Today was a day unlike any other. Actually, no it wasnt. My entire morning was exactly the same as yesterday and that is just fine by me. This morning I did everything I do as always, breakfast, dogs, coffee. But, I forgot to make Emily’s lunch. Oops. Happens. No matter how much I operate on habit, I still am able to forget obvious things. Fortunately, none of what I do in the morning is life threatening when skipped. She ended up getting a “chicken something” at Carls. It was horrible. Or so she says. There is a little fallout for missing her lunch.
I did go to workout after reading the paper. Paper was, as usual, of little consequence. It may be that the paper has always been this way and I just dont remember. Or maybe, back in the day, all we had was the paper so it seemed more important. I dont know.
Workout was great. Lasts just under an hour. The elliptical I warmup on has a TV. Very few channels, no sound, plus subtitles. Makes the warmup half as boring. Plus side is I am probably getting into better shape. We can only hope.
After workout I went hone and showered and got ready for the day. It takes awhile to get the dogs ready. Its kinda cold and crisp outside and my old dogs need to be wearing their jackets outside. I have to get them dressed so they stay warm. Taffy is still recuperating from her surgery so she stays inside. But I put a jacket on her too. She needs to have her stitches covered as well and the jacket works well as that. So no “cone of shame” for her to wear.
I left for work awhile later. Unfortunately I forgot to go to the bank as I intended. Today I am having a bad memory day. I need less to remember. Again, as I think about my day I have a hard time remembering anything I actually accomplished. I did do payroll, it is Friday.
Emily and I had an appointment with an architect at 4 pm. His office is next to Curtis Park. We talked for about an hour and a half. He knows everything and does some really cool shit. We saw a few pictures of past work and his office is really cool as well. He would be very good to work with. He really works as a guide and consultant and we would choose what the destination was and what stops to make on the way. Of course, he would draw the plans as well. Tomorrow morning we are speaking with a home designer up in Auburn. She has alot of experience in home design in our area and comes highly
recommended as well. Seems it will be a tough choice. Will see.
After our meeting we decided to grab a bite. Since we were next to Curtis Park, we headed down Franklin Blvd to Pangaea Cafe. Its owned by a client and I owe him a visit. I seldom get past the Hideaway, another clients place, which is up the street. They have great burgera and its a bar so I have that too. Pangaea has an award winning burger which is what I ordered along with loaded fries, loaded with shredded meat and bbq sauce and pickled onion. Tasty.
While we were there a car hit a pedestrian in the crosswalk out front. It was like a floor show for our dinner. We had people, injured girl screaming, cops fire trucks, craziness. Not the kind of thing you see every day. At least I don’t.
Most of that excitement was done by the time we left. Just cops milling around talking to people. The traffic down Franklin moves at a really fast clip and drivers dont pay attention. So no big surprise there are problems.
We drove home after dinner. We got here and rousted the dogs and got rhem fed. I received some Christmas gifts in the mail so I wrapped those. No sense in waiting till later. Then we just watched TV for a couple hours. Emily is actually asleep in front of the fire. She always claims she listens to the TV in her sleep. Right.
Its bed time. I am going to water the dogs and put the wife to bed. Then me too.