random thoughts – Day 1,169 – (Tuesday) – winding down

Vacation Days #5 and #6 were on the quiet side. A lot of time was spent “relaxing” which of course we know means “sitting around doing not much.” There were minimal house work and life maintenance activities like laundry, vacuuming, and fetching Winston's roasted chicken.

Tuesday, there was a family lunch in Fitchburg so Eldest Niece could get a New England seafood fix before returning to Las Vegas. We went to S.S. Lobster in Fitchburg, a family favorite. The Captain’s Platter featured light and crispy breading on the fried scallops, clams, shrimps, haddock, and lobster chunks. So yummy. 

With the holiday on Monday, there was no attempt to contact a window repair company until today.  It took a few calls. The first place didn’t answer the phone. The second place does repairs in-shop and I would need to remove the window unit and bring it to them, an activity which I am not in any way equipped to do. The third place was the charm and there is now an appointment scheduled for measurements.

In a departure from the sit-on-the-couch flavor of relaxing in front of the TV, I sat on the breezy porch reading a book. From the growing stack of books to be read, Northwest of Boston Stories by Stephen O’Connor was chosen. Like several other books, I had started it a while ago and then set it aside. For any number of reasons including reading book club selections and little else, it sat on the pile, taunting me, along with a Margaret Renkl book and several others that were started months ago. Porch reading season is always nice. 

Tuesday night saw a marathon binge of Barry. I realized I had started the latest season and saw the first couple episodes before forgetting I was watching it in the week before a new episode came out. Tomorrow is the last day of this vacation. Let the tears begin.