This weekend went by so quickly without really a whole lot going on. Saturday, Justin and I had gone to Grumpy's for breakfast before he went Father's Day shopping. I did spend some time poolside, about 5 hours, according to Justin's calculations. Lee and I kept each other company as Fran and Rick joined for a bit. The water was not conducive to swimming but the breezes were so wonderful.
When Lee left, some more friends had come out to enjoy the pool so my stay was extended to chat with them. Eventually I had to come back in and have some leftovers with Justin, whose plans for the evening failed to solidify.
Sunday was Bible study, worship with Michael as the leader and "Jerusalem the Golden" bringing me tears. Justin and I joined our lunch bunch at Sam's St. Johns Seafood for a delightful start to the afternoon.
He had to prepare a portion of his strawberry torte before going to his father's house. Every time I opened the fridge, the delicious aroma of the crust struck me, long after it had left my home. Mmmm.....The remains of the torte came back with him, but sort of melted from being in his car for a while when he went to Jesse's house. Oops! The crust got a bit soggy but the cream cheese portion was still delicious.
I had spent time at the pool with Mary, Randy and Carol as they ate their lunches, and had the drink of the day, Tequila Sunrise. Oh my, so refreshing! I suggested to Marlena that they make up a batch of those drinks and walk around the pool with them. Just seeing one makes a person want one. And it's healthy---orange juice and cherry juice (grenadine) with tequila. Tequila is made from the agave plant, so there you go!
Instead of putting my nightie on for the night, I had to get fully clothed to attend a meeting of the Board for the condo. Representatives from the engineering firm were coming to tell us about the plans and specs, etc. needed for a job like ours. Gulp! They can tell us everything except firm numbers until they start the demo work, to see how far they have to tear down the sundeck. AND, a contractor who does leak detection will be hired to seek out our leaking situation. Yay!!!
Monday morning I was awake before 5 a.m. because I was so concerned about oversleeping. Since I was taking my car in for the body work, arrangements had been made for the rental car to use in the meanwhile. The website indicated that the rental place offered free pick up but the guy told me he was alone in the office and could not pick me up. Plan B was to ask Michael for a ride, and he was willing to do so.
I was still in my room that morning and realized as the minutes clicked by, I heard nothing from Justin's end of the house. It was getting to be time for him to leave so I went to his room and knocked on the door. He was still in bed, fast asleep. Oh my! I told him he'd better text his boss and let him know he overslept. Apparently he had not reset the alarm over the weekend so his mom was the alarm clock!
It turned out he was 'only' 15 minutes late and I think he met his boss at one of the jobs here in OP. It was a 12 hour day for him regardless so he was exhausted when he got home. They had not eaten lunch until 4:00 pm so even though I had dinner made for us, 7:30 was too soon for him to eat. I made meatballs in mushroom sauce, baked potatoes, and a batch of what I will call Linda's cole slaw. A bag of slaw and a jar of Marzetti's dressing. Oh my!
Since I had eaten half my potato, he took the other half and covered it with cole slaw. He was so glad to try that, claiming he now has a new favorite baked potato topping. When Justin and I lived on the lake and entertained nearly every weekend, I made that same slaw. After moving here, I had not made it again, it seems. Now that I had some at Linda's, I am back at it!
This a.m. was started early with Connie doing water testing on the floors above mine, to see if she could recreate the leak. The first test showed nothing and she was going to have to wait until the afternoon to do the second one. That was the one where it showed up, a sliding glass door in a unit on the 5th floor. The water leaked into Misty's river room but never made it to mine. Now to fix it!
After water aerobics class I went to get my hair cut. It was so bushy and of course, many folks complimented me on how nice it looked. Murphy's Law! Barb said, "Oh, you must be in the pool..." because the highlights are back. It is the funniest thing, how the colors I usually remove are so attractive sometimes!
