The husband is off to Sacramento to help ready his mother for her move to Seattle. 

Late afternoon, I had my flu shot and my COVID booster. The nurse explained that the side effects of the COVID booster would be similar to those my second shot of the original vaccine.

Perhaps I will use these as an excuse to have an extra cocktail tonight and lay round tomorrow. 

Today was C2's last day of work. He too is moving to Seattle. Tomorrow he will start on a road trip to Seattle. When he gets here, he will spend a few weeks with us until he finds a place to stay.

 "I'm not looking for your opinion, but I am looking for your input." 

The mother-in-law is selling her home. One of the buyers has asked for her to hold the mortgage. The husband, of course, thinks this is a terrible idea. The mortgage is for thirty years. The mother-in-law is eighty four. If anything goes wrong then it will be up to the husband to fix.

The mother in law doesn't seem to care about that risk. During their discussion, the mother-in-law said "I'm not looking for your opinion, but I am looking for your input."

It would be funny if there wasn't so much at stake.

The brother-in-law, the husband and I have started constantly using that line with each other.

Would the brother-in-law moving to PV be a a good thing? 

No. In all honesty this is probably the start of his next manic episode. He will eventually kill himself if moves to PV. 

What are my obligations through this? 

None. I am very certain that that things will get worse if I (or the husband) try to intervene. The brother-in-law is proud of his independence. It will blow up if we gently move to keep him safe. He will push harder to show us how well he can do on his own.

The husband and I flew down to Santa Barbara for the weekend. It was a work-award trip for the husband. Last year his team was a top seller. So I met and hung out with his coworkers. They are a good group of people. I'm sure everyone was on their best behavior. None the less, I enjoyed myself.

I am amazed with the resilience of the brother in law. 

He has started delivering for Door Dash on his bicycle.

He is taking a "How to teach ESL" course. He is looking to move to Puerto Vallarta to live on the cheap and will teach ESL to supplement his income. 

I'm not sure what income he has.

Summer is ending. It's cooler  out. The rains are returning. I've turned off the sprinkler and the AC.

The husband flew down to Sacramento to help his mother sell off her things. She is downsizing and moving to Seattle. Part of the challenge is that she thinks her things are way more valuable than the are. Especially in a time when COVID has hurt the 2nd hand furniture and collectables market.

Saturday, I hosted a small picnic for one of my teams. It really enjoyed the time.

I've hired most of them over zoom. This was the first time we've met in person.

This past week, the husband and I have watched a couple of planned vacations become restricted to the point where we probably can't go.

About a year ago we bought a European cruise scheduled for December 2021. There should be vaccines by then! This will all be over by then! Now, with the delta variant, travel restrictions have grown to the point that we've had to cancel.  

Last year the husband won an work-awards trip to Basel Switzerland. COVID canceled that. Instead he was given a trip to Hawaii. This morning we received an email asking visitors of Hawaii to stay away

Our new plan is just to take some time off, and see what's available when the time gets close. Things are too fluid to make long term plans.

Personally, I'd be happy renting a cabin along the Pacific North West ocean, and just storm watching for a week.

Labor day weekend was a great ending to summer.

Saturday, we went to the State Fair with QJ & C6. Afterwards we went back to their place, to swim, play games and have dinner.

C6 and QJ are *very* social. They said that over the last year, they've had 30 couples over for swimming, games and ice cream. Outdoors to be COVID safe. I believe it. They have always made an effort to get to know everyone.

Sunday, evening we had dinner with Evan, Allen, a friend of theirs and our brother in law. 

Today the brother in law hosted a small party at the rowing club.