Thursday June 4
Ed and I finally made a decision on when to leave. Sunday. So now my work is cut out for me (what little there is).
We headed over to the house around noonish. This time we tried the
experiment of taking Molly. It wasn’t all that hot--low 80s--and she would be
okay in the backyard. But bored, of course.
All of the houses in their subdivision have 6-foot or higher stone walls around
the backyards. Making for a very boring play area for kids or pets. Kind of
stupid, really.
The furnishings are beginning to make a liveable space out of the house. But of
course all the surfaces are getting cluttered up with crap. Not my taste, but I
don’t have to live there, so I can’t complain. Ed and I found some work to do.
Ethan put together a lego car meant for a 9-year-old. Cool.
In the afternoon I took Molly for a walk in the undeveloped lots right behind
their house. I got a taste of what the land used to look like--red dirt, clumps
of vegetation, a few yuccas coming into bloom. I saw two Gambel’s quail. Poor
things! Surrounded by development and trapped in a.little lonely patch of
desert. Eking out a living until the bulldozers come.
On a brighter not, we did Chinese carryout for supper. Grill Noodles Bar. My
vegan shoyu ramen was awesome, full of brightly-colored, perfectly cooked
vegetables. Little cubes of tofu. Yum!
Sadly, Ed’s Mongolian Beef was flavorless.
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