Life After Windbird, Day 63: Goldstones Come to Dinner
Date: Friday, October 14, 2016
Weather: Mostly Sunny, High Temp 57 degrees F, Low Tonight in the 30’s
Location: At Home at The Studio, Falmouth, MA
It was a good day. I got up and went to the gym for the first time since joining the end of September. I chose to do bike riding rather than tread mill walking, hoping the biking would be easier on my knee. I sat there and pedaled for over 30 minutes, but the machine told me I had only biked about five miles. I feel like I would have gone farther than this on a real bicycle, but I was happy with my progress. I then tried all of the upper body strength machines before heading home. I’m really hoping to go to the gym at least three days a week and attend a few exercise classes each week. I’m terrible at disciplining myself to exercise, so we’ll just have to see how that plays out. When I got home it was time for lunch and then it was time for an appointment with a lawyer to get a new will crafted. When I returned home, I had a great phone conversation with friends Ed and Lynne Kirwin, and then it was time to get ready for dinner. I had invited the Goldstones over for tacos. I barely got the taco meat done when Jonah showed up at the door. Jed and Sam had soccer practice and were dropping Jonah off with me. Jonah brought his bicycle and some wood to make a bike jump and I hung out with him in the parking area as he did jump after jump. When he tired out, we went back to the apartment and I continued to get dinner ready. Very soon Heather showed up with Ollie and we all headed outside for more bike jumping. Sam and Jed arrived later than expected because Jed had to mark off the soccer fields for tomorrow’s games, but when they did arrive, we had a great taco dinner. When it was time for the Goldstones to leave, we had a bit of a problem. It was 8 pm and the temperature outside was already in the 40’s. But the sprinklers were on and there was no way for them to get to their car without getting soaked. There is a way to get to the parking area by climbing over the deck railing and walking behind the apartment building and back out to the parking area. None of us had ever done that, but they opted for that rather than getting soaking wet. I helped them over the railing and evidently they made it as I didn’t hear otherwise. I am going to have to find out just when these sprinklers are on so we can time arrivals and departures. It wasn’t a huge problem when the weather was warmer, but getting wet this time of year is no fun at all.
Tomorrow is soccer day. Ollie plays at 10:30, Jonah at 1:30, and Sam at 4. In between soccer games, I’m hoping to get the granola baked that I had planned to do today. And the chutney making is going to wait until Sunday.
