Today I

• Up a bit earlier than usual to row the 4-.  I steered, with John Y in stroke, Joel, and Bjorn in 2. We split the 4 boats into 2 pairs, and ours was slowest.  Bjorn made some good changes 2/3 through, letting the boat come to him on the recovery, and it made a big difference.
• Home I turned on the infusion project again to re-heat and re-simmer.  I then strained it into a tupperware, returned the vegetable matter to the pan, added water for another light boil, then re-strained.  Let it cool on the counter, and then finished in the fridge.  The oil layer popped off as a firm solid, and the water was discarded.  I think it will be a success.
• Usual monday meeting, chatted with the recruiter.  Spent the day doing the SQL test, and found I'm actually decent at it.  Took me a while, but I got it right.
• Got Johann from Daycare.  Sireli says he learned to tickle others: one little wiggly index finger.
• Took Johann to the park.  Spun him slowly on the "sailboat".  He laughed and had a great time while Kel pushed him in the swing.  Kel got a call from her doctor then, so they had that chat.  Johann climbed on the toddler town.  There were wild turkeys, so we all walked towards them, and they retreated, but I think Johann saw them.  I made a turkey sound, Johann thought it was silly, but then, to our surprise, he tried to imitate the sound!  So Johann's first animal sound is: turkey.  He also got a kick out of me being a big crawler in the grass with him and crawling over him.
• He didn't want to eat, and didn't want to go down to sleep tonight.  It's 9:15 and he's in there calling out "mum!'  "amamamam!"  Meanwhile Kel and I are both ready to drop.
• I'm thinking of entering my pale ale and my barleywine in the marin county fair.  We'll see how that goes.