Cocktail Hour
One of our international friends (from the crew we get together with for Christmas Adventsingen, Thanksgiving, Easter, and Halloween) came up with a way for us to get together to check in with each other. Each week we have a video cocktail call. Bring your own booze (or drink of your choice) and catch up with what everyone is up to. We talk about what we're drinking (if it's interesting), commiserate over the state of COVID-19, catch up with any of the kids (college kids) who call in, or chat about whatever is on our mind that evening (travel...or the lack of, summer plans...and how they're changing because of COVID, etc.). It's a pleasant way to connect with friends without having to prepare a dish to share or leave the house. Tonight, after dinner, I started a fire in the fire pit and settled into my swing to knit and relax until the cocktail call began. One by one the friends called in and we enjoyed a fun evening catching up.