We're still here...

[rsc]

In Gloucester, that is. God only knows why.

Well, we do know... there's still stuff to be taken care of, like jwg wants to finish the first coat of paint on the garage doors, and we have to put the new borders on the newly-tilled lower strawberry bed, plus a few other things.

Also, the new mattress finally arrived on Tuesday, and we have to get some use out of it. As it happened, since we both had Boston-or-Cambridge meetings on Tuesday night, we didn't sleep on our new mattress for its first night in the house. All of The People did, however -- which made for some interesting negotiations when we finally went to bed last night, as there are now so many of them that there is hardly room for us.

I do have to say, though, that (on the basis of one night, anyway) the new mattress is a Great Improvement.

Yesterday was jwg's birthday, so it was just as well that we knew we would be staying in Cambridge that night so I knew when and where to wrap presents. Celebrations are not complete -- the Festive Birthday Dinner is waiting for a night when we know we won't be in Gloucester -- but we did celebrate the day by visiting the Peabody Essex Museum, which was fun (nice building), and where I treated him to a nice lunch. Then we came up here and took a nap, watched some stored-up TV over a glass of wine, and after supper (leftovers) watched the Astros finish off the Cardinals.

We expect to be here until Saturday -- the weather is supposed to be decent through Friday, and we have a wedding to attend up here on Saturday, followed by a dance in JP -- and then we'll see. The weather after tomorrow doesn't look great. I suspect that the Fall Migration will occur sometime next week.

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Re: Baseball, Wilma

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I agree that the White Sox are due, and that it promises to be an exciting series -- my brother commented in email today, "I guess the steroids era is over." Well, maybe not.

My brother, incidentally, who remained a serious baseball fan throughout the 20+ years that I entirely ignored the sport, now thinks that it's a sign that John and I are too serious, in that we (like you) refer to the Red Sox as "us". Of course, he lives in Philadelphia, making him a Phillies fan by default, and I don't think he's as enthusiastic about them as a lifelong Phillies fan would be.

But I do hope that you and [info]jwg get out of Gloucester before the remnants of Hurricane Wilma come rushing up the coast.

Those remnants are not likely to get here before Sunday, and if there are hurrican remnants around after John gets back from his meeting on Sunday we won't be coming up here until they're gone.

Re: Baseball, Wilma

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In the compiled fan diary Faithful (which, if you haven't read it yet, I highly recommend)

I have read it. It was great fun.

What does it say about me that I still use phrases like "despite the fact that they beat us" or "Our starting pitching just sucks."?

My brother would say that you're too heavily invested. I would say that you understand how this stuff works.