Another full Saturday

After a very busy week at work Saturday is always something to look forward to. Sometimes they must include a honey-do chore but when done as a team, they aren't so cumbersome and time-consuming. Unfortunately, being the homeowner and parent of many, I am usually the one needing the assistance on my project and have the most projects needing doing.

This week was calipers on my car. I was limping and jerking my way to work all week and hopefully it was stuck calipers, that's what we replaced anyway. While we were working on the car Rick's friend Steve showed up while he was waiting to meet up with other friends at a tavern called Draft Choice. He was teasing Rick for changing his style and having his bike suitable for a female companion. His group was making a circuit, visiting a number of taverns and finally meeting up at the Yella Beak in Enumclaw.

So after getting the car fixed we suited up and hit the road. We headed out to Roy and McKenna on mostly back roads but some highway. Rick went to all the work and expense of putting on a detachable windshield for my comfort and then a nice cushy seat, also for my comfort. But the cushy seat sat me high enough to put me above the deflected area created by the windshield, so it didn't add to my comfort unless I hunkered down. We'll get it right eventually. Anyway, we tried to find an old workmate's house but were unsuccessful. It was a fun ride though. On the way back we stopped in Orting for a beer and people-watched from the "beer garden" part of the tavern, there were tons of bikes out, it was a nice day, mid 60's. From there we headed to Enumclaw to see if we could meet up at the Yella Beak with his friend from earlier that day, he wasn't there so we headed toward home. I mentioned that I had burrito fixin's ("burrito guts") so we headed for my house.

We got to my place and started making the burritos when Rach showed up, everyone was at Denny's as usual. She went back and then Kevin and Denny showed up with Denny's poochie, Gage. I think Rach blabbed that I had burrito guts and that's why they came over. They stood there visiting and looking back and forth at each other, then at the food, then back and forth again. I told them I would share it with them and Kevin remarked that they don't eat half, they eat ALL. Then Denny quietly put the lid on it and snuck it out and was gone.

Once we ate we grabbed my laptop and went back to Rick's. He snoozed (he's getting over a cold) and I started playing with my new scanner on my laptop, one that will scan larger size slides and negatives. It does an awesome job, it has the software that does auto color fix and dust removal, etc. I did a few from 1966, apparently when Dad's family visited and we went to San Francisco. I left Rick's about 9:30 so he could go to bed, he looked pretty worn out, I hope he feels better today. I got home and there was no one home so I grabbed my tape of Grey's Anatomy and laid in bed and watched it. All in all a pretty full day.

Must-do's, wanna-do's, stuff with Rick, stuff with kids. Good day.