A full weekend

It was a beautiful day today.  I hiked Sanitas w/ Val and Vicky M.  It was a little crowded, because so many trails are still closed due to the flood.  But great to get out.  Especially since yesterday, Annie and I (and Val and Luna) did a small loop at Chautauqua. 

So I wasn't without energy.  But I'm exhausted now.  Maybe I didn't get enough sleep.  Maybe there were too many pink drinks and port at the Ghayurs last night (which was lots of fun).  But it's seems like I've been tired for no reason each of the last couple days.  I went to a retirement party for Paul Frohardt this afternoon in Denver.  He's been at the Commission since 1987!  There were lots of water quality junkies to talk to, including Mely, who had a 7 week course of radiation.  She said she was more tired for the two weeks immediately after she was done (i.e., after getting the full dose) than during the treatment. 

Tomorrow is the day that Tiffany and Candace, the radiation techs, are opening early for me.  Then I'll get on the road and drive to Colorado Springs to spend the day thinking about the value (and cost) of irrigation water, with a bunch of economists and irrigators.  And here's hoping I'm not too tired to drive home!  Because that would be awkward.

Ben has decided that his failure to do any homework for the first month of school has more to do with a lack of motivation than a lack of executive function.  His solution is that he needs an outside goal to provide motivation.  Bonnie, his coach, suggested two, one negative (avoid summer school) and one positive.  He announced that he thinks we should buy him a computer, so he doesn't have to borrow one of ours, if he gets caught up and stays caught up doing quality work.  With the 1st night of Chanukah falling on Erev Thanksgiving this year, we think that's fine.  Bill's only worried what we'll do if he doesn't make it.  But this is like everything else now; I have to believe the positive version of the story.

Yesterday afternoon was a great Boulder, my fair city, kind of day.  I was doing errands (like buying a fish for Paul's gag gift and the cute Smartwool socks for the radiation techs) when I ran into Jim Martin, who I hadn't seen since he started his new job; we sat outside the Brewing Market and had a cup of coffee.  As we were getting up to leave, an intern of mine from EDF who I hadn't seen for a decade probably came over to visit.  And then Vicki Kurzban and I went flower shopping  (I got pansies and poppies).  I went back to her house and she dug up a bunch of irises that were overgrowing her yard to give me.  Very cool.  I wanted to plant them today, but didn't have time, between Sanitas, groceries and Denver, so I'll do it Tuesday am.  Get to take out some more grass!