Hmm, been reading a lot but not posting. I should work on that.

Hung out with friends last weekend, and that was cool. Did a little hiking and enjoyed the 70-degree weather while it lasted.

jlfranklin, our roommate/landlord, has gotten a job up in the DC area so he’s moving at the end of this week. Fortunately, he’s OK with us staying here until someone rents the house at market value. If we have to move, that’s fine – we can handle that. That puts the house in a bit of an uproar, though, as he packs and moves his stuff out and we move our stuff up from the basement to replace it.

While they were over for John’s going-away party last night, I helped vileone, thebroomecloset, and me_not_you (with consummate bottle-wiping help from wildmouse) bottle the porter and oatmeal stout that we brewed up about three weeks ago. Both beers tasted excellent going into the bottle and I’m certain they’ll be even better after a few weeks of conditioning. It was a nice reminder that while brewing is fun, brewing as a social event is a blast!

Thanks to the many folks who have been asking about Takaza‘s condition. I’m happy to report that he is healing well and although still feels an occasional reminder from his body that, yes, it’s only been a few weeks since he had surgery, he’s recovering nicely. Although it wore him out, we made a two-mile walk last weekend without any problems – I’ll take that as a good sign. We’re going to see the doctor today to have his (29!) staples taken out. Although it might be slightly uncomfortable while they’re being removed, it will make him feel much better and allow everything to heal up faster, I’m sure.

Later tonight, we’re expecting a bit of company. Linnaeus and Hartree are joining us for a few days. I’m really looking forward to that. Nothing much planned, just a nice, low-key weekend, though there will probably be much convention discussion going on. (I hope no one feels slighted that they were not invited down this weekend as well – as I said, low-key is the order of the day, and with the house in its current state we’re pushing it with two guests – any more would be…difficult.)

So, that’s the current state of the husky. Looking at my to-do list today, we need to move the other guest bed up from the basement, find the sheets and blankets for the guest beds in the boxes down there, and probably bring up a few more kitchen items as well. Well, off to get motivated…