Late Night, per se, Quickies

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Okay, so it's not that late, but since the last post was early morning and it somewhat kicked off the long weekend, I figured, what the hell, let's bookend the weekend... so here it is:

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!
LATE NIGHT QUICKIES!

per se

(Or as Joe Christie says, Excuse me while I swallow my grape.)

With no further adieu....THE QUICKIES:

~Got to work Friday.  Slow day, until I had to go into a meeting with TNR folks about processing their work separately from general public.  (TNR=the dept of the county where I used to work, back in the day.)  About that time, all hell broke lose and we were swamped the rest of the day.  The mail finally came through.  I ended up staying more than an hour past closing, just processing FedEx's. 

~Came home.  Brain dead.  Slept.  Chilled. Played with my play a bit. Slept.  Etc.

~Sat was stunningly beautiful. Sunny, warm.  Nicer than supposed to have been.  I immediately did laundry and changed the bed, but before I could get too caught up in things to do, I just found myself in the warm sun on the chaise on the front porch.  Wonderful! 

~Came in.  Took a nap. 

~Woke up and immediately went to Sears and bought new tires. (One thing down.)

~Came home and was going to work, cuddled up in the big chair, under flannel throws--it had cooled off rather quickly, but I slept in the chair for the better part of 2 hours.  Got up, walked kitty, went to bed.  (It's amazing how much I slept this weekend!)

~Sunday, papers, then to Costco, which was beyond crazi-licous with people!  Wow.  Packed.  Came home.  Napped.  Did some other things--don't really remember what. 

~Lived in the world of my play...worked on it on the front porch on Sat night.  Not really writing, but rehashing.  It's not the form, shape, story I want to tell...yet.  Have been re-envisioning it--which means, could be a lot of the same text, playing to different end, etc.  or a complete re-envisioning.  (On Fri night, I'd played with about a page and a half of totally different structure...before I fell asleep. Does that mean I was just über-sleepy or the idea was bad?)

~Great bike ride on Sunday.  Stopped by Barbara Jordan and Martin Luther King statues, in honor of the weekend.  Really really enjoyed that.  (I had one earlier in the week too--first night in January that I left the office on time.  And the weather was fine for a ride that night too.) 

~Sun night with the Johanson-Berman family,  a couple of blocks up Ave G, where we had her stew over mashed potatoes and watched a DVR'd playoff game--they're all huge Giants fans.  So they were happy.  The kids were "on".  Fun night with kids and dogs and cats and wine!

~Today, no naps...so I'll likely crash soon.  Did get in another great bike ride.  Went to HEB and PETCO.  HEB was swamped today; took forever to get through check out. 

~Followed up on some MDA plans/things to do for next week's appointments. 

~Re-potted a plant that had blown off the porch and come undone. Looked at things I'd like to do and need to do in the yard, but didn't and won't--not anytime soon.  (Oh yeah, I twined some ivy in the warm Saturday sun, when I should've been doing something else.) 

~Had drinks with some fun folks over at Eugene's house tonight.  Stayed late to talk with his neighbors and their Russian friend from San Francisco.  Nice night.

~Was going to come home and do some things....but thinking I'll just walk kitty and go on to bed soon.  It's amazing how much I slept--needed to sleep.  Dang.

~Got a call from the vet today...Fernando is fine.  His white blood cell count was a little high, but could just be his allergies or an infection or whatever.  I'm going to take him by there in a few months to get his weight.  If it's gone down further, then the vet wants to do some intestinal scans or whatever.  But the weight loss could be attributed to a change in diet about a year ago, from a food with a lot of fillers to a natural food.  Or to different eating habits once Benjamin was gone.  Etc.  We'll watch and see, but overall, he looks good.

~Cheers.

^^^Addendum^^^

~No squirrels in the attic, but a mouse or small rat on Ave H.  First time, in a very long time, I remember Fernando catching something on a walk.  I heard the squeals.  Turned around and kitties were coming out of the bushes everywhere.  Fernando had it in his mouth.  Couldn't tell what it was, for sure.  He growled at me, like I was going to take it away from him.  I just walked on home.  For all I know he's still over there--head kitty supreme.  I'm going to bed.  He'll eat about a third of it and then throw up.  He can just stay outside for awhile. 

Nightie Nite.
,m