A Good Weekend for Me/Not for the Hubby

Saturday: I went up to the Russian River with the younger Flosses where we played a fun game of golf, never mind the fact that two of us are really bad golfers. The weather was perfect, the course was surrounded by huge Sequioas, I never lost my ball, (which is quite easy if you really don’t hit it very far to begin with), and we enjoyed a cocktail on the 5th Hole. That night we had a BBQ back at the Cabin and relaxed on deck while hitting a volleyball back and forth as we tried not to send it flying over the deck into the poison oak below. Later that evening Krin introduced me to a new game called SayGo! which is somewhat similar to scrabble, only much faster, and not for points. For those of you who have played with competitive Krin before, I suggest you play a game with her where she has lost the directions. It really takes the competitive edge out of a game if you don’t know how to score it – and yet, it’s still fun!

Mr. Mingle on the other hand was left at home because he had to work, and then he went to a movie and a dinner that evening.

Sunday: Woke up relatively early to go boating at Lake Berryessa. I have never seen a lake so crowded or so choppy, but we still had a great time boating around. The weather was a little chilly, but if we were stopped it was warm enough in the sunshine to lay out and get a little tan. (Or a little splotchy in my case since I didn’t apply the sunblock evenly). The Big Floss went for a short wakeboard when we found a patch of semi-smooth water, but it didn’t last too long once the waves started up again. We amused ourselves by watching Krin and Zach swim the new dog – mini dachshund, Roxy – ashore so she could take a dump. (Roxy, not Krin) And cheered loudly when the mission was successful. (It’s the little things in life that make us happy). Later in the day we boated over to a bridge where there were tons of boats hanging out. It looked like Spring Break at Lake Havasu. If any of you are not familiar with “lake people”, they are a very, very special breed. As Big Floss said, we could have stayed and people-watched all day long. One boat in particular stuck out because the boat was called “Pimp Nasty”, and a bunch of skinheads were yelling out “White Power” and “Hey Mother$#%@” every time they passed. We stayed long enough to see what was going on, to see that it wasn’t our type of crowd, and then boated back to the ramp to go home for the day.

Mr. Mingle on the other hand was at home working again, and also feeling sick. He drove up to meet us at the Russian River cabin Sunday night but by the time he got there was so sick with food poisoning that it wasn’t a fun visit for him.

Monday: Mr. Mingle and I had originally planned to go to a winery and then stop by my dad’s for lunch. Then, we were going to go shopping after that. However, since he was still feeling really sick, we skipped the winery, stopped by my dad’s quickly to pick up some things and then went straight home. Both of us ended up taking a nap, but I woke up about 3 hours earlier then he did and decided that I needed to go shopping. We are going on vacation in a few weeks and I need some new summer clothes – you know how it is. I went to a mall nearby in Emeryville and, after a gluttonous dessert treat, decided to check out the GAP. It was one of those rare days where everything that was on sale, actually fit! I ended up leaving there with two big bags of clothes (for both Mr. Mingle and I) and went home happy.

All in all, I had a really great weekend – I just wish that Mr. Mingle could have enjoyed it too.