Evie Goes to Tahoe

We were on the weekly boy’s call last week when #1 said something about Evie going to Tahoe, so I declared that that would be the title of my next blog.  Evie is #1’s mother-in-law.  I do not know if she has ever gone to Tahoe or has future plans to do so, but I’m sticking with the title.

I started writing this post early in the morning one day last week when I crawled out of bed around 4am because I could not sleep.  That was good practice for having to get up at 3:30am yesterday to drive my wife to the airport. For those of you that are concerned, I’ve since caught up on my Zs, but I’m still not changing the title.

The wife flew to the Cayman Islands to get scuba certified, as one does.  I told her on Facebook that I was trying to be strong for both of us, but I was getting a little weepy this morning until I was buoyed by a call from The Wig, who is a critical member of my emotional support team.  He buys and sells real estate for grins and let me know he just picked up a new joint in Chicago.  I’m planning a visit after he gets it fixed up.

In other wife news, she just got a new car, a 2017 Subaru Forester. We did the deal on Carvana, and it was painless, except for the large pile of dough coming out of my overextended HELOC. We got the Forester because we want to be just like the #1s.  Speaking of that crew, we had a great meal at SF’s Café Europa with them and The Hoteliers last Thursday.  The Hotelier picked up the bill, so I’m going to ask him if he feels like going out to dinner this weekend.

The JLo/Affleck union has me gaga.  I haven’t been able to follow any other celeb news.  This article said he was seen napping, kissing, and crying on his honeymoon.  I only remember crying on mine. Plus, we were treated to a naked JLo pic she took on her 53rd birthday for her Booty Balm. She is so down to earth.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ben-affleck-jennifer-lopez-paris-honeymoon_n_62deb41de4b06e213fc1bd04

There was some interesting news from the 1/6 committee last week, such as the outtakes of Trump’s 1/7 speech in which he “condemned” the violence and did a lot of whining that he didn’t want to say the election was over.  The video of the putrid Josh Hawley sprinting from the mob he egged on was good for a thousand memes. Folks on Twitter put a wide range of music to it, from the Benny Hill theme to Chariots of Fire to Runnin’ with the Devil. But it was not all fun and games.  We found out that Pence’s Secret Service agents were calling their families to say goodbye.  If heads do not roll for these crimes, especially the orange one, then you can throw the U.S. democracy into the dustbin of history.

I needed a couple pops after that last 1/6 committee session.  But if you are looking for a reason to quit, here’s one.

https://people.com/food/velveeta-introduces-a-cheesy-martini-garnished-with-pasta-shells-and-stuffed-olives/