
