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July 16, 2007


can we now have a lazy week?
posted by soe 2:21 pm

The weekend was filled, but not in a hurry-up kind of way.

Friday night, we met up with three friends for some jazz under the stars (okay, it was really jazz under the setting sun, but close enough). John brought cherries, wine and Swiss chocolates (yum!), and Michael and Julia were able to join us even though they already didn’t have enough time to get things done. I stopped for some crackers and various cheeses and hummus and paired them with some wine and sparkling pomegranate juice we had at home. It really was a lovely, relaxing start to the weekend and I hope we’ll be able to do it again.

Saturday, I did manage to get my lazy butt out and on the bike for a 12-mile ride. I promised myself that if I resisted the impulse to buy a frozen Snickers bar at the boat house that I could stop at the LYS. I did, but perhaps spoiled the incentive by spotting a table selling freshly made crepes in honor of Bastille Day and benefiting breast cancer charities. I mean, passing by would have been misanthropic and xenophobic, right?

I did a little cleaning and then read more before eventually calling it a night.

Sunday rolled around bright and early. We hit the farmers’ market relatively early and came away with a bounty of berries — cherries, blueberries, blackberries, and black raspberries — as well as an armload of flowers, tomatoes, nectarines, peaches, lettuce, corn, and a Jamaican spinach called callaloo. We ate scones, read the paper, knit, talked to ejbro on the phone, and watched Tour de France coverage. (Let’s pretend the scones were in honor of the Tour’s start in London.)

In the afternoon, Rudi and I headed to the pool, where we spent a wonderful hour or so floating and basking in the cool water before heading by Trader Joe’s and the garden on our way home.

All in all, it was a lovely weekend. Would that it could have lasted a bit longer, since this week is looking more busy than relaxed. We have tickets to two ball games, a local vote, and a visit with an old friend scheduled already, and we’ve recently learned that we need to spend some time harassing the D.C. Council about a recent ill-considered vote. Good thing vacation starts next week!

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