So last night Gabrielle and I headed off to meet John (\/\/) at Stonefire, which turned out to be a very nice pub an restaurant out in Yorkville. John graciously treated us to dinner and drinks, mostly Hacher-Pschoor but Frangelico with coffee and a White Russian also hit the table. It was a great time and its nice just to hang out with friends…no drama…just relaxing and listening to some nice live music (just slightly eerie though how Randy one of the musicians resembles an older looking Dave Zelinski).
As I haven’t posted in awhile let me give a brief update on things. Lately my time has been occupied cleaning the garage and by the Gods I have actually made progress. I’m hoping in a few days to have enough space cleared to tear out some of the walls and run new outlets to aid in my vision of a garage workshop. I think once I have a small workshop set up then remodeling the house should be a bit easier. I have actually made enough progress you can walk through the garage without bumping into anything ***It’s A Miracle***.
Other than working on the garage, Gabrielle and I have been trying to remain deligent on maintaining the yard and having hired the neighborhood kid to mow and do odd yardwork has proved useful. I remember in my younger years going about the neighborhood asking if I could mow the lawn for a few bucks. So it’s nice to see that the tradition hasn’t faded in the world of “giveme giveme giveme but I don’t want to work for it” attitudes.
About three days ago John came over and Gabrielle and I help him to pick out a new A/C unit. We ended up going to about three stores until he decided on a stand alone floor model. It seems to work fine, but John has said that the noise it makes (not louder just different than he is used to) will take some adjusting to. John has also said that he wishes the exhaust hose was longer. I think with some ingenuity we could add some length to move the unit a bit farther from his room so he can get some sleep.
I’ve got more to tell, but have to run now to do some chores. I’ll write soon with a funny (at least I think so) mistake I caught in an emergency room chart of one of my patients.
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Karl
Thank you both for making the trip out. I had a great time and it was so good to get to hang out again.