Today 2Aug2023: Wednesday

I will cover just the exciting bit today…I have one more meeting tonight at 10:00PM.

Going backward, I just left Beaverton Central Taps with Dondrea and Z. We learned how to play my new board game, Expeditions, together while I had the obligatory beer for the table (yes, I sacrificed and drank the beer). This is an engine-building game with some exploration and interaction between players. It is not like the board game Scythe, the inspiration for the game, except it uses the same art and some themes. It took us a while to get all the rules clear and right, but once we got into the game’s groove, it played fast. The cards you collect control how you played were quite interesting when you interacted with other cards or the board. We thought it a good game, but those looking for a Scythe-like play will be disappointed (it is closer to Wingspan).

Before we reached the bar, we met at the Beaverton Central Food Truck Park, and we all got dinner from a different truck. Z went for the waffle sandwich, me Greek, and Dondrea went with crawdads. We all loved our food which we took to Central Taps to eat. After that, we played the new game as described above.

Moving back and skipping work details, Susie was happy to see me around noon for a short push through the park in her wheelchair. The park was busy, and it was hard to find an unused bench. But, I did notice the absence of yellow jackets, and while it is sad to kill something wild, it was getting unsafe.

Without me having to brush away a wasp, Susie and I could do a three-way call on FaceTime to Susie’s sister, Barb, and Susie’s mother, Leta. Everyone was good, and Leta was happy to report she has switched her insurance to AAA with a significant cost reduction. The same for AAA coverage for her house. I will have to check for a AAA agent in the Beaverton area. Leta also discovered that the coverage is more complete while less expensive. Barb was fine. We chatted briefly; it was a work day for me, and I could not stay long.

Susie did not eat much for breakfast, Jenifer reported. Susie was not focused on eating this morning, I was told. I will check tomorrow on how Susie did for the other meals.

Before this, I started the day at 6AM and did seven minutes, 1.2 miles, on the stationary bike and some stretching exercises. Breakfast was a yogurt and 1/2 a donut. Lunch was a chicken strawberry salad at Panera’s. Trying to start the weight loss and exercises before retirement, as suggested by my doctor.

It is a short blog, but just good bits today. Thanks for reading.

Aside: We are moving to a new building at work, but the building will not be ready by our move-out time, and thus we will work from home for the second half of August–I might like that too much.