This should be an intresting modge-podge of stories. Including (but not limited to) golfing, monsoon, scorpions, watermelon, apple, owen, and George, Brad, Matt and the boys.
Monday dawned a day cooler than we've had in a while. Andrew and I grabbed our balls and headed to the golf course.
Half way through the back nine, the sky darkened and became tangible. Chunky graphite clouds shuffled across the sky, and we felt pins of rain in our hair and on our arms. We decided to call it a day.
"Let's go to Costco!" Andrew shouted. I'm never one to turn down a Costco trip, just ask my mom. Several books and a box of 24 bocca burgers later, she'll tell you. So we headed to the North Costco. In the quick 10 minute trip from the golf course, rain had begun to fall. It really wasn't torrential, though. We dashed into Costco, and managed to still be fairly dry. After wandering through the ailes of plasma tvs, and lovingly addressing each of them, we got what we needed and headed outside. Rain was falling exponentially harder. The parking lot was flooded. People were huddled under awnings, talking to each other, gazing at the sky, waxing lyrical. It was a movie set. Nothing brings strangers together like talking about that flirt, Mother Nature.
With our wipers on high, we navigated through the city. There are a lot roller-coaster roads around here, which is to say, lots of dips and baby hills. The ground is so dry that it has a hard time soaking up the deluge of rain. Every dip was a miniature pond. We sloshed our way home.
We found this guy in the sink two nights ago. He is a bark scorpion. He came up our sink pipes. At first I was very fascinated by him.
And then we googled him. Evidently he is the most poisonous scorpion here in the Southwest. Awesome. He can kill small children and the elderly. The only good thing- he can't climb on glass or smooth surfaces. So he can climb up our sink pipes, but he can't climb out of the sink.
We now keep our drains plugged unless we are using them.
By happy accident, Andrew and I have discovered a most delicious treat. Watermelon and Lemon. I was cutting Lemon with a huge butcher knife to put down the garbage disposal and get rid of the smelly funk. Andrew then cut watermelon with said knife right where I cut the lemon, et voila! An amalgamate of sweet and sour. Tang and sugar. Now we habitually squeeze lemon on our watermelon. I once read that LSD was discovered in much the same manner.
Andrew had his first day of work at Apple today! I met him for sushi on his lunch break and somehow the waitress thought it was one of our birthdays. Because we occasionally play this joke on one another, I thought he had told her before I got there that it was my birthday. He thought I told her it was his when he used the restroom. We looked at each other, both trying to play it off, when she asked if we had room for birthday dessert. Andrew says to me, "Is it my birthday!" And under my breath I say, "I guess so." (Seriously- Andrew, next time wait for the waitress to leave before asking this question) We look around the restaurant to see if anyone looks particularly festive, and maybe we are stealing their birthday dessert. On this particular day, though, people were very droll. So we enjoyed a little bit of fried icecream. When I paid, I kept thinking how funny it would have been had he paid, and upon giving his card, the woman was like, "Uh, I'm gonna need to see some i.d." Oh, and Andrew is liking his new job very much. It is a great company to work for, one that likes to promote from within, and very much takes care of their employees.
Our orchid from Trader Joe's, we named him Owen, is doing very well. He is really quite gorgeous.
And Finally- For Movie Night this week we saw Ocean's 13. Now after Ocean's 12, we weren't expecting a whole lot. I thought Ocean's 12 was toilet water. But this one was surprisingly good. Much more like the first one. Plus Ellen Barkin was in it, and I fell in love with her hair. I am kind of thinking of cutting mine, but not sure if I could pull off a do that short. But it was a very satisfying movie, I wish Bernie Mac had a little more face time, but that is my only major complaint.
And I'm out.
