The Cigar Life

 Wednesday, June 18, 2025 Lit up a Digger this afternoon and it was amazing.  Beautiful outside. It felt like a perfect summer evening.  For a cocktail i mixed up some Jack Daniels, orange juice, maple syrup, and topped it off with Bubly water. I was going for something in the vein of an Old Fashioned. Wasn't half bad. Dale joined me outside with some white wine. We both commented how gorgeous it felt outside.  Listened to Donna Summer. We started with the self titled Donna Summer . This album completely reminds me of the summer '82. It was the summer of my biker accident and when I was employed by Mom and Dad for housework. Dale didn't have the album but he remembered some of the songs. He had just moved to Minneapolis that February and was living at Cedar 94 and going to college at the U of M. 

Monday, June 16, 2025 Long day. Spent a good chunk of it in the emergency room with Mom. She's okay but will be in the hospital for a few days.  She's now got a diagnosis which is a huge relief. I didn't get home from the hospital until about 7:30 p.m. Dale and I were both starving and went to The Lowbrow for dinner. I had a couple Old Fashioneds and then a Macanudo when we got home.  Today marks the end of the first full week of the rest of my life. I'm getting out of full time teaching and my last day was a week ago. It would be an understatement that I'm really excited.                                  

Tuesday, June 10, 2025 Lighting up a Hoyo. Great fucking cigar. I'm feeling a level of relaxation on my first day off that I usually don't feel for a week into my summer break. 

  Monday, June 9, 2025 Went in this morning to finish cleaning my classroom and turn in my keys. Dale came to help. Was out of there by 10:00. Two cigars today. First was a Hoyo Excalibur. The second was a Romeo y Julieta. Ready to get my summer break and sabatical underway. 

 Monday, June 2, 2025 Can't believe we're to this point. One week of school left. I've been really good about getting in my 14,000 steps per day. Four more days of school.  *** Tuesday, June 3, 2025 Also good about getting in lots of cigars. This one's a Camacho. Three school days left.  *** Wednesday, June 4, 2025 Warmer today. Another Camacho. These are just too good. Two days left. *** Thursday, June 5, 2025 Two cigars today.  Both little Romeo y Julietas. One day left.  *** No cigar today. Last day of school (for the kids). I've gotta go in Monday to check out of my room.   *** Saturday, June 7, 2025 Another 2-cigar day. Smoked a Hoyo Excalibur this afternoon before dinner.   Dale took me to dinner at Chloe to celebrate being done with school. I drank some Old Fashioneds. Dale had wine.  We both started with the carrot/ginger soup which was delicious. I had the Coq a Vin for dinner which was delicious. Dale had the Arctic Char. He loved it. I ...

  Friday, May 16, 2025 Had Mike & Charisse over for dinner tonight. Dale and I drove to Stogies On Grand yesterday afternoon to pick up a couple of Camachos and some cans of strawberry lemonade Smazey seltzer for me and Mikey. Started out this evening in the backyard. I had an Old Fashioned, Charisse drank some Modelo, Dale had white wine, and Mike drank one of the seltzers (I had one with dinner). I gave Mike the choice of a Hoyo or a Camacho to smoke. He mentioned that the last time he bought a cigar he almost went with a Camacho but decided to go with something else. Anyway he was still curious so he went with the Camacho. Mike had never had one before and he thought it was pretty awesome. I came to them more recently in my cigar history and they're now one of my favorotes. I like the taste but also the girth. It feels good in my mouth. I smoked my Camacho a bit faster than Mike so I lit up a little Romeo y Julieta (see above photo).