Feeling Kind of Fruity

It's that time of year again. Grapefruit season! And how lucky we are to have scored a bunch of grapefruit--30 to be exact--from some guy who didn't want all of his grapefruit to go to waste. Before the ground beneath his grapefruit tree became completely covered with fruit that would never be eaten, and before you can say, "Man, what a waste that would be," I replied to his post on Craigslist under free stuff. He sent me his address and an invitation to pick fruit this afternoon and we were there in a flash. So it's time to bust out the juicer and shochu and make some Grapefruit Sour Cocktails（グレープフルーツサワー）, which are freshly-squeezed, do-it-yourself cocktails--one of my favorites from the days in Japan. It's a fun drink and looks like this (before you add it to the glass):


Free stuff is cool! Speaking of which, somebody gave us a car (yes, a real one) today!!! I'll post something about that later though. Things are looking up, I suppose. It just goes to show you that when all kinds of bad stuff is happening, you never know what is waiting for you around the corner. There just might be a bag of fruit and a car! ha