Thrilling Weekend Part 1
7/20/2014
Well, here I am enjoying the comforts of the living room couch. Wendi is at the other end. Tina's upstairs getting ready for night two of her stay. I was almost positive she'd planned a two night stay but today I learned it was three nights. Uh...yea?
We're thinking we will do some shopping tomorrow for a sleeper/sofa; one we can put upstairs in the library. Not saying we will buy anything but if we come across an adequate one......
Missed a heck of a Secret BBQ yesterday. It was a slightly smaller crowd than planned as the W Clan canceled relatively last minute. JM also didn't make it. But that still left us with the Bs, Ss (B and E), and PH. Plus us Hardys and Tina. Wendi was completely fooled though when she called to say she was coming home, I sounded a bit too silly not to raise her Spidey Senses. (I was talking on the phone in front of everybody and said I was just walking around in my underwear.)
One bit of news I got was that Mrs. J won't be our 3rd team member. She has accepted a position in Gig Harbor. Hmmmmm. Guess that's more work for Mrs. K. Hope she finds a good 5th grade teacher.
Well, my beloved is glaring at me from the sleepy and sensible end of the couch so I'll have to save my description of the Valley burning up for tomorrow. Stay tuned.
7:51 Sunday. Actually sort of slept in. Unusual. Maybe couch living agrees with me.
Anyway, then yesterday afternoon, we went over to Bellevue to Stuart and Britt's place for niece Tamara's....2nd birthday. It's more an excuse for a whole gob of Heath's and Emorys and various other relatives to get together. There were about 30 peeps there all told. Xander was the oldest kid there and naturally assumed his God-Given Role of trying to keep everything organized. There was a huge box in the rec room downstairs which he transformed into a fort. Cool kids inside. Unwashed masses outside wanting to get in. Kind of like being a fifth-grade teacher at CC.
Later, we saw him leading a small group of kids outside. Well, attempting. Seems there was a large contingent of small rabble rousers who just were not following the plan. Actual quote, "Kids, this is a fire drill! Not a stuff your face with fruit drill!"
The life of a future hall monitor is not an easy one.
I am willing to say outright that the reviews of my BVB Burgers were much more glowing than those of my brother in law's. Granted, the judges were my wife and Tina and, well, me but I happen to agree with their judgement.
Sister in law is back to bringing her own small cooler of Coors Lite with her to such social events. Which she finished. Most....unique.
Why did the Ws not show up on Friday you ask? They had to drive to Eastern Washington and decided last minute to leave a day early in order to beat the forest fires which were (are) making cross-state travel a hassle. This is the case if you are going through Central Washington like they planned.
Seems there are mess of fires in the dry half of the state; including a couple in and around the Methow Valley. The town at the bottom of the Valley, Pateros, had a good portion of its downtown burned down on Thursday. And Twisp and Winthrop have been under evacuation warning on and off for the last couple of days. Adding to this joy is the fact that the electricity has been out since Thursday. (Fires knocked out the one power line into the Valley.) Nobody knows when it'll be back on but it could be weeks. And also cell phone service is mostly out. 'Cause why the hell not?!?
I must admit, this does put a bit of a damper on our future travel plans. We'll just have to play it by ear.
Also, it makes me want to go do something useful over there. Bring a generator or 5 gallons of gas. Something like that. I'll call Dad and see what he thinks. Brother Jeff's Methownet site is down and that's never down. Wonder what's going on over there.
My first step will be to get off this couch.
This comfy couch.
The things I do for the Greater Good. Wish me luck.
Brian
Sent from the wild and crazy side of the couch.