Shazam!

We ate a tasty breakfast at Squeeze In, where Shannon had too many options to choose from.

We got a late start today, since we were up until 3 talking. Today was a little bit of catch up and conversation since I had to run to work and also wait at home for the maintenance guy to come fix my AC.

We ate an absurd amount of sushi for dinner and walked the dogs.

Tomorrow: Insanity.

Incoming!

I am sitting outside on my balcony enjoying the cool night air and thinking about good things. Also about things that are not quite sad, but just life things that are equally important in any good story.

My friend Lena met my pets this week, and she loved all my little girls, but had a special affection for Riley, as anyone with good sense would.

My cooling system is busted, which was not helpful on a day that was almost 90 degrees. I was super productive today, and Shannon will be here in a little over an hour. I will surely post lots of pictures of our adventures this week.

Solo is rubbing her tail in my face like she does anytime I sit down for more than five minutes. I am probably being eaten by mosquitoes right now, but I do not care.

I can't wait for the Shannonigans to begin!

Nothing left for creative titles

It's drunk and I'm late, ah ha ha ha ha ha.

My iPod just died or I would still be out swaying in the dark living room, singing along to the quietest songs I could find so as not to wake my neighbors.

It's been a busy... I don't want to know when or what my last blog post was. You know what, though? I am well. It's been late, full nights for a while and I was running out of momentum, but I am crash landing on a nice, soft bed of a three day weekend, followed by a visit from the best kind of friend, which is an old friend. Nine days off. One down, eight to go. My first day off was spent visiting friends and dogs at a fundraiser for the Humane Society. I met an Irish Wolfhound, and talking to his owner did not diminish my extreme desire to adopt one in the slightest. This dog is 200 pounds and eats only 3-4 cups of dog food a day! He was a love, and very attached to his owner. Sigh...

I took Riley with me, and she did great. We took lots of breaks in the shade, but she didn't snap at any dogs and invited lots of people to pet her. Many people went out of their way to tell me she was adorable.

The event was pretty busy, and I got a ton of brochures and freebies. We were walking along the sidewalk when Riley turned left and sat down directly in front of a booth handing out cookies. Lots of booths were giving out cookies, but this one was stocked solely with packages full of free cookie samples. That's my girl.

For the rest of my day, I spent it with some great company, had great eats, and a marvelous time.

That's all you're getting out of me.

I was up super late last night watching the first episode of Firefly on Netflix, and tonight is getting pretty late, so I am going to pass out now and wake up whenever the hell I feel like it.

Nice, nice, nice.

Mmmm, dinner.

Sharing one washer and dryer with 13 other people is not bad until someone forgets about their laundry and clogs up the system. I am also mourning the loss of my yard and being able to let the dogs out without having to change out of my pajamas.

There's a big fire up in the mountains and the wind is blowing this way, which means all the smoke and ash is making me nauseated. No one is out except for the one oblivious family playing tennis and me with my insolent dogs.

Today I went to go see Godzilla in 3D at the new IMAX theater in town. It was a lot of fun and good company. :) We made a pretty good dent in our popcorn bucket.

One more week until I have nine days off. Shannon will be here next Monday night!!! That means I have eight days to clean. I expect most of that will be done in haphazard fashion a week from now.

This weekend went by fast, but it was nice. I would really like to work on my puzzle, but I think instead I will take a bath and go to bed. Maybe read for once. Curl up with my doggies and the kitty and go to sleep before 11 for a change.

I think this week will be calmer than last week. Well, I just decided that. I have some things to finish before I disappear for a week. I am so looking forward to that. And a chicken patty. I am looking forward to eating one.

Shortest blog ever.

I should be in bed now, blah blah blah. I should also not be eating chicken while I type.

I just had my first date in 11 years.

That is all.

:)

Yes, it's still me

For once, somebody wins the good sister award besides Tracy.

I have been moving Riley's kennel into the living room during the day for light and air and a change of scenery. Jasmine normally sleeps on my bed all day, but for the last two days, she has camped out on the couch. Awww, what a good sister.

Patti, my awesome coworker, says that my eyebrows are perfect (!) and my haircut is cute, but she wants me to try blow drying my hair. I didn't roll my eyes or anything! What?

How am I going to nap, take the dogs out, and clean up before Jody comes over to bake cookies? I'll figure it out, but I'd better get going.

Adsholes

Well, I was supposed to go to bed after that, but instead I was wandering around online and finally went to close all my tabs and what do I see hanging out on Facebook? An ad for The Night Guest available on Kindle from Amazon. Jesus, that was fast! If only we could take all that money spent on advertising and do something useful with it.

Already bought the book, guys. Your newest effort still fails, but hey- bonus points for being creepy!