Today is a day off, though I am doing linen wash. That’s not work.
Nevada City appears to be our destination today. Emily is, unfortunately, doing some school work before we go. If she gets stuck in that plans could change. I am sitting around. Not doing much. I might go do dishes, that’s an everyday. But am really trying to do very little. A day off.
Ok. It’s an hour later. Emily is still doing her “twenty minutes work”. I did some more laundry. Fortunately, nothing out of the dryer yet, so no folding. That’s real work. I did do the dishes. Put away a ton and washed very few. Love it. Back on the couch watching Emily work. TV off, just as I prefer. A fawn just walked by my window! Cool.
Well, we finally made it out the door right around noon. Closer to 1230 actually. Surprise.
Headed down the road and made a LEFT turn on 49. Probably the first time ever. We have not been to Nevada City in over 20 years. Before that, we frequented it, sort of. Christmas visits, overnight stays, the like. For some reason, we quit going up. So today could be nostalgic, if my memory serves. I’m about to find out.
The drive is about 22 miles from our turn, close enough we could go for dinner on a whim. That we will have to try. So we were not in the car very long, it was kinda fast, pulled off at the Broad St exit, I remember, and found street parking almost immediately. This is working out. That’s about the last thing that felt familiar.
We did what we usually do when we go somewhere. We wandered around. Up and down the streets. In and out of local retail establishments. Town is too small for big retail chains so all is local. That is fun because you never know what you are going to get.
The walkabout was interesting. I did actually remember a few things, mostly buildings, now housing different businesses, but I do remember. My favorite place, Broad St Furniture, went out of business 15 years ago. That’s too bad. The rest of the places were very similar to each other and I was quickly bored with the retail. We stopped at a nice place, for coffee, very nice. At the end of the day we had nachos at a Mexican place. It may not be new but I don’t remember. Food is overpriced. Good, but pricey.
And drive back home. It felt like a race. Not much traffic and we were there. But, Emily decided to go find the golf course near our house, for reasons unknown. And drove around the neighborhood behind our hill. Again, not sure, she just wanted to go looking. So we extended our drive with a drive around.
Now we are home. Back to doing laundry and the like. Some people are stopping by soon I hear. I think they are lost. Oh well. Ok. Weren’t lost, were out front. Friend of Emily’s and her daughter. Visitors are awesome. But they stayed 2 1/2 hours. Which is good and bad. I have things to do. Chores. And, Nice people, I like her and her daughter , and it’s rude to do other things while they are here. But I got chores. Too bad for me. And I can’t do chores. Good for me.
Finally, they went home. Now I get chores. I switched the laundry and started the bbq. About an hour or so late. So we have a later dinner than we wanted. Not so bad. I am going to go put the meat on now. Tri tip been marinating for two days. I hope it’s awesome. Smells awesome. The bbq is somewhat aggravating because it is making me remember last nights cigar. Not good.
Last Man Standing is on. My favorite. While I wait for my tri tip. Soon. I’m ready. The show is one of the new ones with the new cast so it’s not very funny. I watched anyway. Funny or not, at 9 the old one is on followed by a second one. The old ones are funny.
I am going to bed in under 20 minutes. Promise. Before the kid gets home even.