

Vinny M stayed over w/Tommy. I got up by 7 and set out to clear the living room and dining room for new table and sofa. Had coffee, walked the dog and dove into dragging out all of the dining room chairs and armchair, Wrestled with the weight and size of the dining room table, sans leaf, with Jennifer, when suddenly Tommy appeared and helped carry it solo past the gate and too the driveway. I miss being that strong! I then recruited Tommy and Vinny's help getting the couch out in advance of Lindsey. The table and sofa then got dropped and the team was quick and polite, and I gave them $10 for "bagels and coffee" or whatever. They were great. Vinny helped us put the table together and Lindsey/Ryan came and grabbed the old sofa shortly after the furniture drop was over and shortly before I ran Lauren to Vasona for her 1st workday at the boat house. Dropped Vinny and chatted a bit with Mark and Wendy. Returned to Matson and we unpacked the rest. Dining room chairs and the sectional. I love it. Good use of the living room space. We all picked up Lauren, got them Jamba and returned home. Jen took the 4 massive steaks we just got at Costco and seasoned them, Lauren/I prepped corn and mushrooms and others stuff. I fired up the BBQ and took Lauren to quickly attend to neighbor's dogs on Panorama while Jen started cooking the steaks. We were returning, all ready for a great meal, when Jen called and conveyed the details around the BBQ fire. Bottom section (with propane tank) somehow caught fire. Greasepan was off/spilled it seams. Tommy jumped in and helped via Fire Extinquisher. Go glad it was caught, so glad it was stopped and so very glad nothing far more dipterous happened beyond needing to toss an old BBQ and recharger a fire extinguisher. Jen took kids for takeout and returned with Burger Pit Ribeye. Nice gesture. Lauren and I returned to Pano neighbor to walk the dogs, Tommy hung at Caden's. Jen/Lauren and Isetup the 'cube' configuration for movie watching and watched 1st half of "Farenheight 451". My dad loved Bradbury and I enjoyed much of his work as well in my late teens. Got sleepy, so we'll finish it tomorrow. No news on the JP front means good news. And Linda did agreed to my having kids for 1 full week starting tomorrow, which will allow Tommy to hopefully get some space to chill out and rethink how he approaches his relationship with his mom. It'd be great if he could learn patience, but look who's talking.