four holes

You'd never imagine a group of people so excited about four holes. They're eighteen inches across and about four feet deep. S and my mom, sister and nephew and I went over to J&M's this morning after breakfast to see the bobcat with its auger attachment drill down. S did a bit of video taping. The ground breaking! This is it! It's on its way.

Last night, we had a bit of a kickoff party for the container house that will soon be mine and S's. We kind of planned it around the fact that my mom was coming to town. S made all the food for twelve or thirteen of us; his feast included (happy) chicken satay, black bean salad, potato salad, cucumber salad, plus grilled asparagus and yellow squash. And there was beer and wine and whatever else -- my mom had a couple of Crowns with a splash of Sprite before we even got there and she was in her usual "rare" form.

It was a fun party. Besides those already mentioned, J's dad was there, plus their friends S&L and their daughter (little P's friend) I, and my good friends A and P. Little P's teacher Miss B was there, as was a friend of J's who seemed to hit it off with P, which I was glad about. She's hot, he's hot; if things were a little bit different for one or both of them, I'd be with whichever (or would want to be, anyway!).

P brought brownies and fruit and whipped cream; S&L brought some kind of a fruity pecan crumble. I'm sure there are many humorous moments I could recall, but I took most of the day off of work yesterday (to entertain family) and part of today, so I need to work.

We had breakfast at Hoover's this morning, which I wouldn't recommend. Their lunches and dinners are great, portions are ridiculously over-sized, but the pancakes were cold and dry, the waitress wasn't very good, and we ordered regular grits but were told they only had garlic grits in the morning (seems an odd choice) after they were delivered.

It was good having my family here.