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Another Saturday Has Arrived...
May. 29th, 2010 03:40 pmAnd it's Memorial Day weekend too, at least here in the US. Memorial Day weekend in this (more or less) little California town means Strawberry Festival, during which time our sleepy little town of 16,000 suddenly swells to over 200,000 with tourists and such. As my house is located obscenely close to the streets that get closed down and filled with sales booths, every inch of available curbing is taken – which in turn means that there's just enough room for two cars moving in opposite directions to slither past each other.
Under most circumstances, there is no way on this Green Earth that we go ANYWHERE. It is absolutely no fun to attempt to navigate streets and intersections filled with pedestrians who really don't give a flip about the cars around them, cars with drivers who haven't the foggiest notion where the heck they're going in the first place, and all kinds of blockades and temporary traffic flow tools that sometimes make sense and other times don't. Things close down after 5 PM, however. Saturday and Sunday are the only days this happens. It would REALLY suck if it continued into Monday as well.
On the home front, Súl's new flooring has been installed. For four days, I had every last piece of her furniture plunked down in my house - and for the last two days, she's been slowly pulling stuff back into the apartment and putting it where she actually wants it to be. Tomorrow will be the day we get rid of her fridge and stove. Such fun! Still, her new flooring is fantastic; it really makes the new paint job she did look spectacular.
( Pic Spam of Before/After/During under the cut )
Last but not least, we "moved" my son's birthday celebration to Sunday evening, so that we all could be present and enjoy the time. Súl doesn't work that day, neither does JJ. So, as per JJ's request, we're having pizzas and drinks (beer for some, diet sodas for others) and carrot cake and ice cream for dessert. We've invited a family friend over to share in the festivities too, so it should be fun. I'll bet dollars to donuts that folks end up sitting in Súl's apartment that evening, playing Mario Kart on the Wii...
Under most circumstances, there is no way on this Green Earth that we go ANYWHERE. It is absolutely no fun to attempt to navigate streets and intersections filled with pedestrians who really don't give a flip about the cars around them, cars with drivers who haven't the foggiest notion where the heck they're going in the first place, and all kinds of blockades and temporary traffic flow tools that sometimes make sense and other times don't. Things close down after 5 PM, however. Saturday and Sunday are the only days this happens. It would REALLY suck if it continued into Monday as well.
On the home front, Súl's new flooring has been installed. For four days, I had every last piece of her furniture plunked down in my house - and for the last two days, she's been slowly pulling stuff back into the apartment and putting it where she actually wants it to be. Tomorrow will be the day we get rid of her fridge and stove. Such fun! Still, her new flooring is fantastic; it really makes the new paint job she did look spectacular.
( Pic Spam of Before/After/During under the cut )
Last but not least, we "moved" my son's birthday celebration to Sunday evening, so that we all could be present and enjoy the time. Súl doesn't work that day, neither does JJ. So, as per JJ's request, we're having pizzas and drinks (beer for some, diet sodas for others) and carrot cake and ice cream for dessert. We've invited a family friend over to share in the festivities too, so it should be fun. I'll bet dollars to donuts that folks end up sitting in Súl's apartment that evening, playing Mario Kart on the Wii...
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