May 26, 2018

I helped bake sourdough bread before getting ready this morning. The process actually started in the middle of the night, because why not. I didn't make the starter or the dough, but I provided the oven and the pot to put it in, so I'm going to take some of the credit for how it turned out.

When we were ready we drove out to a farm that has four camels, with the goal of combing the camels. By the time we got there the camels were taking a break, so we hung out in an old barn and ate a cookie. Then we went up to a loft room that looks like it was straight out of an Indian Jones kind of movie. Like a worldly adventures room from the 1930s or something. It was pretty cool. And then we combed a camel. Camels are big. And at one point one of them came up from behind me and bumped me out of the way so she could smell the academic librarian. Just a little bit scary, but I survived.

We went back to my house for a little bit after that, giving me enough time to change out of my damp clothes (because it was hot at the camel farm), and then we headed out of town again to go to a birthday gathering at a cabin by a lake. I was a little worried it would be out in the middle of a field, so the cabin was a nice surprise. Although we spent most of the time out on the back porch, so I was once again hot and damp. We ate good food and then the instruments were pulled out. Ten different people had instruments, and some of them switched between multiple instruments. The academic librarian brought her accordion, there were guitars, mandolins, a banjo, harmonicas, and a saw, which was probably the most impressive. At one point the lady on the saw played Happy Birthday, including the “and many more” addition at the end, and it was great. The saw is like a theremin, but actually good.

We left around ten o'clock, and there was talk of camping, but the campsites were closed, and I was really hot and tired after a long day, and really just wanted to take a shower and sleep in my own bed, so we headed back to town.