With Carolyn and Kellee
The summer transfer season means that we have to say goodbye to dear friends. We had a great get-together at our house last night with our friends Jim, Kellee and Rick, who’ll all be leaving this week or next. We really will miss them and we hope we”ll cross paths again soon! We had a burgers and brauts cookout last night with them, plus our friends Petit, Howie, Carolyn, Konstantin and Maegon – lots of fun! John did some card tricks, Konstantin was giving poker instructions, and then there was some sort of card-throwing competition that left 104 cards all over the floor! Good times!
Last Sunday we went to Konstantin and Carolyn’s for a sausage-n-biscuits brunch, then we went to a carpet sale at another friend’s house. We came home with several carpets to try out. I think we’ll end up keeping two of them – both rather pretty and unusual. A runner is from the 1960s with a pomegranate design, and the other is a light-colored silk kilim ( a woven rug with no nap). Lots of fun.
After the carpet party, we picked up Rick and Joe, who just arrived. We headed over to one of our favorite restaurants to eat Thai food.
This week was quite busy at the office. We made some personnel changes in my section and had several people out for various reasons, so I was on the run most of the week. John and I continue to discuss where we want to go next – hopefully we can start honing in on someplace soon. We’ve had some welcomed rain this week which has kept temperatures down a little – which also means the electricity stays on more. Luckily we have big generators so we can keep at least one air conditioner going and the lights and TV on. Our local staff isn’t as lucky, and the frequent power outages take a toll on them.
We’ve been watching season three of “Game of Thrones” – so fun! But I really think this season has gotten a lot more gory – anyone else agree with me? Anyway, it’s still fun!
This morning I had a nice massage and manicure, then went into the office to check on a new software upgrade – looks like it went quite well. It will ease my work life quite a bit, so I’ve been anxiously awaiting it!
Here are a couple more photos from last night’s party.
Three jokers!
Card tricks