Oh, Davis… our weather forca…
Oh, Davis… our weather forcast says “much warmer than yesterday. Highs 100 to 108″. Time to break in the in-laws pool!
cleaning out the closet, tossi…
cleaning out the closet, tossing old class notes. stick figure drawing in margins definitely reached its apex freshman year. miss it!
cleaning out the closet, tossi…
cleaning out the closet, tossing old class notes. stick figure drawing in margins definitely reached its apex freshman year. miss it!
i love working in the garden i…
i love working in the garden in the morning… our zucchini is triumphant!
Success
I’ve been much betwitter lately. I got a cute twitter client and now it just sits there, running, filling with goodness. Yay for summertime amusements.
I know I haven’t been doing a good job of blogging lately. There just aren’t that many nights when I feel like I want to be on the computer, thinking about my day. But today is a hot, lazy night. It was really hot today – 100ish – but it’s pleasant now. Breezy and cooler.
Much triumph was had, regardless of heat. We had some lumber delivered this morning for our gate project (splitting the big unusable double-wide gate on the side yard into two openable doors) and the lawn edging. They came way earlier than they quoted us, thus both Lewis and I were in bed when they showed up. They didn’t even actually knock, though, they just sorta dumped the goods in our driveway and took off. Not that it matters much, we didn’t need to sign or pay for anything.
Went to the doctor after that at my sister’s behest. Have a good summer plan in the works to test out whether my birth control is having anything to do with these migraines, and then I have a back-up plan appointment with the neurologist at the end of summer. All in all it was a good appointment. I’m feeling well, all my vitals and blood work checks out, and other than these headaches, there doesn’t appear to be anything wrong with me. Yay! I’m glad to have an action plan for the time being.
Spent much of the afternoon car shopping with Lewis from the comfort of the internet. Thought we were going to go see a car, but we wanted to price out some insurance quotes on various vehicles first, and called Lewis’ dad to see what insurance company they use. Didn’t get much further than that – I guess Artie and Francie had been discussing selling us the car we’ve been borrowing, so he said he would give us a good deal if we wanted the Accord. It blue books for more than we can afford, but Artie seems pretty serious about making sure we don’t put ourselves out. We also called a family friend who owns the local Honda dealer to see what sort of back lot stuff he has in stock, and ironically he’s also getting in an almost identical Accord that is cheaper than the car we were going to go look at today…. so car plans are much altered in favor of someone in Davis doing us a good turn. I suppose that is good news, though the prospect of paying car insurance next year is pretty dismal with our much-reduced income. The other grad students make it happen somehow… I do suspect more than a few are still on their parents’ ticket.
I’ve been really enjoying cooking lately, since I have all the free time in the world these days. I roasted a chicken tonight, with some red potatoes, and it turned out really well. I probably could have devoured my whole half, but we squirreled away some nice leftovers. It sure was good though – it came out beautifully crispy skinned and juicy. Mmm. Had a really nice after-dinner walk through the fields behind our house. It smelled really nice, like dry grass. Davis is a nice place, even when it’s hot. Next hot day will surely call for heading over to the Lawyers’ to abuse pool privileges!
mmm.. roasted chicken + potato…
mmm.. roasted chicken + potatoes tonight. so good, but having the oven on all night on a 100 degree day makes for one toasty kitchen!
was going to look at a VW Golf…
was going to look at a VW Golf this afternoon, got stuck seriously looking at the car in our very garage?
filling myself with twitter go…
filling myself with twitter goodness!
Working on IRB certification…..
Working on IRB certification… great way to spend a summer’s day?
Summatime
It’s 4:30. It’s Sunday. It’s Father’s Day! I’m sitting in my sunny living room waiting for the pie dough in my fridge to firm up. I’m baking a Maryland Blueberry Peach pie today, and making turkey burgers… It’s going to be a good one. I’m so relaxed. It’s wonderful to be able to cook as much as you want again! Last night I made home made pizza… double pepperoni. We ate the whole thing while watching Garden State. So good! It’s bound to be another So Good day.
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