Beer and cheese

Toe,
Sometimes I think the midwest primarily lives on beer and cheese. It's one one of the best features of the place, actually. I saw a picture of myself holding C*'s latest niece, and I look so scrawny. I need to load up on the beer and the cheese or something. I don't want to enter my 5th decade looking like I a skinny, bald teenager.

Of course, there are bigger things to worry about.

Had a decent weekend. Worked a little on a small work project, and help C (not to be confused with C*) with some computer issues. I'm acting as her down-the-hall tech support. We all went out for Thai food in downtown De_b, which turned out to be very enjoyable. The restaurant used to serve something else--it was called Thai food, but it didn't look or taste like any I had ever encountered. It tasted fine--just not like Thai food. They've since changed ownership, and now it looks and tastes like actual Thai food. So, I can now safely report, I live 2.5 blocks from a Thai restaurant, something I haven't been able to say since 1996, when I lived in northwest DC.

I don't know if its the effect of the good Thai food or what, but we're thinking more and more of buying a place here in town. There's a 1700 sq. ft. bungalow down the street going for around 220, and I heard a rumor they would settle for far less. It's a sweet house, although a little odd--the front rooms have kind of Arts and Crafts Movement feel about them, something we both really like, but the other rooms aren't quite in the same style. It was built about 90 years ago, I think, but a room off the kitchen and the attic appear to have been added on (or redone) in the past 10-20 years, so the house comes off as somewhat patched together. That said, it is spacious and light, and it's near the school here in town, so the property value is only bound to go up. Anyway, we're going to hold off. There are other interesting properties coming up all the time, and we need to wait to see if C* gets approval to teach next year.

Anyway, on to Monday. Hope you're well out there.