Weekend

Besides wiring the afore-mentioned outside lamppost, the weekend was full(ish).

Friday night, Jan and I had a nice time at Houlihan's, sipping on lemonade and splitting an appetizer. The waitress kept trying to sell us dinner (or at least dessert), but we passed. The kids were at "Rockin' at the Rec", and we used the rare time alone just to chat.

Saturday, Mackenzie and I swam at the rec -- starting (hopefully) a once-a-week (at least) swimming session...will be good for both of us (will help her in next summer's swim team, and will help me look less like buddha). Saturday night, Michael and I let Ohio State break our little hearts as they lost a game they should have won.

Yesterday, the Browns looked horrible, but our hearts remained unbroken (mostly because we pretty much expected them to lose).

Last night, the power went out from about 8:30 until about 11:45. The power goes out at our house with some regularity, for some reason (what, are we living in Appalachia?)...and every so often it goes out for an extended period like this. It's odd, too -- when this hits us, there are 7 neighbors that also go dark. That's it -- just 7 of us. How are we wired that only 7 houses share the same transformer (or step-down (or spasmatic egorkle (or something)))? Odd.

Still, the night was gorgeous, and we sat out on the porch, lit by the light of a couple of Tiki Torches. Very pleasant, if truth were told.