Jodi texted last night and asked if we would like to come swim. Unfortunately, I was in a late meeting and couldn't get loose. I asked for a raincheck ... and got it. Tonight, we went to dinner together at the good Chinese in their neighborhood and then back to their house to swim. Just as we got changed and started outside, a brief thunderstorm passed through and we had to sit it out under their pergola. As we were waiting, Mike and Jodi's son Josh dropped by. Mike and Jodi have a great relationship with their kids and they all stop by on a regular basis. A few weeks back, their daughter Katie's husband was out of town so she spent the night. When it came time to swim, she donned her bikini and jumped right in with the old folks. Sweet girl.
After the shower, we got in the pool. I took up my usual residence where I can let my legs float with no weight on my knees. The pain almost instantly disappears. Mike took a seat nearby and Sadie the Wonder Dog swam up to sit on his lap.
It was a nice, quiet summer evening with good friends, something cold to drink and time to just kick back and enjoy it. Around sundown, Mike and I were talking about our youth on the farm and all of the hard work. We agreed it was a hard life. And then, it more or less came to both of us just how lucky we were. Our fathers, for all of their hard work and sacrifice probably never had a evening like the one we were enjoying. Good food in a good restaurant without having to worry about the check and then a nice visit around a swimming pool that only the wealthy could have owned in our childhood. We agreed that life had treated us a lot better than our fathers.The only thing missing was our friends the Harmons.
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