Sunday Spo-bits

I went on a 5K walk this morning; The Boss Lady and some others at work organized for some of us to attend wearing our work T-shirts. It turns out the walk/run was a local gay pride charity event. It wasn’t clear if thems going from work are ‘that way’ and I wasn’t asked either. I figured 5K would be a shoe-in after the 10K I did a fortnight ago. I walked with The Boss Lady, who is well over four feet. At first it was a bit awkward, the type that happens when you interact with someone in a different circumstance than usual. How to act and speak with The Boss Lady at work is one thing, but how does one interact on a fun run, surrounded by half-naked men and drag queens? Not to be worrying! It was a fun time and we got to know each other. I learned more about what she does at work (besides responding to my whiny needs) and what she does when not at work. She mentioned her children but didn’t mention a spouse past or present. Walking with others made the time go by in a breeze. It was fun and I met the new therapist who I only knew by name – and I got some brownie points for showing on a cloudyrainy morning in November or at work matter. I didn’t come in last either, a nice thing.

Last night I finished ‘War and peace’; it took nearly a year to read. My main goal was to say at cocktail parties I have read it, the bibliophile’s equivalent to the mountaineer’s desire to someday climb Mount Everest: because it it there.* To my surprise, I enjoyed it actually. The characters were interesting and I liked the well-described battle scenes. I am glad to have read it. However, for the rest of the year my reading will be light, easy-to-read rubbish, quick to get through – like my men.

Major shame! I have given up on making a Spo-shirt for my Uncle. It’s a bust; I’ve bungled too many steps along the way to go on with it. It’s my first time having ruined a shirt that I won’t finish it. I have to explain and apologize to Uncle and perhaps try again. Oh the embarrassment. I know what went wrong so I don’t think I will bungle again. Let us hope so, anyway.

I thought this week is Thanksgiving but I see I am wrong. Usually it is Someone who brings up the topic viz. are we having one and he hadn’t mentioned it. One other hand, I went to Total Wine today to get the 2025 nouveau Beaujolais, but they didn’t have any. I was too early. ‘Third Thursday’ I was told to remember. I figured while there I would get a bottle of Gewurtztraminer (no rubbish) as Someone is found of this varietal on Thanksgiving. I also got me a few bottles of ready-to-drink Aviation cocktail – always good to have on hand. I figure I can make most cocktails myself, but The Aviation is more work and pop-and-pour works fine. Speaking of booze, some expert on The Tube of Yous suggests using a cooking thermometer to find the sweet spot of 25F while stirring (not shaking) martinis or Manhattans. To soon the alcohol makes the drink harsh; too later makes the drink too dilute. Worth trying.

As I don’t have a shirt to work on I might do something zany like take a nap or iron shirts or both. Sunday night seems to be Blog night viz. when I read them so I will see what everyone else is up to anon.

*Other books thems who love reading try to tackle: The Bible: Pepys Diary, That Proust thing/whatever is it called nowadays; James Joyce Ulysses.