4 day weekend. Bekah & I don’t return back to work until Wednesday. I guess I lucked out that one of my two day shifts falls on Monday. I’ll only be actually working one day next week. That humors me.
Saturday began with yard work. We needed to do it anyway but add that freaking hail storm and our yard was a mess. Bekah began to mow while I made a quick run to the store for weekend food. The store isn’t even counting people anymore. Oh well. Now that everything is pretty much open it makes me want to avoid people even more. When I returned I felt obliged to assist with yard work. Weed eat. Clean more leaves off the drive way. Bagging leaves is my favorite. I mowed our weird little side yard.
Yard work behind us it was time for showers & lunch. Shrimp tacos. Used cabbage, avocado smash, pico and this habanero hot sauce my brother had been raving about. He was right, it was pretty good. The tacos were a nice lite lunch. Perfecto!!!
We are boring. The rest of the day Bekah worked on the puzzle Jody let her barrow. I sat around reading the second book in the series that I started. I enjoyed the first, this one might be better. The author seem more comfortable with the character this round. The dark humor is right up my alley. Very much a detective novel, which I’m not usually so fond of reading.
Dinner was something new. Lobster cakes? Surely you make them similar to crab cakes, right? I didn’t plan on having crustaceans all day but it just sort of happened. Easy meal. Salad was nice.
Waiting on the storm. It’s that time of year. Foreseeable forecast we have storms. I kind of like it. I don’t want hail, but I’m excited. The rest of the town probably doesn’t share me sentiment. It did rain. It was more thunder than anything. I spent my evening outside listening and enjoying. It was a relaxing storm. I don’t need another like Thursday. FaceTime w/ Slovak was short lived. She had “service issues”. No shots. Probably a needed break. Bekah worked on puzzles. We are exciting people during quarantine. I guess we could have gone to the bars since they are now opened. 🙄
Sunday brunch. Use what you have. English muffins a good substitute for buns? Sure. Habanero Mayo? Sure!!! Bekah isn’t good at making hash browns, it seems. Of all the brunch we have made, this was the least exciting. It was good, but it was just a burger.
I spent the day reading and nothing more. Bekah departed to her sisters. Storms were to come. Around 6 I called her to say it might be best to head home. About the time she did they hit. Just rain, lightning & night winds. Nothing like the other days mess. It was lovely to watch.
Drinks again with the Slovak. FaceTime for over 2 hours. Brutal. I enjoy it, I really do. An excess of booze consumed. I was to be left worse for the wear, no doubt. I wonder, when the day comes where we all can be together will we drink more or less than we have been over FaceTime chats? The question leaves me with fear for that day.
Dinner I made my orange chicken stir fry. It had been a while. It was lovely.
Memorial Day. I said it. I was worse for the wear. The rare time I catch a hangover. These gears need oiling. Sluggish, I made my way around the house. Sister-in-law stopped by briefly. Good to see here. In my condition I wasn’t the conversationalist. I tried.
Lunch was to be delivery. We didn’t feel like working for our lunch. Cielo. I got some cheese enchiladas. Comfort food. That and a couple beers, life returned to normal. I was once again myself. Sad, is t it?
The rest of the day we spent FaceTimeing various family members. It was such a nice cool day. I tried to spend a good mount outside but the mosquitos were so bad they were eating me alive. Don’t know what happened to the bug spray.
Since it Memorial Day we had to cook out. It would be Un-American to do otherwise. Pork baby back ribs on the grill for 4 hours slow cooking. Once the ribs were done I threw on some corn & jalapeño cheese sausage. The ribs fell right off the bone. So good.
Tuesday I woke the the sound of rain and thunder. By far the best way to wake. A little storm had snuck up on us. I laid in bed and enjoyed the sounds which eventually lulled me back to slumber.
Bekah had to get the COVID test today. A reality she wasn’t looking forward to. When she returned from having her brain poked we made some brunch with what we had. Bacon egg potato street tacos.
Long weekend coming to its end. I had to get out of the house so I went for a walk. I went for a liquor run restock. Tax free Tuesday. I went to HEB again for something I forgot. I hadn’t been out of the house in a couple days. I was cooped up. When I returned I went back to my book while Bekah worked on the puzzle. Nothing exciting. Ready for work again tomorrow.
Dinner was chicken Caesar pasta salad. A refreshing meal to end this “extended” weekend. Weird to have weekends again. Simple meal. Effortless.
Done. That’s the end to a long on. Cheers!!!
En Fuego 