{"id":764,"date":"2007-08-10T10:47:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-10T16:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pagefillers.com\/blog\/2007\/08\/10\/westing-at-da-wake\/"},"modified":"2007-08-10T10:47:00","modified_gmt":"2007-08-10T16:47:00","slug":"westing-at-da-wake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pagefillers.com\/blog\/2007\/08\/10\/westing-at-da-wake\/","title":{"rendered":"Westing at da Wake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(For those of you who don&#8217;t speak faux baby-speak successfully, the title is Resting at the Lake.)<\/p>\n<p> So yesterday I went to work for one hour to get the new account passwords printed off and update some announcements on the school website. And then I headed off to Columbus to pick <a href=\"https:\/\/judiang.livejournal.com\"><b>judiang<\/b><\/a> up from the airport. My timing was pretty good, I only had to go through the arrival loop 5 times before she popped up outside. (It&#8217;s a very small loop at Columbus.)<\/p>\n<p> I drove towards home with a slight detour to the Ex-Evil Puppy Mall. It&#8217;s no longer the Evil Puppy Mall because the last time we were there, we discovered the pet store was no longer there. No more cute &#038; evil Pomeranian puppies to tempt Judi. We shopped around the mall &#038; had a snack at the Starbucks there to tide us over before supper. A stop at Best Buy and then the Bookery yielded some purchases, but then it was time to head back home. <\/p>\n<p> As I turned onto my street, I saw mom sitting on her porch reading. She looked like someone ready for a pizza supper. Judi and I dropped some things off in the house, then met the parental units outside my door. We walked to the other side of town (surprising Judi that there was something of a walk) to Indians Pizza (named after our school mascot). Every ordered 10&#8243; pizzas, so we all left with leftovers. And Judi and I got waffle cones with Buckeye Ice Cream (not made of poisonous buckeye seeds, but instead modeled after the candy buckeye &#8211; peanut butter ice cream, fudge swirls, and little candy buckeyes).<\/p>\n<p> The walk home was a long one, because I wanted to convince Judi that Pleasant Hill *does* have a hill. And it&#8217;s a pleasant incline. Thus Pleasant Hill. But I decided to take her on the steepest part of the hill, just so she can tell there&#8217;s a hill. Trouble is, we&#8217;d had a powerful frog-strangler while eating in the restaurant and the humidity, we estimated, was 176%. So here we were, walking in 90+\u00b0F with loads of humidity, down a nice slope to the river, then up a not as nice slope into town. She&#8217;s only half-grudgingly admitted to there being a hill, but at least *I* know I&#8217;m not a liar even if she &#038; <a href=\"https:\/\/elsaf.livejournal.com\"><b>elsaf<\/b><\/a> suspect otherwise.<\/p>\n<p> Once home, we cooled off in the central air while I finished packing (had underwear drying while I was going to the airport). Judi read Uncle Shelby&#8217;s ABZ Book (highly recommended) while I got ready. Then we loaded up the car &#038; finally headed off to the Lake.<\/p>\n<p> We stayed up geeking &#038; talking for hours after arriving (staying in the air conditioned part because the 3-season room was miserably hot &#038; humid). Then finally went to bed.<\/p>\n<p> This morning I got up and made us egg, ham &#038; cheese bagel sandwiches for breakfast. And now Judi is FINALLY out of the bed and tearing it down so she can&#8217;t go back to sleep in it. And it&#8217;s only quarter til 11! Wow! 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