Overscheduled
I may have overscheduled the last weekend of the school year.
For Friday, was supposed to meet up with some of the other fathers for drinks but ended up just having the kid’s good friend and his parents come by for some wine and the card game 鋤大弟 – which is also called Big Two.
The game was a hit with the other parents, and we ended up playing 18 rounds, I think (!!).
Kid: Can [my friend] stay over for a sleepover?
Friend: Please?!
Me: It’s not really up to just me, but sure.
The other parents relented so my kid, the Firecracker’s kid, and the friend had a sleepover, which I think is pretty darn cute.
The next day, my sister stopped by briefly with her two kids – it was nice catching up, however briefly.
Then, later on that night, we went to the Surgeon’s pad along with Steel and his family.
No mezcal – thank goodness – but we had some absolutely killer drinks.
For example, here’s a sour raspberry beer that was pretty great.
I made some dumplings as well, plus the kids had pizza.
The thing about old friends is that there are literally decades worth of stuff to chat about.
Me: What I remember most about your wedding was the table of lobsters.
Him: I remember you and Alison driving by in a pedicab while we were taking pictures.
Me: The thing about Steel is that he knows me so well that he took time outta his own wedding to warn me that the lobsters were just the appetizers. That’s a real friend there.
Then, the very next day, we all went to see my SIL in Hoboken…
…for some swimming.
Afterwards, we’d been eating pretty poorly all week because of alla the school events so I insisted that we all had salads, which went over pretty well.
We also got to play Codenames with the kiddos, which was actually quite fun.
There’s actually a lot more that happened but this entry’s getting long so I’ll just wrap it all up here.
If you’re at all interested in learning how to play 鋤大弟/Big Two, watch this video, above.
Location: my apartment, trying not to melt, on the hottest day in six year
Mood: melting nonetheless
Music: I’m tired from the things I haven’t done, saving up just to retire (Spotify)
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