Our brief getaway up North had me entertaining unrealistic notions. Of buying an RV and traveling around the country with the kid and the cats seeking out the most pleasant weather and weirdest roadside attractions. And maybe homeschooling my son next to the biggest ball of twine or up in the mountains or down in the Grand Canyon or wherever we may find ourselves. But no. Our lives are here, for now, and we need to live them as is. So today we hung out with my Dad - a man who is just as goofy as he is badass. We thoroughly cracked each other up and couldn’t stop laughing. Looking at each other laughing only made us laugh more. No one else in the house had any idea what we’d gotten so hysterical about and after a while maybe we didn’t either. I love it when that happens. Wound up sticking around the burbs a little longer after the laughing fit, and after dinner, as another showing had been scheduled for our house out of the blue. No word yet from the showing realtor. Honestly I’ve come to dread the emails that tell me I have comments from them. And their system is so backwards that notification emails don’t contain the comments themselves - nor can I log in to their site from my mobile device to view the actual comments, which have most often been unfavorable anyhow. Sometimes ignorance is bliss I guess.
Five more good things:
- Got myself motivated to go see Mother of Fire at Grumpy’s last night and I’m glad I did. Superb.
- A good bottle of sake. It was a gift from a sushi restaurant owner in Palm Springs back in April. I promised myself I’d open it whenever I got an offer on the house, or for my birthday, whichever came first. Looks like it’s going to be my birthday.
- Heard Golden Earring’s “Radar Love” over the weekend and it’s been stuck in my head since. I am ok with it.
- Summer camp starts tomorrow. And the kid is pretty much booked solid until school begins after Labor Day. No sitting around all day, left to his own devices (like I was at his age).
- Exhausted now and Netflix Instant appears to be down. Thankfully I’ve also got an Amazon Prime account and can zone out to one of their free instant video selections instead.
I’m already planning a return to the North Shore sometime this summer. We had fun in Lutsen, especially on the Alpine Slide and Mountain Tram, but next time I’d stay closer to Grand Marais. I need to make a return trip to the Angry Trout, which was just as good as The Heavy Table claimed. And along the way I need to stop in Castle Danger, MN. Because of the amazing name, yes, but also because I drove past a thrift store there called Fat ‘N Happys and now I have a burning need to see what magic might be contained within.
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