Picnic in the cold

Location, Home in CA

Today was the retiree’s picnic for where I used to work. It is held at a local park. Unfortunately, the weather didn’t cooperate again. It was very chilly with a slight breeze so everyone was bundled up. It didn’t however keep all those old Wisconsin people from standing around the beer keg. A one point some one thought there was a problem with the tap. I suggested that “maybe it was too many Wisconsin beer drinkers sucking the keg dry”. That didn’t even bring a chuckle as beer drinking is a serious business to those folks.

The first thing that is very evident is “how old” all those people have gotten since I retired. I haven’t aged a bit of course! Clyda and I did manage to connect with people we have know for years, either through work or though our children. I think most people know each other because of contacts through their kids.

The food was the standard California BBQ fare of beef tri-tip, chicken, salad, beans and bread with a sheet cake for dessert.

Clyda went to a late afternoon movie with a friend. I picked her up after the movie and we did some grocery shopping for the weekend. She has friends invited for lunch tomorrow (they all work) and we have 2 couples coming for dinner Saturday night.

Tomorrow I hope to work on a couple of unfinished baskets I started for this semesters classes.