The past two days have been nothing but proof that if you don’t do it yourself, things never get done. So I have been piecing together metal framework and samples, as well as repairing broken pieces and going on hunts in a metal storage bin that sits out in the hot sun all day. It has been in the low hundred’s the past few days. And I have been wearing long sleeved shirts because the samplers that I am working with are made out of fiberglass. BLEH!

Suzie Q is leaving in 2 days. We watched the Imposters last night and had pink grapefruit martinis. It was nice. I am going to miss her so much when she is gone, but at least we are making the most of it while she is here. I sent her home with a almost full case of wine last night. Tonight we are getting martinis and tomorrow a small group of us are going out dancing. WooHoo!

I saw Galactic at the Mystic Theatre in Petaluma on Friday. They ROCKED! I missed the opener, That 1 Guy, who apparently also kicked ass. There is a video for one of his songs and a news clip about what he does at this website. Anyway - I hadn’t seen live music in forever so it was great to get out and enjoy life.

Crush is starting. No more weekends free for winemonkey. He starts his long days, six days a week now. =( No more Saturdays laying in bed, thinking about what it is going to be like when Crush starts. But on the flip side, I will get more time to be “crafty”… and not in the Beastie Boys sort of way either! This is the time of year where I get my christmas presents started and make some clothes. Perhaps Porter and I will even get back into soap making. Whatever the months ahead hold, I look forward to them. Even if it includes moving fiberglass boxes full of air sampling equipment…. in 100+ degree weather… Okay. Maybe not that. But that is what I get to do today.

This weekend I made lamb curry for dinner with naan, kick ass pink grapefruit martinis, crepes with a savory chicken filling, and chocolate-peanutbutter sundaes. How much of this is BFL approved? NONE OF IT! And I didn’t choke on a single swallow. Thanks BFL gods!

Winemonkey saw it this weekend, well before I had the opportunity to clean it up. And he said,”Can we keep it? Please, please, please, please, please?!?” (He didn’t really say that, but he did want to keep it.) Then the next morning he woke up and said that he thought about it and eventually it would stop working and not be worth anything and so maybe we should sell it. He mainly wanted to keep it because he claims that his parents don’t have anything “unique” to pass down to him, for him to pass down to our children, etc. So this weekend was spent coming up with ideas of things to pass down from generation to generation. I told him that I collect martini glasses and those are cool. We also have a small collection of shakers going on. I think he will be satisfied. Though today I realized (after looking on the web) that there are some parts missing from the machine. So I don’t know how much it is really worth. Tomorrow I will call a company and ask them.

So this morning I realized that the only good thing that happened yesterday was I called a woman about air sampling sites and she was the most helpful woman I have ever talked to on the phone. Which made me ponder all of yesterday’s crappy events. And this is my astute judgement:
1. My dinner with Porter was interrupted… by a MAN.
2. The program to analyze my data was developed… by a MAN.
3. I choked on a piece of celery, because the BFL gods were pissed that I was eating macaroni salad and if I were to sex the BFL gods, I would say that they were…. MEN.

In fact, the only thing not “man related” was that I didn’t get very farwith my research. In fact, I did something that really impressed my boss.

So I am guessing that Mercury is no longer in retrograde and that Venus ison the rise, only because women are from Venus and they are helpful.