Rudolph's!

Food and soccer today.  I can't complain.

Got to work, everything was fine.  People were saying how they were going to miss me.  F wasn't in today, so  maybe I'll get a chance tomorrow to discuss potential consultation in terms of extended training for my position.

I had lunch with K-borg at Rudolph's.  We had the Dracula wings that we had been waiting to try again for over a year.  They are still just as good as we remembered.

We also had ribs (you see K-borg eyeing one approvingly), K-borg had some rib tips which were crazy good, I had a average burger, and we had a rich vanilla ice cream fudge bar sundae.  We plan on having lunch on Thursday too.  I also gave him his cribbage board.  He liked it, but a five track cribbage board is no at all compact and it's not often one has that many people in one place to play cribbage, so I only expect him to pull if out for special occasions.

K-borg also told me that he was seeing his new girlfriend almost every other day now.  I'm so happy for him.  He seems genuinely happy too.  I sincerely hope all goes well for those two.

After I got home, I tried to compost some items, only to find that all Ramsey County compost sites were closed for the entire week this week.  WTF?  Budget cuts?  I don't remember this one.  These sites are supposed to be year-round too.  Here I am chilling out in the porch as it was crazy warm today (58F!!) and a sunny day.

My mom then dropped by.  We walked the dog around Lake Phalen and discussed my departure and dinner with the family tomorrow.  It was a nice day for a walk, and everyone else in the neighborhood felt the same way.  The lake was packed!

After that, I went to my last stateside soccer game.  We lost, but it was a little more energetic of a game than usual.  The women has more subs than usual, so that rounding things out very nicely.  I ran around like a crazy person, as usual.  I did a decent job on defense.  The opposing team had a former teammate of mine from several years ago.  It was nice to play against a familiar and congenial face.  Everyone on my team was very happy for me and my travel endeavors, and almost all of them have spent several years either in Europe, Latin America, or even both, so they completely shared my excitement.

I now get to look forward to my last day of work, good lunch, a busy day, and dinner with my immediate family tomorrow.

On the Georgia front, my wife starts roughing it for a couple days.  I suspect they will be spending the night outdoors under the stars among other things.  This means that I will have little if any communication with her for the next two days for sure.  We'll see how tough things get tomorrow.  I can't speak to what they did today, because we honestly didn't get around to talking about it.