Let's try this again.

projectmothra had been bugging me to go visit lediva for a while now, and she was willing to make her space preschooler-friendly enough to make it work, so he and I drove down for the weekend. We did something we'd never decided to do in all my years visting her (and many other people) in the city -- a Duck Tour, which drives around in a repurposed WWII amphibious transport vehicle, driving around town for a while and then driving into the river. We did something we frequently do when we get together -- box karoake, in which I got to remedy the case of ABBAus interruptus I had acquired at Hershey last weekend. The charming forgotten_years joined us, singing stuff I'd never heard of and engaging my son in quite a bit of it. lediva and I seem to have acquired a new song.

We went to have bubble tea twice, and projectmothra noted every bird, tree, piece of litter, blemish on the sidewalk, and street sign along the third of a mile walk from lediva's apartment to there. I've forgotten how to be that good a noticer, I think.

Sunday we got to have lunch with heavenscalyx and akycha, which was pleasant company in itself, and also accompanied a stellar rice pudding, with a brulee topping and boozy cherries. Rain and low sleep kind of screwed around with everyone's moods for the latter part of the afternoon, but I'm pretty sure we didn't overstay our welcome.

It's good to just hang out with people you love.