Well, it is now, sort of. At noon.
Day started early because I did not sleep well. Yay. On a day I could sleep however long I wanted. Again, no chores inside cuz Emily still in Sonoma. That’s nice. I read the paper without coffee. We are still out. Breakfast.
Then mow the lawn. My new neighbor decided now was a good time to lean over the fence to introduce the family. That’s nice but I am in limited time. Need to get crap together to overseed the lawn, mow it and go to Sonoma. But I was polite. His name is Shane and he is a chef. Cute daughter about 4, Stella. I would say nice neighbors or so it seemed. We shot the beeeze for quite awhile till I just had to go mow. Sorry. It’s mowed.
Hardware store had a one step overseed product. I would normally not but this is a rental and this is on my dime. So I went cheap. Sue me.
Back home, no time for yard. Showered, dressed and off, top down, to Sonoma. I was 20 minutes early. Oh well. Emily is not here yet. Gonna wander the square till she gets here.
Emily did finally get here. I only waited 20 minutes. Not much fun. The Sonoma Plaza is not too exciting. Mostly because I have been here a hundred times. That’s a lot. So, I was saying, Emily arrived. We decided to have lunch, not a stretch cuz it’s lunchtime. We went to the Cheese Factory (like always). They have BBQ, sandwiches, salads, wine etc.
The place was not packed. Usually here its a long wait and all the tables are full. Not even close. Even with live music out in the square and lots goin on it was slow.
Emily ordered tri tip BBQ sandwich. I just picked up a Caesar salad. Well, the tri tip was not very good. Salad was bland. Kinda sad for $25. Overpriced bad food.
At least that can’t ruin the day. We did wander through the shops for awhile. Also, not very busy. Maybe everyone else has figured out Sonoma is overpriced. I don’t know. We still had a pleasant time meandering through and not buying anything.
At about two I headed for Vacaville. The day is hot and breezy. This kind of lends itself to the top down. My drive was pleasant but the traffic was slow which was a little miserable most of he ride. Too much stop and go. Really, too much stop.
Trip home was at least 30 minutes longer than my drive there.
I got back mid afternoon. I actually have chores today, real yardwork. You may recall, while we were away this summer, the heat killed off half the sod laid down before we got here. So half the lawn has been dead for the last four months. Today I overseed the lawn. It’s been cool and nice which is good weather for it.
I changed into my work clothes and headed to the hardware store. That’s where all fun starts. I needed a few things. Like everything. Since we moved, most tools and supplies are in storage. I have nothing here to help do any work. So, I had to buy a rake, four containers of seed, stakes and vinyl tape. The stakes and tape are for keeping the dogs off the fresh seed. My dogs are really stupid.
I spent about 3 hours on my mini garden party. Takes the bare areas, spread seed mixture, stakes and tie tape. Not much fun. If the results are good, all is forgiven.
After yardfun I got all cleaned up. It’s really boring around here without Emily. I worked for a couple hours on some work crap which is always fun on a weekend. Took a few text messages too.
Dinner time was the only fun part of my evening. It was delicious but it was missing company. I may need to have dessert to keep it going.
I have been watching TV the past 90 minutes. I have to continually change channels just to keep my interest and find something worthwhile to watch. TV is truly putrid most of the time.
I will be going to bed soon I hope. Tomorrow should be better, Emily will be home around 2. Or so.