Diggin' a hole

Beautiful weather. Perfect day for a scooter ride but the last time I was on the scooter, it was 5pm and the people in a rush to get home from the office all thought I had a bull's eye on my back. So, nix the idea of fighting with them again. In the Jeep, sure. I'll show 'em all whose boss. But on the scooter, I lose a little of my gumption.

So, what to do with all this sunshine? Dig a hole, of course!

I took my boots, my two-foot level and a shovel and headed to the backyard. A four-foot circle: big enough for lots to sit around but small enough that it doesn't take up the whole yard. Oh, I'm speaking of the soon-to-be fire pit. No sooner than I measured my fire pit-to-be that I began sweating like... something that sweats a lot.

Going in the house, I realized I didn't have anything to cooler to change into. Let's see... there's a dark tee, a ribbed turtleneck sweater and an oversized tank top. Tank top it is. Now bottoms. The jeans I wore could only be substituted by sweats or cut-off sweats. Cut-off sweats it is. Shoes. Gym shoes are in the car. The car is at the hub waiting on Lenny to get off work. Guess I'm keeping the boots on. What a sight: hot pink, over sized tank top, black drawstring sweat cut-offs, brown boots. H. O. T. Yea, baby! Luckily, I only had my shovel to impress.

Back to work. Measure. Measure. Dig. Sweat. Dig. Finish. Lovely. A hole in the ground. Beautiful. Now to make a lip around the edge for the river rocks (acquiring the river rocks is a whole 'nother post). Next, connect the rocks.

Like a jigsaw puzzle, I tried to fit each rock next to another as if they were made to be that way. I think I did pretty good. I am quite impressed with myself. Please hold while I pat myself on the back....

Ok. Done. I have worked up quite a thirst but with no refrigerator and me still not trusting the water, I have to make do with what's on hand. Either that or walk over to Target. Hmmmm..... lemme see. What we have on hand is... room temperature tonic water, room temperature Riezling, & some new white wine I bought about two months ago which is <drum roll, please> in the cooler. Some new white wine sounds pretty good to me right now. The only other cool liquids in the house are the two bottles of caramel and chocolate ice cream topping.

O. M. G. Wine is straight from the gods! Seriously, thank you Dionysus. It's all I can do not to turn the bottle up and finish it off. And, yes. I am drinking straight from the bottle. It's just easier that way until everything is unpacked. I have to re-cork this before I do some serious damage. I was gonna scooter home, but the 4 ounces of Moscato I just drank says I should wait 'til later.

Until later, then.
Ciao, for now!