Party Tonight! Cleaning Today.

[canyonwalker]

Tonight Hawk and I are hosting our long-awaited joint birthday party. We're celebrating a combined 104!

Hosting a house party requires having a presentable house. That means before we party we have to clean. (We have to clean after the party, too, but that's a story— and a chore— for another time.)

Fortunately we did some cleanup a week ago as we had friends over for card games last Saturday. That made today's cleaning effort less forbidding. For example, I vacuumed the foyer, stairs, dining room, and kitchen last week; so this morning they only needed a quick touch-up. Though I did hand-mop the floor in the foyer today. Ugh, the towels came up black after wiping every few 12" tiles. But it's satisfying to know I've cleaned up that crud.

Hawk and I went out for lunch today, a very unspecial not-exactly-our-birthdays-anymore meal at Carl's Jr., then ran a few shopping errands. We got some balloons to decorate the house and a few grocery odds and ends to fill out the pot-luck-for-those-who-want-to spread for tonight. Now I'm taking a break for a bit. In a while I'll straighten another few things, shower, and then start prepping food and drink for the party.

More to come!

Comments

[some_other_dave]

Did you hit the Carl's down toward Lawrence?

I used to go to the one on Middlefield, or the one at Bernardo and El Camino, but those have both disappeared.

[canyonwalker]

Delayed response here. Actually, my usual Carl's now is the one at Bowers/Kifer just off Central. It's a smidge farther, distance-wise, than the one on Camino halfway between Wolfe and Lawrence, but it's a lot quicker to get to because of Central.

It was nice having the one on Camino at Bernardo years ago. That was close enough I could walk in the nice weather, when I had enough time for a long lunch break. After that one closed up I frequented the one on Middlefield until it closed up in the aftermath of the pandemic.