Friday night I got to the shore a little after 8, watched the Flyers win, and was up until 1. Sleep schedule fail. Saturday started with donuts from
The Fractured Prune.
It was rainy, so I took my work crew on a field trip to Home Depot like the kind and benevolent boss I am. Carol took this photo of me testing the rocker I was about to purchase while my Dad hauled my shit around the store. Typical!
Carol assembled shelves, a drying rack, and a deck box seat while my Dad hung new blinds on the second floor, a mirror and some canvas prints in the efficiency, and shelves in the entry. I organized under beds,
bought Dolly Parton tickets, met with two HVAC guys and signed a contract for a new split air/heater unit on the main floor.
I gave my parents free time while I hit the grocery store and Bennie's Breads for a random spread that was dinner. MFD and I took the dogs for a beach walk.
Ice cream at Kohr Bros on the boardwalk finished off the day. While we were living the life of mundane people, my brother, Aub, and Lola Jean were hobnobbing with Bill fucking Clinton. Like, actually having conversations with him. Stephen sent me a photo of the four of them that I am framing and hanging in my house. Hello! My niece met a President.
My parents left early Sunday, and MFD was gone by 7 to fish. I washed the siding on the efficiency porch and set the furniture up. Then I cleaned out the outdoor shower, utility closet, and alley behind the house from the funk of fall and winter. Gross, gross, and gross.
Part time resident things:
Positively Fourth Street for muffins and iced coffee, new harnesses for Gus & Geege to match Mae's at
Animal House, and a long walk on the beach in the afternoon with the dogs.
Weekly food prep: breakfast is English muffins with PB and bananas; snacks are cantaloupe, red grapes, and celery with hummus; lunches are breaded Greek yogurt chicken cutlets with steamed green beans and roasted sweet potatoes. Dinners are pan seared steaks, rice, and veggies; and whatever leftovers we have from the 42 inch striper MFD caught on Sunday.
MFD got home from fishing at 6 and
we ate dinner down there: fresh striper, wild rice, steamed green beans, and braided bread from
Boyar's...it was fabulous! I was home by 8:30 and in bed by 10.
Thanks to another weekend of tremendous help from my Dad and Carol, my shore to do list for the season is finally under 10 items and MFD's is under five. It feels good!
My parents left early Sunday, and MFD was gone by 7 to fish. I washed the siding on the efficiency porch and set the furniture up. Then I cleaned out the outdoor shower, utility closet, and alley behind the house from the funk of fall and winter. Gross, gross, and gross.
