Whirlwind. The crazy summer is off and running. You’ve already heard about my Mexico trip. Now Mary is in the house and we are going full-tilt. Helped some friends paint their new house Saturday morning, then Mary showed around 1pm. We chilled, took naps and then headed to a festival in Solana Beach (similar to a Black Swamp type deal in BG) and saw a few bands, mainly Phantom Planet, who I thought were solid. We came home and watched Dickie Roberts, whatever on that. Yesterday was full of activity and some disappointments. We went surfing, and that was pretty fun, Mary got out there and did pretty good, despite conditions. It was more windy yesterday than I’ve ever seen in SD since we moved here. The sun was out for a bit, but quickly went away, and the wind was unbearable. We left early and went to Hodads to eat. Since the sun was not out, we decided to try and see a Padres game, but it was sold out. We shopped a bit downtown then chilled at home the rest of the afternoon. I watched the Lakers lose, that felt good, then we went and saw the Shins play. It was a refreshing concert. They almost sounded better in concert than on cd, great voice and good humor between songs, we all really liked them. I came home and watched the last Sopranos on tape. Tonight we plan to take Mary to the W hotel for a drink (they have a cool outdoor sand bar, very trendy, and fun to make fun of) and then to Little Italy for Filipis pizza. After that we plan to go see our friends new puppy.

Tuesday and Wednesday Mary and Tracey will be in Encinitas camping. I’ll join them in the evenings after work for a small surf session, dinner and a camp fire. Last night we also to go to another show on Thursday night, Stellastar, the Killers and the Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs. We all love the first two bands, and the Yeahs will be entertaining for a bit at least. I wish I could have been there for Lars party. I really look forward to being back next weekend in BG to reunite with good friends and family. I was also pleasantly surprised last week when I discovered that another Igor works at my company. I count it a blessing I got to even work with one, which, for most people, would never happen their entire life, but I get two. I’m truly blessed. Seriously, have a great week. I’ll see some of you in 10 to 12 days, depending on who you are.