#jerry's

Written for day 2 of Friendship Week! prompt: jerry’s brunch/the waffles @birlcholtz come get your friendship food

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Hops shifted on his feet, silently begging the universe for a break. He’d been looking forward to this Jerry’s trip all day - he deserved this reward after the Most Awful Week Known to Humanity™. He’d thought it was a good sign when his last class let out early. Hops had made his way to put his name down for a table for five and gone to wait outside - it was too nice a day to wait indoors for the others to show up.

Hops had just been standing there, soaking in the sunlight, when he’d felt someone’s eyes on him. When he looked around, there was another guy nearby, watching him. The hostess had told him at least twenty-five minutes for a table; hopefully someone else showed up soon.

waffles + waffle dads

Nursey 📚: yo! Nursey 📚: i’m out of class and headed to Jerry’s now Nursey 📚: anyone else there yet or do i need to get a table?

Thank god.

theres nothing sexier than enemies to lovers 🥴🥴🥴 what do yall have to say for yourselves @jerrys-waitstaff @samwell-lax-bros?

There was quite a bit of rain overnight, and the low was only 54 degrees. The rain continued off and on through most of the day, and the high just got to 57. A difference of three degrees for the day seemed really extraordinary.

My blood sugar was down to 206 this morning, which was not surprising in that I avoided food for most of yesterday. But it did not fall as much as I had hoped, so I am looking forward to my appointment with the PCP next Tuesday.

After our coffee and brain games, I got on the computer for my morning routine, and Nancy did a yoga session before calling her friend Vicki in Tucson for a chat of a little more than an hour.

Then Nancy and I made breakfast sandwiches with egg, cheese, bacon and chipotle mayo, followed by showers and getting dressed.

About 12:30 p.m., we got out and took a walk around the neighborhood. We kept it short so we wouldn’t get caught if the rain started up again. We did 0.91 mile in just over 18 minutes, a total of 2,100 steps.

Then we drove over to Jerry’s to look at blinds for the new house. We also checked out a few other things—like flooring and bathroom vanities—as we wandered about. The rain began again while we were away, and once we were home, we lay down for a nap.

About 3:30 p.m. Kathleen arrived to take Nancy with her to Michael’s to do some shopping for frames and decorations for the wreaths they will be making at Anne’s on Friday.

At 4:30 p.m., I started cooking a pot of rice for our dinner. Once Nancy made it home about 5, we cooked up the green beans and heated the leftover meatloaf, and we sat down to eat about 5:30.

I took off a little after 6 p.m. to pick up Henry and get to the men’s recovery meeting. Tonight’s reading was from the “Living Clean” book and was about “love.” Chuck was celebrating 18 months in recovery, and there were several men there from one of the treatment houses in the area.

When I got home at 8:30 p.m., Nancy and I began streaming a special episode of “Harry Wild” that ran nearly an hour and a half. So, our evening ran a bit longer than usual. Plus, it turned out that another of my photos on Flickr had been chosen for the “Explore” page today.

Tonight’s low is likely to reach 51 degrees, and the high tomorrow might get up to 58. But most of the rain has disappeared from the forecast for the next few days, with Friday and Saturday promising sunshine and low temperatures into or near the 30s.

Nancy mentioned today that we need to get Christmas presents for family members, so we might get out tomorrow and do some shopping. Other than that, we have no plans.

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