Thursday

     Morning.  About 9:30 here.  Had started a draft but it didn't save, oh well spilt milk and all that rubbish.

     Yesterday was pleasant enough.  Started with a smoke at the beach.  Had a few things to pick up from the store.  Sister requested heavy cream and strawberries, she was going to make dessert.  I had some nice burgers and some Nathans fries ready to go.  My brother in law had his beer so he was happy.

     Nothing huge really.  I also treated to some ice cream from a local shop that opened up.  An actual ice cream parlor that makes their own.  It's in the same shopping center that my coffee house was in.  Long gone that place.  This town is funny.  Small businesses usually have 1 year before they can start looking at a profit.  Here it is the 5 year mark.  If a business lasts for 5 years then they have made it.  Good luck to them.  They have very nice ice cream.  Got her some cherry vanilla, him vanilla, me mint chocolate chip.  Good stuff.

     Had thought I'd go to a friends house, but at the 11th hour his wife went to get her mom.  He had been told to clean the house.  So that was obviously off. 

     About 3 o'clock on the hot day there was enough shade in the pool to enjoy a cigar in it.  Pool is nice.  I've noticed, however, since my heart surgery, my core tempurature drops dramatically.  So I don't last long in it.  I'm generally the only one that goes in it.

     Came in and sister asked me to put the wheel chair down in the kitchen so she could come out.  Needless to say it was unecessary.  Brother in law passed out in the bed.  Heard her move to the other side of the house and knew she was done.  So dinner was up to me, again.  We'd decided against bbq because of the heat outside.  Which is fine, despise having my drunken brother in law doing the bbq.

     Made some burgers, hot dogs, and oven baked fries.  Nothing special, a recipie I'd picked up from Ina Garten from when I was home recovering from OHS.  Baking potatoe, season with some olive oil pepper and for us garlic powder.  I cut each half into 3 or 4 pieces.  Since brother in law wasn't having any I only used 1 potatoe.  Bake at 400 for my oven for 30 min.  Flip at the 15 min mark and you have great steak cut french fries.  Without all the extra shit they have to do to it pre-packaged. 

     Went out for an after dinner smoke.  Was called inside, appaerntly they weren't sure which was the cherry vanilla.  Seriously I cannot make this shit up.  I should mention that the place uses real bing cherries.  None of that canned shit.

      At some point my sister questioned that I was smoking to much.  I just sort of glanced at her.  Then in her quiet voice asked if it was good for my heart.  In my head I questioned her weight, her 2 and a half pack a day smoking habit.  But held my toungue and said nothing.  Just irritated me a little.

     Neighbors across the street put on quite a show.  Debris was there when I woke up this morning.  Gone now.  Dude takes care of  his shit that's all that matters.  Only one that hated it was the dog.  Hid under the chair soon as it got started.

     I'm getting set to go into the city for a night at my cousins.  I'll probably have to fix the door frame in their room when I get hom tomorrow.  Apparently in his stupor he couldn't find his phone, B.I.L., and pulled part of the frame off to go look outside.  Stupid.  It was in the bed with him.

     I'm driving into the city.  I want to make some stops on my way home tomorrow.  Also they're bussing from my train station so who really knows about the train schedule.  Oh well.  There's a parking garage at my cousins building so the car will be safe.

     That's about it.  Must brush teeth, clean out car and such.  Treated myself to breakfast out this morning.  Beach was crowded with campers, good weather for that.  Had some nice stuffed french toast with mango and blueberries.  And what looked to be a quater of a pound of fresh strawberries on the side.  Good stuff.  Oh and yes, this place has delicious coffee with free refills.

     Later.