Volume 16 - Day 117/249, 2024 - Sunday

Okay, it is Friday, my third favorite day of the week. We had a nice walk this morning, and then I had a relaxing time getting ready to go in to the office. I did what needed to be done, and headed home in time for a nap before I took the girls to the vet for their annual check-ups. Shots, ear hair plucking (?!?), all kinds of check ups, another six month supply of their monthly pills. They both survived, and they are both a little bit lethargic right now. I think the shots do that to them, I know I get lethargic when I get a shot. We got a little sprinkle of rain this afternoon, 0.05" in the gauge. There is rain predicted for the next ten days, with a chance of a couple inches. That would be nice. Tomorrow there are three estate sales, and that is always fun. I also want to do a little bit of organizing in the garage. It seems like I organize the garage a lot, but that is mainly because I have a habit of just putting stuff down where ever there is an empty space. Whatever.

Volume 16 - Day 116/250, 2024 - Thursday

I have wakened tired the last two mornings, even though I feel like I have slept well. Interesting. We had a nice walk this morning, and then I had some breakfast and fed the girls. I had a very disappointing zoom call at 9:30, and that was followed with a few phone calls from participants, voicing their unhappiness as well. Off to the office, I arrived later than I had anticipated, and touched some stuff and met with Kerry and Laura to go over management reports. Today was a plasma day. Full legal name? Date of birth? Are you allergic to iodine? Do you still have your spleen? When I donate platelets or plasma, those questions are asked at least a few times. You learn something everyday; your spleen is where the body stores platelets. It is also interesting that the machine decides if you are going to donate plasma or platelets. Even though I have only done platelets/plasma twice, the machine has said it wants my plasma. In case you are not aware, plasma in a plastic bag looks like pee. It's kind of disgusting looking. AND, it gets really cold in that room when you are laying there for a couple hours. I had my blanky that Teri gave me for Christmas, and even though there were about nine or twelve other prople in the room donating something, I was about to freeze. Then I was too hot. It is a never ending battle. Tomorrow all I have on the schedule is an appointment to take the girls to the vet for shots, and paperwork to take them to Playa in late May. Don't tell them, I want to surprise them!

Volume 16 - Day 115/251, 2024 - Wednesday

Well, it is hump day, and it is mostly downhill from here on to the weekend. We started off with a good walk this morning, and then I was in to the office at about my regular time...9:45 or so. I had a couple things to get done, and a new tenant orientation at 1 o'clock. Everything got done, and I was headed back to the Curious House by about 1:45. I had a couple errands to run, and then I needed to get stuff ready for Book Club, that was meeting at the Curious House. We were not at all over excited about this months book, but we managed. Next month is Stranger in a Strange Land. In the meantime, I have finished End Game, and it was not all that great, more trash on the Royals, and I am starting a book called Sick Puppy that was recommended by Carrie. Hopefully it is a humorous read, I need something that does not cause me to have to think. Tomorrow I have a 9:30 virtual meeting, and then I will be off to the office. I have an appointment to give some platelets tomorrow at 1 o'clock, and that will carry me through the afternoon. I may or may not have anything on my schedule for Friday, I think I will just surprise myself!

Volume 16 - Day 114/252, 2023 - Tuesday

Today was another kind of busy day. Sure, there was the morning walk, and a good time was had by all. The ROMEOs had breakfast this morning, too, and that was fun. It's Tuesday, and that means it is perfect stranger day. This lady was  lot of fun, and so far, I have not been reported to management. That may be a new record! After that, I stopped by a property that will have a new tenant move-in tomorrow, and I think everything that needed to be done has been done. Then it was on to the office, and I touched a few things, and then headed home. I had a couple errands to run (holdovers from yesterday), and again, neither of those things got done. Really frustrating. We had our monthly neighborhood dinner, it it was really a lot of fun, it was a good group. I could probably go on-and-on, but I am a little bit tired. Tomorrow will be a little bit busy, and book club is tomorrow night at the Curious House.

Volume 16 - Day 113/253, 2024 - Monday

Well, well, well. it's Monday, not that there is anything wrong with that. We had a nice, chilly walk this morning. I carry dog treats with me every morning, and there is a dog we see every now and then when we walk through the pocket park. He is a pretty yellow lab (I think), and he doesn't bark at us any more, he just kind of looks at us while we walk. I have not offered him a treat, because I don't have permission from his hoomans. I fixed that yesterday. While I was out, I stopped at the hoomans house, introduced myself, and asked if it was okay for me to give their dog a treat when we see him. They were very gracious, and appreciated me stopping to ask, and said it was okay. The dogs name is Denver. I was ready to give him a treat this morning, but he was not outside. There is always tomorrow. There were some pretty clouds this morning, and I always like clouds, just not total clouds! I made it in to the office, took off for home with four errands to run. O only accomplished two of them because it is Monday. I did get the little white car washed, and I did vote. Today is the furst day of early voting. GO VOTE! My morning glories are doing nicely...more blooms on the trellis, and both pots have little tiny blooms. I just hope they don't all burn up this summer.

Volume 16 - Day 112/254, 2024 - Sunday

Well, hell. It is Monday eve, and it makes me sad! We had a good walk this morning, and once I got back to the Curious House, I did a few little chores, and then met up with Marian and we went BACK to one of the estate sales we hit yesterday, to see what we could find that was 50% off. I bought about $25 worth of stuff, and that is not a bad thing. Later in the day, I went to Costco and walked around in circles for a while, looking for something I wanted and it was right in front of me the whole time. Done. I had dinner tonight with Val, Paulina and Oliver, and now it is time to watch another installment of A Gentleman in  Moscow. Tonight will be the third or fourth installment. Not sure home many installments there will be, but I enjoyed reading the book several years ago. Seven years ago today, Jody and I adopted the girls from the Georgetown Animal Shelter. We had no idea how old they were when we adopted them, but the shelter thought Lexie (aka The Piglet) was three at the time, and Callie was two. They told us they had been raised together and they had been surrendered by someone that was traveling around the country in a big RV. I thought part of traveling around in a big RV was to have a couple dogs with you, but, whatever. The Piglet took to Jody immediately, and Callie just hung out in the background. We adopted them both, and once we got them home, they acted like they had never seen the other in their lives. The Piglet is still a clingy little girl, and she cannot be more than a foot or two out of my sight at any given time. Callie remains the laid back calm one, with a take-it-or-leave-it kind of attitude. So, I guesstimate the Piglet is not ten, and Callie is nine. They both have a good life, and just like me, they are lucky, LUCKY girls.

Volume 16 - Day 111/255, 2024 - Saturday

I was just another grey and kind of dribbly rain day today...we are on a streak of those days, but I am pretty sure the sun will be shining at some point in the near future. We had a good walk, stayed mostly dry, and then it was time for a bit of a nap. Before you knew it, it was time for estate sales, and we hit seven of them. Once again, they were all kind of underwhelming. Marian and I are going back to one tomorrow morning, everything will be half price. I have had the windows open for the last couple days, but it is chilly outside, and it is starting to rain, so the windows are closed. It will be in the 50s tomorrow morning when we walk, but it will all be okay. I am still disappointed that I have not seen any humming birds at my feeders. I cleaned the feeders this morning, and refilled them, so maybe that will encourage them to hang out. I hope so. I am very happy to report that the first morning glory of the season was spotted this morning, and I hope there will be more very soon. I did not have any white ones (morning glory look-alikes) last year, but I am hopeful for this year. I may have gone a little overboard with the morning glories this year, in addition to those up against the back wall, I have also planted two pots, and put them up against the back deck and the side fence. I have almost everything off my chore list done, and it is time to just lean back!