“Remoted” – Day 389 (Friday)

Fast and tasty.

The weather was gorgeous again today. Windows were opened and lunch of a slab of leftover pizza was had outside on the deck. It felt good to sit for several minutes in the sunshine doing a lot of nothing at all. 

There was also a quick visit through the fence with the two neighbor dogs, who seem to be the quietest, most well-behaved pups on the planet. They play in the yard often and I’ve never heard either one of them bark. The neighbor dogs  were eager to socialize, but Mister Moosie cranky pants wanted no part of it. Winston was more sociable, sniffing though the spaces between the fence pickets to greet the neighbors.

Quitting time at 5:00 was eagerly awaited for another visit to the deck. A quick supper of salad was made with cabbage, cauliflower, carrot, apple, and raisins in a basic slaw dressing of mayonnaise, vinegar, lemon juice, and sugar. It was made primarily out of a self-imposed obligation to use the veggies before they get weird and the bonus was it tasted really good. 

Deck in the 5:30 pm not sun.

After the salad was eaten, wine was poured into a plastic wineglass with plans of sitting on the sunny deck in a meditative, vegetative, relaxed state. It was a disappointment. The deck, not the wine. The wine is delicious. Except for a tiny sliver of sun near the door, the deck was shaded. There was an immediate retreat back into the house, the couch, and Netflix. The dogs leapt onto the couch and immediately went to sleep. 

In a couple weeks, at 5:30 the deck will be in full blazing sun and Friday wine o'clock can occur outside. Until then, it’s early evening shade and the sun will have to be enjoyed at lunchtime.