Eventful Day

July 20 – It turned out to be a rather eventful day, but not all the events were good ones!

It was 61 out when we got up but warmed up to be a really nice day.  Not hot but nice.  We did our normal load of laundry this morning after blueberry almond pancakes for breakfast.  Bill vacuumed all the carpet areas and I mopped all the floors.  It always amazes us how much cat hair there is.  It’s a wonder she’s not bald. 

We both showered and had a quick lunch and headed into Willimantic.  The Salvation Army was closed as I was looking for a couple of baking pans to use in the convection oven.  So we went to Kohl’s where I was hoping to find a neutral color of a lightweight sweater.  I have navy and black but wanted something that looks better with pastels.  The one I really wanted was only in navy, black and white but I did find another one with pockets and a light grey/taupe kinda color.  We checked out the shoe store but left with none (which is rare for me) and headed to the movie theatre. 

As we were heading in we got word that one of the volunteer couples had a run in with someone in the park and are leaving tomorrow.  That is not good!  They are such fun guys that we have really enjoyed meeting and joking with.  Didn’t get the whole story but hoped to see them when we got home so say our good-byes.

The movie was “Sex Tape” and some of it was pretty funny and lots of views of Cameron Diaz’s T & A and almost as much of Jason Segal’s.  Another one of those “how can people be so stupid” movies but it was nice to get out and have a few laughs.  Made our stop at McD’s and did some email and posted several days blog.

Made a last stop at Wal-mart mostly for vitamins.  We stopped by the office on the way in as Rik and Joe were heading up to have a drink with Pam and Steve, the owners.  They confirmed that they were leaving for sure and were all packed up and ready.  How sad!  We thought maybe they’d get talked out of it.  I verified my hours for tomorrow.  We did have it off but the other couple had asked us to trade for Friday so we did.  We try to be agreeable.

I made a pomodoro sauce the other day and just cooked some pasta tonight and warmed some of the sauce with sliced grilled chicken in it.  While the pasta cooked I put together a fresh peach/blueberry cobbler and put it in the toaster oven.  Joe and Rik stopped by just as the pasta was about ready so I didn’t bother even with a salad by the time they left.  They just wanted to say good-bye in private and explain what had happened today.  We thought maybe they worked things out over drinks but no, that didn’t happen.  So we will see them in Florida this fall. 

We had our dessert after dinner and it’s a no TV night.  So it was an eventful day but Rik and Joe leaving was not a good event!