;)
This morning I was trying to finish up some laundry that I hadn't gotten done last night, and I was answering email, and I made my lunch and filled out a deposit slip and addressed a birthday card to one of our nephews, then poured myself a bowl of cereal and carried it upstairs with me while I got dressed.
Bob woke up and asked me if I was running late, and I said I was--he said, "Yeah, I just wondered why you were eating your breakfast in the bedroom."
I got dressed, finished my cereal, kissed him goodbye, grabbed my bag and a bottle of water out of the refrigerator, and headed out the door. It wasn't until I was a couple of blocks away that I realized I had forgotten to bring in the paper and put out the flag, and it wasn't until a couple of miles away that I realized I'd left my lunch sitting on the kitchen counter.
;)
If it hadn't been Monday, I would have gone back, but since it was, I didn't. I hate Mondays.
I was sitting in my chair in the corner reading last night, Pyewacket was in the kitty tower looking out the window, and Dinah came over and jumped up in my lap. I didn't see her coming, though, and didn't get the book out of the way in time, so when she landed, she hit the book, and it startled her, and she jumped back down.
;)
But even though that didn't work out, she still apparently wanted some comfort, so she jumped up onto the kitty tower next to Pyewacket. This happens so rarely that I grabbed the camera and took a few shots before Pyewacket turned around and swatted her. Bob came home, though, before that happened, and Pye jumped down and ran to the front door to greet him, thus saving Dinah from another rejection.
(Click each picture for a larger version.)
I went back to Amazon this morning to see what they would be offering me discounts on, wondering if it might be things that I was actually interested in. Stainless steel flatware, a twelve dollar cheese grater, a "double burner," which I guess is something like an external hard drive, but for a stove, a "Tower Fan with Remote Control" (actually, that's not too bad a guess, except that it costs $80 and its ugly) and (get this!) the "ultimate turbo nose/ear trimmer." Eww. The new list only reinforces my belief that the "Gold Box" offers have absolutely nothing to do with the person receiving the "offers," but are just stuff they're trying to get rid of.
There's something so nice about anticipation. I forgot my lunch, as I said, so J.B. and I went out foraging; she sort of wanted quiche from the café across the street, but that didn't appeal to me; I sort of wanted Mexican, but the Mexican place is closed on Mondays. She suggested trying the veggie burger from Burger King, but I wasn't keen on actually having to get in the car and drive somewhere, only to go to Burger King ...
We ended up at Habashi House, a Mediterranean restaurant, where I got a veggie gyro and she got babaganoush, then we went next door and got lemon squares from a coffee shop.
The gyro was wonderful, but as I was enjoying it, in the back of my mind, I was thinking, "Lemon square for dessert!"
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): If I hung out with you this
week, Sagittarius, I'd probably feel fascination and agitation
mixed with sweetness and confusion. Being in your presence
might have a resemblance to lounging in a hot tub while hassling
on the phone with a friend whose feelings I'd hurt. Being with
you might be like dancing to inspiring music all night around a
beach bonfire with my tribe, knowing that earlier that day my
landlord had given me notice and I had to start looking for a new
place to live. Being with you in the coming days might have a
certain similarity to eating pizza-flavored ice cream, or
watching "Fear Factor" on TV with the sound off while listening
to a New Age meditation CD. No, my dear, you definitely won't be
boring.
~ Free Will Astrology
