Marked

Last night Kerri came over and once again cooked a great meal, despite the fact that she doesn’t cook, supposedly.  I helped a little bit with the prep, skinning and dicing a butternut squash for the meal.  We also had red wine again with the meal that again got me warm and fuzzy much faster than Miller Lite.  I thought the meal turned out well.  I never historically have been involved much in formal meal prep but it’s enjoyable to pitch in, making the end result more satisfying.

Yesterday during lunch we once again played pickleball which I will be repeating today, making this the most hours I have played in a week, ever.  Yesterday Kerri was on the opposite team of a doubles match and won.  She marked the occasion on my calendar, as well as her win the prior day.  She knows it tweaks me, in a funny way, when she wins.  Marking it on the calendar was just icing on the cake.  She is super competitive in most things she does, which makes for a fun dynamic since I am much the same way.

Tonight I will be doing something else I have not done in many, many years, go to a concert.  Ben Allen, who was on the Voice lives around here and Kerri is a big fan so we are going to a performance tonight.  I think the last concert I went to was with Ali to see U2 on the east coast at least a decade ago, probably longer.  I anticipate a good time.

This weekend I will be trying to get as many things handled as possible in advance of my departure for LA next Saturday.  I’m close to having my Christmas shopping done.  Speaking of Christmas shopping, yesterday I got a notice from Amazon that a bunch of stuff I ordered was delivered.  It included a picture of 4 or 5 packages stacked in front of a door.  The only problem was it wasn’t my door.  I immediately assumed the driver perhaps dropped it at the one neighbors house so I quickly walked over there only to see no packages and a door/door mat that did not match the picture.

Immediately my mind started running worst case scenarios, all of this crap got delivered to who knows where.  When I got inside I looked at the order details and realized the reason I did not recognize the door was because it was located in Texas.  A bunch of the stuff I ordered for my niece and nephew were delivered.  I felt a wave of relief that I did not need to play package detective last night.  I have plenty of other things to keep my attention on.

I don’t know what it is, sweating from all the pickleball time or something else but I have been very thirsty lately, consuming water at a torrid pace.