So it’s now Friday. So what. All morning duties the same. Coffee for all. Lunch for all. Feed dogs. Feed cats. Same old sh stuff. Just ate some yogurt. Emily found yogurt in a fancy package at the market yesterday. Emily, god bless her, is a sucker for nice packaging. This is not a problem but she does have high expectations for nicely packaged products. And sometimes that’s a problem. This yogurt was good though nothing special. I hope it was cheap but I bet not.
So I got to read the paper all the way through. That is always pleasant. On fridays the Cars section is published and they talk about new ones, old ones, etc. always nice to see. Difficult part, the section has a small label at the top that says “advertising section”. This means paid placement is possible and that means opinions in an article could be pure BS. And probably are. This would explain the cover story on the Kia Rio claiming it is gods gift. Trust me, I drove one for a week, it is no gift. But other articles, like reprints from Road and Track which compare radically expensive cars you will never even touch are not that way. That article even said bad things about some cars. It’s my favorite part of the Friday paper.
Friend Doug called this morning. He lives in Texas now. Go figure. I always thought he would move back to Ohio where he is from. He has always waxed poetic about his Ohio hometown. Anyhow, we brought each other up to date on things happening in our lives. Usual catch up. I would like to give a shout out to his mother in law, she is not doing well. I want her to know everyone in my house is worrying about her. I know Shelley, her daughter and Dougs wife, will take good care of her. We wish her the very best.
Have been getting too many texts this morning while I try to blog away. I like texts but they pop up in my face while writing. I could turn that off but then, knowing me, I would never go read them. So it’s a good/bad thing. I am going with bad.
All finished and dressed and ready to go. Then the first call. Then another. Now it’s 1030. I am almost on the way out the door. Then I get a call. Had to go reinstall an app for metering to the ipads. Now I am waiting for the install to complete. Can’t disconnect from wifi or I would take it with me.
And of course, the install failed. App does not operate. Wtf? Ok. Delete app. Boot iPad. Reinstall app. Success. On my way to work. 11am. Will get there in time for lunch.
I went to the store instead. I want to replace my house shoes/slippers. The lining is coming out and becoming quite uncomfortable. I went to Nordstrom, where else, to check out shoes. Found a pair of Olu Kai slip ons. Quite nice. 
. Notice the heel that lays down. So it slips on or is a shoe. Can be handy. I owned a pair of Olu Kais a while back. I did like fit and finish and very comfy.
Off to work and there at noon. Might be too early. I had an appointment at 2 but he called and cancelled. That’s fine, I have a lot of work to do. Mostly, again, admin work I did not do while away. I have to reconcile about 15 bank statements. I got through 10 today. Made a few calls. Responded to a few emails. Went to the bank, and teller Jenny said “wow, that was quick. I usually take forever on your stuff”. I had no idea.
Emily called about 530. She decided we would go out to eat in Winters. So I am now headed home at 552. Another Day in the salt mines. One day closer to retirement. I love my job.
We are here. Downtown Winters is about 9 mins from our house. It’s a favorite destination. 
It’s Friday. We all had cocktails. Jalapeño margarita for me. Beer for my wife. Margarita for Marika. We ordered a pound of steamers for an appetizer. Wish I had taken a pic. Emily actually ordered an appetizer for dinner. That’s a combo of sirloin tips and a Caesar salad. Marika and I split a rack of Pork ribs.
Thats the remains. It’s funny when I come to the Buckhorn here in Winters. Both Emily and I used to bartend here, back in the day. Was an ok job though I was happy to move on. They have really gone upscale since then. Which is really nice for us customers. We sat outside for dinner, they have ample seating out here. The temp is nice, lots of people walking around, plenty activity. It’s entertaining.
Back home. Emily is checking the Airbnb check outs to see what they said. All very good, Marika runs a tight ship. All the guests have a very good experience.
Marika is paying the cottage bills online. Not to many bills, electricity, taxes, cable. Usual crap. And I sit here posting to the blog because everyone needs to know what I am doing. Right?
Well what I am doing now is going to bed. May read a little. Watch some TV. But bed is best.