“…With someone I like…who maketh my spirit to shine…”

So wrote Warren Zevon…I can only wonder what, in blazes he would have written had he been around today…

Regardless. and despite the fact that, as much as I’d like, I am no songwriter, here are some non musical thoughts for today:

These past few days have been quite different from the last 10 weeks. Thursday I played my first 9 holes of the season (and hit the damn ball pretty well) ….decent score and if I could have holed some makeable putts, it would have been even better. Friday, we took a trip up to Sue’s Dad’s house. We brought chairs, water and lunch and sat a good distance outside from his screen porch. It was good to see him and the time absolutely flew by. Upon arriving home where Abbey THE dog was totally off her game since it was the longest she had been without her people for 10 weeks, we packed another bag and headed out to the FIRST in person happy hour in the same 10 weeks. To say it was fun would be an understatement, though, truth be told, some of the folks were a bit cavalier about keeping some distance. We did, when it got  unexpectedly a little “crowded”, pack up the drinks, and food we had brought for ourselves and headed home to our “nest”, again much to the delight of Abbey THE dog.

Today we had our very own screen porch power washed ahead of being painted in a few days, and I, who could care less about doing things around the house, put together the AC bracket I had purchased and then carried in the 65 lb AC unit that arrived, surprisingly today (days earlier than listed), put it together also and installed it.THIS after spending a few hours rummaging thought my shed looking for some old Inline skates my son had asked me about (nope none there) only to find a treasure trove of old pictures (details in another post another time).

The day concluded with an incredible pick up fried chicken dinner from The Schoolhouse, simply the best I’ve had EVER (and yes, folks that includes having had the very highly thought of Thomas Keller’s Fried Chicken when we were last in Napa) and some Nickel and Nickel Chardonnay that I’ve been sitting on for over a year. All with the lovely Mrs. who does, in fact, maketh my spirit to shine…..

And wait it gets better….tomorrow is Sunday which means three hours of the best musical journey from Fred Migliore and FMOdyssey….