random thoughts – Day 1,513 – (Friday) – friday drinks

Friday couldn’t arrive quickly enough. The weather thing on my phone showed cloudy weather through next Wednesday, which was depressing-ish, but hey, at least it was Friday. Even better, the clouds sleared during the day and the sun even came out.

Every workday this week was extra hard and annoying, and not just for me. It seems it was widespread across my department and in a few others. Oy. 

Drinks.

Despite the aggravation and stress there was something to look forward to through it all. A couple colleagues and I had plans to go for drinks after the day’s toil was done, so the idea of a drink and supper kept us all  going. 

Just after 5:00, we headed to LaLa Books for a quick visit, then next door to Warp & Weft. It was quiet enough for talking, and busy enough to feel like the place had something going on. 

It was a real pleasure to sit and chat for a couple hours. We covered lots of ground – vacation plans; home gardens; pets; things other people did during the pandemic like baking bread and new hobbies that we missed on due to working through the whole thing; and how our bodies keep finding new ways to turn on us with each passing year and the horror of hearing “at your age” and “for your age” and all the other horrible variations. It was all very therapeutic. And delicious.

Arriving home after 8:00, it was still light out and the clouds from earlier in the day had moved out. News reports indicate potential aurora visibility due to some solar activity that I don’t fully understand, but with luck, I’ll remember to go outside and look.