After five weekends in a row of nonstop running around we finally have a day of rest. Most recently we were upstate visiting family and friends for a few days around the 4th. My friend Larry had a graduation party for his daughter. Meanwhile his oldest son is now twenty and looks just like he did at that age. Amazing. Larry also got a dart board and a pool table and some very nice bourbon and made a game room, so that was alot of fun. I went rollerblading for the first time this season. I\u2019ve come to realize the streets around here are hilly and bumpy, while in my parents\u2019 neighborhood they\u2019re flat and smooth. Much nicer. Went up to the falls, with my kids and my mom. Martin came to town with all his kids too. We had a barbeque, saw the fireworks, had a great time. Lizzy drove home partway, for a good hour thru the hilliest part of the trip. She did a cool 55 while I usually like to go 80 when I can, but it was totally fine.<\/p>\n
Before we left and again since we\u2019ve been back the weather has been super hot, but the last few days we\u2019ve had some rain, which is a welcome relief. I\u2019ve been super busy with work \u2013 went into the city all but one day last week \u2013 but even so I\u2019ve really been enjoying the summer. I just really like this time of year.<\/p>\n
We had jazz today with the full group for the first time in what feels like ages. Made some recording of a few songs including a couple of my originals. Hopefully they\u2019ll come out. Last time we tried something was wrong with the balance and you couldn\u2019t hear the bass. I also introduced a new tune but we didn\u2019t have much chance to work on it.<\/p>\n
This summer is a bit mellower than the last few for travelling. For one thing I\u2019ve started a new job recently, and also the kids are busy. Michelle is taking a high school prep summer school program, and meanwhile Lizzy is taking driver\u2019s ed and has a job at a local pool. I\u2019d like to the beach sometime, and we have a camping weekend coming up, but that\u2019s mostly it for a while. Hopefully we can continue to get things done and at the same time enjoy ourselves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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