So, the heat wave finally broke this weekend. Is that the end of the triple-digit weather here? I would sure like to hope so, but being a pessimist by nature I think not. Maybe I am a closet optimist though, as I’ve already begun looking forward to a Friday evening by the fire pit. That thing has sat in disuse for several months now, it’s just not too appealing when it’s 85 degrees at 7:00 in the evening. Guess we’ll see. According to the forecast we’re in for quite a treat this week, but it’s been wrong before.

I feel like, for the most part, we made fairly good use of the weekend. Friday night was sort of a non-event, as it was still miserably, intolerably hot. We ventured up to our neighborhood haunt, hung out for a few hours, and scurried back home to the a/c. Bones has a/c, of course, but it kind of struggles keeping up in this heat. Overall, though, I do believe the place as a whole is growing on us. We are going to try and go there once or twice a week for some undefined period of time and see how it goes. It ain’t no Brooksider, and definitely a far cry from the Bier Station, but it does have it’s appeal. At the end of the day, it’s pretty much the only option for entertainment within a 10 mile radius, so let’s hope for the best.

Saturday turned into a quite unexpectedly good day. I had the rather ill-advised idea to purchase tickets to the El Dorado Hills Brewfest some time ago, and the event finally came Saturday. I ain’t going to lie, I dreaded it all last week. The weather has been absolutely insane, 110+ every day. I actually saw 117 one afternoon at our house. Uhhhh, no thank you. Then, about mid-week, a large wild fire broke out near us and the air has been full of choking smoke. I thought they would cancel it due to the smoke, I kept anxiously checking my phone all night Friday. Well, Saturday came around, and all the stars aligned. For the event organizers anyway, not for me. The weather finally broke, and a favorable wind temporarily cleared the smoke, leaving me to dread my future for another whole day. Know what? I just don’t like El Dorado Hills. Don’t like the people, don’t like the town, don’t like the drive… I do not like EDH, Sam-I-Am. As it turned out, I had quite the enjoyable evening. We kicked off the afternoon over at a friend’s house, celebrating his birthday. Talked to a few people I hadn’t seen in a while. We hung out a few hours, then the whole group headed over to the brewfest, which was just a short walk from his house. It was a well-done event; They didn’t oversell the tickets so it wasn’t too crowded, the weather was a very welcome surprise, and they had several good food trucks. OK, there was that brief moment when I almost hit the DJ over the head with a chair, but we all have those. Geez buddy, find a new hobby, you are terrible at that one. Then, in what I believe was key to the success of the event, I called it a day. Went back to my buddy’s house, enjoyed the awesome nacho bar he had out, and took my happy self back up the hill. I cannot lie, I’m already looking forward to next year.

Sunday was, of course, the first day of NFL football. After no small amount of finagling, we were able to get the Chiefs game on, so that was fun to watch. The rest of the games, not so much, but it was good just to have the season back underway. Go Chiefs!

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