I have been posting single-shot posts lately. Let's try the standard variety.
1. It's been a fun weekend. And that's good, because Friday afternoon I spent the last half-hour being gently told, "You have *not* been doing something that you really need to be doing." Partly my fault, because I thought I had it down. Partly because I have not actually gotten formal training on the computer program.
2. Friday night was "Go see Salem get stomped again." This time, 37-7, but they actually led, 7-0. Funny thing is, they will probably make the playoffs, because they have beaten one of the really bad teams and have the other two really had teams on the schedule. One is the team that *lost* to the team Salem beat to open the season. The other was one of their few wins last year. Six of nine teams make the playoffs. If they beat those three teams, they are in and get to play the No. 3 team.
3. Saturday was a truly gorgeous Fall Saturday, made even better by a visit from in-laws. Dad flew his Piper Cherokee from Maine to Saratoga Springs. We went to the Farmers' Market, then to lunch, then shopping in Saratoga Springs, which includes a wicked cool used CD store and an Irish shop. We ate at
The Whistling Kettle in Ballston Spa, NY.
Got there. Go there. Go there. Gorgeous place, great vibe and if you have their "Afternoon Tea," you really won't need dinner.
4. My truck looks as though it is ready to pick up. Frank put a new fuel pump in it, because the last one was faulty. The only good thing about him not getting it done as planned was that I could not get to Saturday's football game, and I instead got to spend the day with my wife and her parents.
5. Today involved cooking. Alethea wanted French Toast for breakfast, so we had French toast. I used maple syrup. She used rasberries -- which she had picked last week -- and confectionery sugar. I also sauteed onions, a pepper, a scallion, some eggplant and a little leftover kebbe to nibble on during the day.
6. I did send out my first resume in a long time, for a training manager job at a large firm in Glens Falls.
7. I have gone without beer for two weeks and without the EK List for something like 10 days.