Out on the town
On Saturday, Val and I first conducted the Exiles orientation with Rio, and then headed over to the Powerhouse to wish Leland a happy birthday. I must be getting old… it felt weird to be heading into a bar at 10pm, and then hanging out with loud music and partying folks for a while. But it was a lot of fun, especially dancing with Lance.
More visitors! Jann and Trev (and Toby)
More visitors! Jann and Trev (and Toby)
Jann and Trev brought their usual bag of bagels to our brunch table on Saturday, June 2. This time they brought their adorable dog Toby, who charmed the girls and kept us amused as he ran around our yard. Trev spent some time under Haley’s sink, helping me try (unsuccessfully) to retrieve Haley’s lost earring. In the end, neither of us could get the sink back together so I’m hoping to get Cutberto over to help with that soon. I also spent some time dealing with Jim the electrician, who was there trying to repair our yard lights. The deck lights worked after he replaced a transformer, but the other lights need to wait until I can get Guadalupe’s guys to dig a trench to get to the buried wires. Ah, the joys of hom eownership!
Finally the afternoon settled down enough for most of us to play a fun game of Ticket to Ride, Europe. Katelyn was napping… the stress of finals and staying up late to finish assignments finally caught up with her.
Visit from Michelle and the girls
Michelle, Ariella, and Miriam joined us for a burrito and taco bar and just hanging out on Friday, June 2. It was great to have yummy food and just hang out, and Haley got a Feldenkreis lesson while the rest of us watched “How It’s Made”.
(Val couldn’t be there because she was attending the memorial for our friend Ken, who passed away last month.)
Freda and Thai
Freda joined us for dinner on Thursday, June 1. After an abortive attempt to order sushi (wonder if Sushi Raw in San Bruno is closed?) we got Thai food from Thai Stick in Millbrae. Really enjoyed the food and the visit!
Motorcycle Mishap
Whacked my knee again, this time as my motorcycle was falling over in my driveway. Here’s how it happened: I hadn’t ridden for a while since I broke my thumb, so I had it on the charger and was taking it out to test. It started, but when I inched down to the bottom of the very steep driveway (which you have to do in order to check for traffic coming down the hill), my downhill foot hit a wet patch and slid, and the bike went over, down the hill. I couldn’t pick it up myself, so I went to a neighbor who probably couldn’t help (a thin older woman), but whose daughter was there (I could tell by the car). I was hoping for a third person to help (that bike weighs like 600 lbs!), but the two of us got tough with it and got it up! It wouldn’t start (probably flooded) and then the battery died. Couldn’t get it up the driveway, so I had to park it in the street overnight. The next morning I ran a long extension cord out there with the charger. When it looked like it was charged it started! I took it out for a spin to test it out and get it charged up again. For not being ridden for months it did pretty well, although it needs a tune-up. I need to get it in shape for riding in the Pride Parade in a few weeks!
Game time
Glynis and Susan hosted a fun game-and-enchilada party on the 27th. Very fun!
Guitar Hero “fail”
On Saturday the kids decided they wanted to get Guitar Hero for the Wii. Since it was their own money they wanted to spend (including Haley’s gift cards), and because I’m always accused of not being spontaneous I decided to go along with their desire to go to Game Stop and get it. We went to Bayhill, where of course the Game Stop was no longer there, messing with our plans to visit Starbuck’s, Jamba Juice, and Mollie Stone’s at the same time. After verifying that the closest Game Stop was indeed at Tanforan (ugh, a mall on Memorial Day weekend!), we headed out. Luckily the girls knew where it was so we parked close by. But it turns out they don’t carry the instruments, just the games, because it’s “just not popular enough”. So we decided we’d have to get it online. Sigh. We did, however, make it back to Bayhill, where we split up and met up again at Mollie Stone’s and got everything else we wanted to get. Whew!
Band Upheaval
We learned ove rthe weekend that Doug Miner, the band directory for both Mills High School and the West Bay Community Band, was in a serious motorcycle accident on Saturday the 19th. He will recover, but it will be a slow process as his injuries are relatively serious. The school is finding a substitute to cover the last few days of school and the performance at graduation. The WBCB is looking for another conductor for a while. One of the musicians led the group at Sunday’s performance at San Carlos Hometown Days, which I missed.
Best wishes to Doug – get well!!
NWLC
I spent the weekend in San Jose at the Northwest Leather Celebration. It was great to hang out with friends and attend some classes, receptions, and parties.
Haley and Kathie go to Disneyland
Haley was part of the Taylor Band who performed at Disneyland and the Heritage Festival in Fullerton over the weekend. Kathie went as a chaperone. They left in the early afternoon on Thursday, May 17th, and returned on Sunday, May 20th at about 11pm. It was really hard getting Haley up for school the next day!
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