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canyonwalkerIt was a pleasant weekend... which I am only writing about just now, at 8pm on Monday evening, because today has been such a whirlwind of starting a new workweek that a blog I thought I might write at 8am I couldn't even start until now. 😰 But this young week's busy-ness is a topic for another day. Right now I just want to wind down a recount a quietly enjoyable weekend.
Hawk and I had no big plans this weekend. That's partly a consequence of her having limited mobility as she works to recover from foot surgery 3 weeks earlier. She tries to push her boundaries every day. Though every day those boundaries reassert themselves.by pushing back. After a few hours out she needs to nap for a few hours at home.
Saturday we went out for lunch together then visited a friend who was hosting a games day at his house. We gamed until about dinner time, playing a few different games each.some_other_dave was there— it's like he'd come from Hawaii just to play games every day— as was a newcomer to our group. "Ronald" was conspicuously younger than everyone else, an obvious and lone younger Millennial among a crowd of Gen Xers through young Boomers. It reminded me to ponder why our group is so sorted by age when we don't take any action or have any reason to filter people by age. (Other than "Are you mature enough to play a serious or semi-serious tabletop game?" Some parents bring their older teen children, for example.)
Sunday we went out together again. Again we started with lunch out. After that we went shopping. I made a quick run at Total Wine for a few more bottles of wines I'd really enjoyed recently. Then Hawk did a bit of clothes shopping at TJ Maxx for dresses or large skirts that fit with her surgical boot. Finally we shopped at Costco, which had been the impetus for the whole trip. And the specific impetus at Costco was a Lego set... a Lego set of 6 gems on a display stand! I bought it for Hawk as an early Hanukkah gift.
Just the walking around at Costco pushed Hawk's boundaries— according to her step counter it's easy to walk a mile in that store— but she still had energy to suggest we invite friends over to play cards on Sunday evening. We discussed going out for dinner together but then Hawk got the idea to volunteer me to cook dinner for everyone instead. 😅 I don't really mind; I moderately enjoy cooking and hosting, and we had the makings on hand, having just shopped at Costco.
Cards with friends was fun. Hawk's long day caught up with her, though, and she was fading badly after two matches of Spades. She retired upstairs as I wound things down with our friends Jeremy and Aliza. And by "wound down" I mean Jeremy and I split another round of beer before calling it a night.
Hawk and I had no big plans this weekend. That's partly a consequence of her having limited mobility as she works to recover from foot surgery 3 weeks earlier. She tries to push her boundaries every day. Though every day those boundaries reassert themselves.by pushing back. After a few hours out she needs to nap for a few hours at home.
Saturday we went out for lunch together then visited a friend who was hosting a games day at his house. We gamed until about dinner time, playing a few different games each.
some_other_dave was there— it's like he'd come from Hawaii just to play games every day— as was a newcomer to our group. "Ronald" was conspicuously younger than everyone else, an obvious and lone younger Millennial among a crowd of Gen Xers through young Boomers. It reminded me to ponder why our group is so sorted by age when we don't take any action or have any reason to filter people by age. (Other than "Are you mature enough to play a serious or semi-serious tabletop game?" Some parents bring their older teen children, for example.)Sunday we went out together again. Again we started with lunch out. After that we went shopping. I made a quick run at Total Wine for a few more bottles of wines I'd really enjoyed recently. Then Hawk did a bit of clothes shopping at TJ Maxx for dresses or large skirts that fit with her surgical boot. Finally we shopped at Costco, which had been the impetus for the whole trip. And the specific impetus at Costco was a Lego set... a Lego set of 6 gems on a display stand! I bought it for Hawk as an early Hanukkah gift.
Just the walking around at Costco pushed Hawk's boundaries— according to her step counter it's easy to walk a mile in that store— but she still had energy to suggest we invite friends over to play cards on Sunday evening. We discussed going out for dinner together but then Hawk got the idea to volunteer me to cook dinner for everyone instead. 😅 I don't really mind; I moderately enjoy cooking and hosting, and we had the makings on hand, having just shopped at Costco.
Cards with friends was fun. Hawk's long day caught up with her, though, and she was fading badly after two matches of Spades. She retired upstairs as I wound things down with our friends Jeremy and Aliza. And by "wound down" I mean Jeremy and I split another round of beer before calling it a night.
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Date: 2025-11-12 06:10 am (UTC)And that boot... Ugh! Forcing Bird to wear a skirt? She must be ready to claw the boot into shreds!! Shreds, I tell you!
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Date: 2025-11-12 06:47 am (UTC)