Rambling About Three Days Off

I fell asleep very early last night and paid for that indulgence by sleeping through the night in three hour shifts, with an hour to a half hour laying away and staring at the ceiling between them. Fortunately, it was the holiday, so I slept in until about 8:00 AM, which is late for me. I normally rise around 5:00 AM.

Through the night I dreamed, but I do not having any sharp and specific memories of the dreams. Part of the dream was about Texas. Part of the dream was about boats on a flowing river. Part of the dream was about a warehouse in a water front district. But, they are just flashes, there is not coherent narrative attached.

It has been a good weekend. I went up to the Pleasanton Highland Games at the Alameda County Fairgrounds on Saturday with friends and spent the whole of the day wandering the fair in the beautiful California weather. It turned a little hot toward the end of the day, but I have been there on hotter days.

We wandered the fair, listening to the Pipe Bands, watching the Marine Corp band play at the opening ceremonies. I had a moment at the opening ceremonies though. They were playing the national anthem and asked everyone to rise. Except....it went kind of like this...:

"Please rise for the national anthem of Canada....please stay on your feet for the national anthem of United Kingdom....and now the national anthem of the United States of America...and finally, the long version of In A Gadda Da Vida."

Okay, that last part isn't true, but it was starting to feel like it. We also saw a could of other musical groups - The Golden Bough, Tempest, Wicked Tinkers, Isla St. Claire, the Browne Sisters and George Cavanaugh. It was a nice day at festival I always enjoy.

Sunday was breakfast with friends, then a trip to Fry's Electronics where Tony ordered his custom gaming PC tower. Once he has it in hand, which should be later on Monday, I will get the specs from him. It looks to be one sweet game playing machine. After that, we grabbed a quick lunch at Togo's and then scattered in different directions.

I went out and did a couple of loads of laundry, a little bit of marketing, and then wandered home where I spent a very quiet evening with T.R., did some reading, and fell asleep way too early. Today's plan is pretty simple - after lingering in bed, I am going to go out and get something for breakfast, then meet my friend Don for a couple of games of pool, and then a late lunch and probably another early evening.

I am looking forward to this work week. Because of the way the B schedule falls at work, I have today off as the holiday and then Friday off as my B Friday. So, this week will be a three day work week, which I plan on completely enjoying.

The summer is slowly drawing to a close here, the hot days falling off into the cool nights. On Saturday, I saw geese gathered down at Starbird Park, and then a little later in the day saw small flocks of them orbiting around, preparing for the next step in their southward migration. There is one festival left that I want to attend and that will be the Renaissance Faire down at Casa de Fruta, which is always the end-stone of the summer pathway for me.