Weds.4:44 a.m.: Woken by Sam emptying the dishwasher. He needs to be at work by 7:00, usually leaves by 5:00. Where does he go, what does he do? It probably involves Starbucks. Maybe an attempt to meet girls by sitting in a friendly manner in the same seat every morning, hoping he looks approachable. Or some secret civil engineering game-changing project. "We knew he was up to
something, but who would of thought he'd be the one to invent the temporary bridge inversion!"
8:40 a.m.: Denver Post, the wildfire season begins. Three big ones - Black Forest one forces evacuation of 2500, Royal Gorge burns 3800 acres, threatens the bridge over the Arkansas river. High temperature of 91' today.
10:30 p.m.: Home from getting Grandpa Al blue Gatorade and two bananas. Watched one episode of
Breakout Kings with Abby - our new Netflix series.
5:25 p.m.: Did yoga, spin. Yoga teacher back from Las Vegas on a birthday trip with 18 women. Mentioned she had won 8 of 11 categories in belly dancing nationals there two years in a row, everyone knows her from those years. 91' in shade, haze from fires over whole area. Sam home grouchy because, yet again, did not eat lunch. Leaving for Boulder after rush hour.
8:15 Boulder: Rachael shocked I am spending the night. "You have a bag??" She thought we would hike, picnic, drink wine, shop on Pearl Street in an hour and then I would drive an hour home? We have a good time walking the neighborhood in the quiet pitch blackness. No haze, but no stars either. Bed early.
Thursday: Coffee, IHOP, REI, liquor store, dance-clothes shop (shades of the Pretty Woman shopping scene - "No,
Miss, you don't just
buy toe shoes, you make an
appointment. It takes an
hour to
fit you!"). We hike up Chautauqua with two terriers (Jack and Lola), and drink warm Rose from the bottle and look out over Boulder. Next,we go back and watch
What Not to Wear.
Me: "Susan went to school with John Frieda's son." (to be perfectly accurate, turns out it was Paul Mitchell's son)
Rachael: "Tell her to tell him his dad gave me dandruff!".
7:00 p.m.
Home: Two of four runways at DIA closed from fire-haze.
9:00 p.m.: Sam makes Honey-Vanilla Crepes with fresh cherries and honey Greek yogurt.
Friday 10:30 a.m.: 360 homes gone in Black Forest fire near Colorado Springs. News says people spray-painting phone #s on horses and letting them go, hoping they'll be okay and someone will call about them later. Off to do errands, with Abby driving. Aim for maximum efficiency in the a.m., as the afternoons are a waste.
4:34 p.m.: Cooler weather (91' here) better for fires, mandatory Co. Springs evacuations cancelled. Sam home, wants to go to new Fast and Furious. No humorous work stories.
