Bill Roper's Journal

The weather has twisted into something resembling early summer and I have decided it is time to embrace it.

One of the fellows that I used to coach softball with came by to pick up the items we had to donate to the league. We had fun catching up. His team has a big game coming up on Wednesday. One of the other coaches that I worked with has talked about going to catch a game, so I texted her and if plans hold together, we'll both be at Wednesday's game to see how things are going. It's been a while. There are definitely days when I miss coaching softball, but I have to admit that I enjoy the additional sleep. :)

K starts her summer job (her *first* job!) tomorrow. Today, we went out to lunch and then I took her over to Walmart to pick up additional summer camp appropriate work clothes. She also used the gift card that she'd gotten for graduation to grab some more games for the Switch, which seems like a fine idea. (We gave her a pair of additional controllers so that four person games are now possible.)

While both cars were out of the garage temporarily, I took advantage of the access to do a bit of minor rearranging so that things fit better. My side of the garage now seems fine. Gretchen's side may need another tweak or two. We'll see. (The branch chipper that we acquired in the interim is taking up a bit of space that I'd rather it not, but the options for where to put it are limited.)

Yesterday, we had grilled hamburgers and sweet corn for dinner. Today, Gretchen made some grilled onions for me which I added to some pan-fried Polish sausage. Gretchen had boiled stadium brats. Dinner was simple and tasty.

And I spent some time down in the studio hunting for an ADAT tape for a project that a friend is working on. The ADAT tape has not turned up and I have run out of places to look, so I've sent off an email apologizing. I have a *lot* of ADAT tapes in my basement, but apparently not *this* one.

*sigh*

Recording is resuming shortly. *Very* shortly.

This isn't true, of course, now that the girls are in year-round school. But the neighborhood pool closed today, which is at least one way of marking the end of summer. We were able to get over there for a brief dip, which was nice, because trips to the pool have been sadly infrequent this year. Either it's been too cold or too busy.

Next year. :)