Ate a free lunch today. Okay, the free lunch was so late that I had to buy a little something ($4), otherwise I was going to kill someone, and actually it was a free picnic on the concrete deck of the 62nd floor of the Columbia Tower. A friend works for a law firm and the party was to watch the Blue Angels practice. Hot dogs, wraps, chips, cookies, ice cream, lemon granitas. And to round out each side of the food line: sunscreen at the front of line, tums at the end.

I had a hotdog, chips, and granita, then proudly and politely skipped the rest. "Let the kids have first pick," I said.

The great view was much more satisfying than the Blue Angels; I left for gym right at their second pass.

Found out that my 4% raise goes into effect August 15. Time to save the raise.