Lovely weekend
This is shaping up to be a very relaxing and enjoyable weekend. Yesterday, we had an doooook and athena_51 over for an abortive BBQ. It was abortive because Kate recently purchased us a new grill, but didn't refill the propane. There was some left, but unfortunately just enough to heat up one side of some burgers. We migrated inside and finished the burgers in skillets and they were still yummy.

The afternoon was spent with many beers, much good conversation and the two of them reeming pandashrugged and I at Turbo Cranium. A good time was had by all.

Last night, we trekked up to West Hollywood for Kate's Uncle Boris's 70th birthday. This was what I've come to think of as a traditional Russian birthday celebration complete with about 40 people, lots of singing and dancing and Russian food that we don't normally get to have. We only stayed for about three hours because of needing to get Alex home and in bed, but the time that we were there was a lot of fun.

Today I expect to be very relaxing. I got up early in the morning because if I don't, I make the start of the week harder. (I get up most days at 4:30 now!) But aside from early rising, I plan to keep my vices to a minimum today, just lounging. After I finish typing this, I'll probably spend an hour in a bath reading. After that, I'll walk slowly out to lunch. After that, maybe a little diddling on computers.

Good weekend!