Never A Dull Moment

It's 2:30 and I just found the time to sit in front of the computer for a few minutes. With Steve as the Cruise Director on this Titanic we call life, there's always some activity of which to partake. If you have to take the Titanic, you might as well go first class, right? I go along with all of it, marveling at his never-ending creativity and energy.

The day had to begin with some shopping, of course. We brought some old window boxes with us from the Arlington house which go perfectly on the deck railing here. That meant flowers, so it was off to Lowe's to buy the last of their straggly-looking petunias, and some soil. These purple and pink invalids will explode to sprawling life with the fertilizing, moisture-retaining dirt I get for them. Then of course we had to buy the things for his project for the day, which is installing lights on the pier. Conduit, wire, junction boxes and other electrical things most normal people can't name. (I thought I did pretty well with "conduit.") He's now happily creating another new reality while I do this.

While we were out, we did do one extraordinary thing. It only took a minute, it was shoehorned between Lowe's and the grocery store, but it felt huge. We had the forms notarized that will notify the State of California we are domestic partners, so that I can be included in various benefits from Steve's retirement income should that awful time ever arrive. We can do this because Steve's company is chartered in California. In nearly 30 years, we never even considered that a government entity, anywhere, would call our relationship anything but illegal. This crumb from California feels like a banquet. Bless you straights. The things you take for granted....

The weather is pleasant, warmish but with a cooling breeze. We took the crab traps out this morning to see what might be lurking about this first week of July. We'll check them tonight and then again twice a day for a couple of days. I hope I get as good a haul as the three dozen I got on the last crabbing foray.

And there you have it, a day in a week next to the water. Who knows what wonders the Cruise Director will come up with tomorrow? I'm along for the ride.