Today I worked on campus, and the only people I saw were my colleague downstairs and a recently retired professor who was clearing out her office. I walked with the colleague at lunch because Hardingfele was busy with meetings. I had a meeting myself, second in the series that started yesterday. The last one is tomorrow, oh joy. On my walks I did see some fun stuff: chalk art and a Jack in the Pulpit blooming now that the other two have faded.
Toward the end of the day my FitBit was down to 20% again, so I have a feeling the battery is dying and I will need to buy another one soon. I did finally remember to take a photo of Greg so my colleague can see how tall it is.
But in the evening, Travalon and I had a lot of fun. We went to the Monona Terrace to hear a yacht rock band, and we ran into a neighbor and a couple from the Shamrock Club. I had eaten a fraction of the gummy my aunt had made, and it was just enough that I was super happy and loved humanity, but not so much that I felt stoned. Here is a photo of the band.
The weather was perfect. Toward the end of the concert, Travalon was going to get a drink, and he asked if I wanted one. I said what I really wanted was a captain's hat that they were selling at the merch table, so he went to get one, and they were only $10 but you had to pay via Venmo or Paypal, plus they had several colors. Since I have Paypal, I went over to see the colors; white was sold out, but they had purple, chartreuse, and hot pink. So guess what I got?
A woman offered to take a photo of both of us.
Does it glow under blacklight? You know it does!
And so do parts of my sea turtle socks!
On the way home, we saw a train coming as we crossed Commercial Avenue, so we pulled over, and Travalon made a video with his phone.
We rushed to beat it to the crossing near our house, but alas, we arrived at the same moment it did, and we couldn't pull over to watch because someone was right behind us. Still, what a great way to end the evening! Aye aye, captain!
I am a third-hand gift, a straw hat with a wide brim. I used to have natural and navy stripes, but after much time in the sun, the navy ones have faded to a sort of chocolatey tone. The big blue flower around the brim was my wearer's own touch.
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