Summer semester officially ends today. As such, I'm in a lull for about two to three weeks, and I'm not complaining. I'm doing some tidying and reorganizing - mostly digitally. I still have a couple of short shifts in the testing center each week, so it's not a total slugfest.
With the tuting, I don't blog as much as I used to. This blog has served to help me recall the whats and whens of different happenings, so a few bullets from recent.
- A couple of weeks ago, we went out with Wolfgang and Meego to celebrate Wolfgang's recent birthday. He chose a Korean BBQ place, and we put away much food. The restaurant brings all the dishes out along with raw meats that we cooked at table top, built-in grills. Intereactive!
At one point I was enjoying tearing into a seafood pancake and noticed some soft little white ring things. I had no idea what they were, and later I happened to come across a video of a chef cooking up some squid and realized that's what I was eating. So I've eaten squid, cool.
- Our little brush with nature last week, in the form of a rattlesnake, sent me down a snake infested rabbit hole of learning about rattlesnakes. They are actually pretty cool critters, but I still don't want to ever ever get bitten by one.
- We've been pondering the idea of getting some nearby recreational land, but haven't gotten very far beyond the pondering stage. We'd like to kick things up and get more active on that "project" before we're too old to enjoy it.
- This morning, I was leaving the gym when a shiny new Mercedez-Benz G-wagon pulled into the parking lot. I'd only ever seen one from afar, and never really took much notice. Up close, it was obviously quite the adventure toy.
I realized that, for the price of one G-wagon, we could get about 35 acres of rural land and all the rattlesnakes it would hold.
We postponed too many things that we said we'd do after we retired. And you know then the shit hit the fan for us. 3 yrs of serious health kick backs. So much for Tuscany and other adventures. So do what you want now while you can.
ReplyDeleteAnd if you wish to have snakes, they are everywhere here. A copper head was in the corner of a grassy area I was going to clear. NOPE. I ran and then I called a kid to come do it. Not a fan of snakes. Although I'd prefer a snake to a cat.
Snakes in the tall grass - yep!
Delete"I'd prefer a snake to a cat" - checks out for you, Peg 😊
We bought Recreational Land many Moons ago, 38 Acres in Northern Arizona near Lakes and lots of Hunting, Cooler, high Elevation in Juniper Forests with a View of a Valley below. We haven't been there for many Years, it's Paid for but with The Man's health decline, we'll never now develop it like we'd originally planned to in Retirement now. I'd like to Sell it, but, the Kiddos will inherit it coz Raw Land just isn't building Equity like one would assume it would.
ReplyDeleteYour property sounds idyllic. Hopefully the kids will appreciate it and get some use.
DeleteI don't know how anyone is buying all these expensive cars! Our friend tried to convince us to get the same new suv she has but it was 70k!
ReplyDeleteThey live in a different world than the one I live in fer sher.
DeleteThe price of such cars is ridiculous. But what a wonderful idea your project is.
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