In about… 2 hours… there will apparently be a goat slaughter at Old House. Today is Andrew’s big Cinco de Mayo celebration - an early going away party featuring many of his favorite things. There will be carne asada, horchata [which I tried for the first time a few weeks ago and loved], sangria, horseshoes, a pinata, and… goat.

When I was still living at Old House, the landlady Margaret showed us some old photos. There was one that was especially surprising: strung up on this metal thing in the yard, that we were told the guys used for pull-ups and we occasionally used for drying clothes, was a slaughtered goat! We weren’t too happy about that. In any case, I guess that will be repeated today… Ick!