Today seems like it’s going to be just like yesterday. Of course, damn near every workday is the same. It’s like chain smoking only not that healthy.
I was up at same time as yesterday. Did the same things, which is no real surprise to anyone reading this. I would like to make morning routine thrilling but I would have to lie through my teeth to get that. I can do that. Give me some time to come up with believable lies. I won’t have to work to hard for that since most people will believe anything.
So kicked Emily out at 730. Coffee in one hand. Lunch in the other. Quick kiss. And gone.
I returned inside, I see her off on the driveway, and grabbed my overnight bag. The black one. You know, the one I dragged all over Europe. And I packed. I’m leaving. Leaving I say! Overnight, to Bodega Bay with Emily and the dogs. Gonna stay at my bro in laws house on the coast there. It’s pleasant. I am packing early because it’s better than packing under stress at 330 when we want to get the hell out. I also packed some of my delicious diet food to tide me over. Once all packed, I showered and shaved and dressed for work.
And off. And it’s only 930. Early. On my drive I realized I had still not stopped off at my buddy Jim’s tire shop. Have not seen him since I left on vacay. So a quick detour into town. Quick. No.
So Jim had lots to discuss. What’s going in, what was going on, what’s doin next week. A lot. I also got some really sad news, my friend of 35 years who is also my dentist, died right before we got back. Ted Ramirez. I met him at the bar, me tending and him drinking very little, in Davis around 1984. He was a dentist in Dixon at the time and I lived in Davis. But, we became friends. Emily did too, she worked in the same joint. Six years later when we moved to Dixon, he was one of the first I went to see. And I of course started coming to his office. It is quite a shock. With every passing year more go but I still can’t reconcile it.
So my first thought was to text Emily which is when I realized I had left my phone at home. GD it. So none of that. I just left and went to the office.
Slow, disconcerting drive it was. Mind was wandering. That changed when I got to work. Only one employee in. No surprise, it’s a holiday weekend. And today, the phone was ringing off the hook. I hate days like that. I actually had to answer the phone several times. Thanks for your sympathy. And I had no phone where I keep my appointments so I had to use my actual brain to remember when they were. I did that. It was The who of it that was a problem. A self answering one of course. Problem for me, I want to leave at 300 and last appointment is at 2. So be it.
I managed to get through all three appointments, none to exciting, and I left by 315. Hello holiday weekend. I had a fine drive home, quick, a couple of bothersome assholes on my section of the road but I managed to push them away.
I got home by 4 which is past the self imposed time of 330. Someone needs to punish me. We took about 15 minutes to pack up dogs and our bags. Then off.
We stopped at Sam’s for food. Esp the 3 lb tomahawk steaks I have written about. The size of a small child. And some sides, veg and salad. Then off. 2 hours of driving to get to the coast. I always forget how long it takes to get there. Too long.
We are here now. And it’s late evening. We have unpacked of course. Dinner was a joy in a poorly stocked and somewhat dirty kitchen. Was going to bbq the steak but realized I would need to clean the bbq, find the charcoal and starter and matches. At about this time I said, to myself since I was alone, fuck this shit. I went inside and turned on the broiler. We are using the oven. It will be just as good. It wasn’t. Emily sautéed carrots in maple syrup. Plus salad. And a not very good bottle of Merlot I found in the house wine rack. Don’t worry, I put a bottle of sweet red table wine back in its place. Was a gift. So I gave it. Haha.
Emily is currently scavenging for an edible dessert. I believe she will find nothing. Nothing I will eat at least. I am going to bed. Very soon
We are go