OH, so it's FLAG Day...

So we slog towards the meat of steamy Miami Summer. The humidity has already been about 300% each day. I'm ready for a respite already. So we finished the large home improvement projects. Our second replacement ac went in Wednesday, and yesterday the 2 man crew from Dolphin Carpet came to install the new hardwood floor in D2's room. The fellows spoke ZERO English, but we understood each other well enough that I brought them cold water and stayed the hell out of their way. Ds and her boyfriend Jonathan arrived just in time for J to translate for me the final instructions about placing books on the thresholds to keep them glued in place, overnight. We had made plans to with Paul and Patricia to meet at Christy's, and D2, Jonathan, and I planned to get our drinks on. Wifey was to drive, but as we were leaving told me her OTHER wrist hurt -- she couldn't drive. Well, after some domestic negotiation we left for the Gables, and met D1, Paul and Patricia. Diane and her man John tagged along, too, and we sat at the big front table drinking, eating, laughing, and talking. Wifey got the wherewithal to drive home, and did. Fine evening. Today we're headed to MJH to see her parents. Wifey has been an amazing case manager for her Mom lately -- hiring and firing drivers, and getting the stubborn old lady to let them take her to Mardi Gras casino where she plays the slots and passes the time. I'm not sure what old folks without devoted kids or LOTS of money do. No, I do...they become shut ins. Or, if they're lucky, they die... D2 and Jonathan slept in, and then left for a brunch with another couple. Jonathan's leaving for NYC in a few weeks -- excited to start his career. D2 will go visit for July 4, and then make her move in September. Somehow I see many trips to NYC in my future. I've learned that I start getting serious withdrawal symptoms when I go longer than a month without seeing my Ds. I also have a feeling that when she lives in her first winter, D2 will be coming home to warm up pretty frequently. I have 2 tropical girls... Christy's was fine, as usual. Paul remembers going often in the late 70s and early 80s -- meeting his law school friend, who lived in Kendall. The food was the same -- prime rib, Caesar salad, shrimp cocktail, and healthy martinis... Next week the eating continues. We're celebrating Father's Day one evening early -- Saturday night, but visiting the Palm. I think they have the best steak in Miami -- 2nd best in Florida. Number one is Bern's in Tampa, in my book, but that's a long way to go for a piece of meat... So it's about that most wonderful of inventions -- air conditioning -- and cold drinks, both adult and otherwise. Here comes the heat...