Diane laid her chop sticks on her plate while I finished the last of the seaweed and sesame oil. Another Friday night, another meal at the Sushi House. We were trying hard to make our summer plans, mostly revolving around Matthew\u00c3\u00ads, and we needed to resolve when he would go to Minnesota and whether we would fly with him or join him later. Our constraints were: Susan\u00c3\u00ads end of August trip to Ireland, Matt\u00c3\u00ads month in Nica, my scheduled work (a kitchen near my house, a bathroom in Lexington), and for how many days the Torroemoreites could tolerate us.<\/p>\n
\u00c3\u00acHow long to you want to go for?\u00c3\u00ae We had been talking about how hard work had been, how tired I was, how tired we both were. Suddenly it was a sunny, breezeless day, the green cut short, and she\u00c3\u00add Teed up a Titleist for Justin Rose. <\/p>\n
\u00c3\u00acA month.\u00c3\u00ae I replied.<\/p>\n
\u00c3\u00acSo that is what you want to do, spend most of the summer at Jimmy and Susan\u00c3\u00ads?\u00c3\u00ae<\/p>\n
\u00c3\u00acOf course, but you know we couldn\u00c3\u00adt stay a month. We can\u00c3\u00adt afford it even if they were willing to have us. Maybe ten days.\u00c3\u00ae<\/p>\n
\u00c3\u00acWe could go when Susan is in Ireland. Jimmy would probably be happy to have us. Or we could move into the downstairs and not tell anybody.\u00c3\u00ae Diane, laughing, continued. \u00c3\u00acWe could go before Susan\u00c3\u00ads trip to Ireland, and when they drop us off at the airport, rent a car and sneak back.\u00c3\u00ae<\/p>\n
\u00c3\u00acBut Susan\u00c3\u00ads office is down there,\u00c3\u00ae I answered as though this were a real plan, \u00c3\u00acShe would see us when …..\u00c3\u00ae <\/p>\n
Diane cut me off. \u00c3\u00acThat\u00c3\u00ads why we plan our trip near hers. Jimmy would be home, but we\u00c3\u00add be very quiet, and remember, there is a refrigerator on that floor.\u00c3\u00ae<\/p>\n
And ripe tomatoes in the garden, a computer with DSL, midnight swims in the lake… .
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\nMatt’s old muffler pictured here, laying atop the hood of his car, because it has been replaced by a shiny, performance enhanced, Bavarian AutoSport’s muffler. More about that exciting development Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Diane laid her chop sticks on her plate while I finished the last of the seaweed and sesame oil. Another Friday night, another meal at the Sushi House. We were trying hard to make our summer plans, mostly revolving around … Continue reading