Friday, August 29, 2025
Breakfast at home: sourdough bagel, one side with cream cheese, one side with peanut butter; hot water. Cleaned soles of heated slippers with Dawn Powerwash. Dusted louvers of the plantation shutters in the primary bedroom. Other house chores. Lunch at home: I prepared for myself fusillotti with sauteed diced zucchini in tomato sauce. After lunch, Galen picked me up for a weekend at JY and Adrian's Sundance getaway in Guerneville. Patrick stayed behind to help look after his mom whose health has been declining since a fall in late May. Brendon was recovering from a cold and travel fatigue. The drive was uneventful. We left at 1 pm and encountered the usual amount of traffic. Settled upon arrival. My room this time was by myself in the twin room upstairs. The pool is completed and they having been using it for several weeks. Pallets of 600-pound pavers dot the incomplete area between the pool and hot tub. The newest completed portion is the retaining wall southeast of the pool. Also still to be completed: a sauna hut and outdoor shower. I met Bill, John, Rajeev, and Tito who arrived and joined us poolside for a few hours. Dinner and dessert by Jonathan: skillet chicken and rice, red wine, water. Jonathan was excited to use new GreenPan nonstick pans from Costco. Dessert: nectarine cobbler.