After I wrote yesterday morning.........the day became more and more humid as the clouds became thicker...and then by later afternoon, we were under severe thunderstorm watches...then warnings including hail and high winds....DAMN!!! However......luck was with us and all we got were some horrendous downpours of rain. Not sure how much we received, because it came in just really hard cloud bursts with no wind, but just constant water as if it was being poured out of a bucket above us!
Today.......when I got up and opened the drapes....the windows were all fogged over.......and that intense humidity out there never left all day. My planned late afternoon of waxing the front of the 5er fell through....as I just have a REAL problem with humidity and getting anything accomplished outside when the humidity is high!!
Soooo....luckily I had invited Michael Goldsmith over for coffee this morning........and coffee we did have!!!! Over the almost 3.5 hours, we drank a lot, but we talked and discussed and laughed and enjoyed much more than the amount of coffee we drank. Not having had this much time together for a long time, we never found a period in our conversation.....and I had no idea the morning had slipped away into the early afternoon. Had I known, I would have fixed a couple of paninis for an easy lunch......sorry Michael!! The range of our topics of discussion was wide and varied.....and yet, we still had more that we could have touched on had we had more time. As the saying goes....."Time flies when you are having fun"....and it is sooooo true!!!
My afternoon began with a quick sandwich....and before I knew it, it was time to run over to the local Produce Stand...they are open MWF from 2-4 or 5pm....and when I got there he was just getting the signs out on the street. I grabbed a bunch of those wonderful fresh tomatoes...and returned to the hill and the stick and brick. His tomatoes are sooooooooo damn wonderful, soooo acidic with a great tomato aroma......something that isn't there in those god-awful store bought tomatoes!!!
I spent the remainder of the afternoon working on lists, yearbooks, etc., etc. attempting to get as many names of my former students into the computer....and this is sooo damn difficult to do. I just cannot remember 25-30 years ago who was in band or choir........there has to be a better way....and one that we can get done ASAP.
I had a couple of phone calls from former students this afternoon.....and it was a pleasant way to pass some time....always, ALWAYS sooo great to visit with them!!! THANKS guys for calling. I also, during the afternoon, located a former percussion player whom I have kept up with over the past 10-11 years, but had lost his address when he moved from Arizona to Colorado to do some advanced graduate studies at Colorado State University. He has only recently returned from India where he was to spend the summer on a university project, but he became almost deathly ill and had to be removed and brought back here to the states. After getting his phone number, I texted him that we would be in Estes Park at the end of next week....and so....we are going to try to get together for a drink or two....or three...or more. The last time we were together was three years ago, I believe...in Tucson where we met him for dinner. HAHAHA...the time before that he and I had gone over to Nogales, Mexico....and almost weren't able to get back to the border......those margaritas were....incredible!!
And sooooo, my day passed quickly inside my air conditioned stick and brick. Tomorrow...another former student is coming over in the morning.....been almost a year since I have visited with him and I AM looking forwarding to hearing of his first year in college...and how his initial goals and plans might have changed with the experiences he has had in his university courses.
The 1st Lady is to return tomorrow....and...perhaps the contractor and his work crew will be here to put on my new roof?????!!!! But......what is one more day if they do not make it tomorrow???? It will be this week!!! And....as always........
LIFE IS JUST REALLY, REALLY GREAT!!!!!!!.....And, I hope it is for all of you, also!!!!!
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