Wednesday night was Everyone day for this week. I slaved over a hot stove/oven to create pumpkin enchiladas and mexican rice (for serious, I did that and since our oven doesn’t seal all the way, I assure you, it was toasty in the kitchen) and Zak came over with some Mexican beer. Have you noticed who is missing? That’s right, Maren Stefanie Genow. Not a lot of New Yorkers have cars. And the reason for this is that you don’t really need one but also because finding free parking is a holy pain in the ass. They clean the streets all the time so you can’t just park your car for a few weeks at a time and call it a day. Nope, you have to move your car at least every three days if not every two or every one if you don’t want to pay for a parking garage. (Trust me, you don’t).
So, poor Maren, who normally gets home from work at 6:30, didn’t get home on Wednesday until 8:00 because that’s how long it took her to find parking. Zak and I were pondering taking the food to her car and just having her drive us around while we ate together.
Finally, Maren got to the house and we had a lovely family dinner and discussed life. Then we played some games and Wii and Zak and I showed off our pro status and Wii bowlers (you get a super fancy shiny ball!) and I’m sure Maren was jealous, although she pretended not to be.
We also spent the evening listening to the 6 hour playlist I created for Maren to listen to on her drives to and from Canada. Her drive is 6 hours, so her 5 disc playlist is 6 hours. That’s love. The photo below is not posed, they were both just rockin’ hard to my awesome music selection. Note that Maren has her standard fake microphone and Zak is sporting the singing fist of triumph. I also love that both of them were so into it that they both closed their eyes. I just wish you had all been there to see it.
After Maren went to bed, as she is apt to do before Zak and I are tired, we played one of our favorite games. It’s called Wykersham. That is not a spelling error. It’s like connect four but you move the rows and the board is solid wood with leather accents. That’s right. It’s fancy. We got this game from the Briggs when they were having a garage sale and Pam said we could take what we wanted. And man alive, have we loved this game ever since. The version we have was made in 1981 (before Zak or I were made) and they don’t produce the game anymore. We looked it up last night and people are selling their used ones for $40-$50 dollars. Perhaps we’ll keep ours for many more decades and then it will be worth millions. A girl can dream, right?
