It’s monday morning, about 8am. I have not posted since Thursday unless you count the week old post I just put up a few minutes ago. I forgot. Sorry.
This morning is gray and cool. The view still stretches to the snow capped mountains on the gmfar horizon. It looks cool and in my fatigued state I could sit here staring at it all day. I won’t. Got to head to work.
Emily left for Disneyland with friends yesterday morning. So I have the empty house to myself for a couple days. Wonder what I will do? Maybe work.
This past Friday I had an early day. Left the office at 6 (the horror!) to go out to dinner with Emily. Funny thing, I have only lived up here not even two months and almost every day I go home very late. I drive in the dark. Duh. Today, heading up hwy 49, I felt lost. Everything looks different in the light. I even missed my turnoff because I did not recognize the road in daylight. I need a job with better hours.
Emily and I had dinner plans at the Indian restaurant in Old Town. A friend had suggested it to me and recommended as well. We are used to having excellent Indian at a restaurant outside Dixon where we used to live. So we have high standards. Well, it was as good as our fave, buffet had all the usual foods. Emily ordered the Chicken Vindaloo which was excellent. Next time I may order off the menu as well. I can’t say the place got me totally excited but at the least it’s another choice on a Friday night. I did try the pistachio kulfi dessert. A few months back I had tried my hand at rhubarb kulfi so I had some interest. Btw, kulfi is a frozen dairy dessert, more of a flavored milk base than ice cream. Still creamy but rather hard. It was good. Mine was much better. That doesn’t seem right.
We returned home after dinner. Buttoned things up and went to bed, before 10. I get to sleep in.
Saturday we got up at 630. That IS sleeping in. I have to take my car into shop to replace my lock actuator. As the car steams toward 250k miles, things break. I did not make coffee this morning I figured I would buy a cup. Oh yeah, I almost forgot, before our visit to auto repair we went to see our real estate agent. We are selling the Hammond Ln property and today she wanted to discuss what we are doing. I don’t understand the marketing, that’s why I have her, so was not sure why we needed to meet. But we did. Discussed a few things and went to the property to check it out. Again.
Our lot is on the American River Canyon and this morning, early, mist rising, I realize how truly beautiful it is. I will not miss the bullshit Placer County variance process. That’s why we are selling and not building. But, I will miss the dream of what it could have been. That is sad. Agent thinks it will sell for north of 400k. That would be a tidy profit so no room for sentimentality.
Left the canyon and back to reality. Went to auto repair and dropped car. Then Emily drive us home so I could pick up another car to drive to work. The thrills keep coming. I drive Marikas car, trying to keep it in shape. Wanted to get it detailed too which turned out to be a pipe dream. I went to work, stayed till 1030, then home. To bed.
Ahh Sunday. And again, no newspaper. I have called a million times and they just can’t seem to get it done. Of course, by call them I mean their call center in the Philippines. They are polite but get norhing done. I have tried calling whatever number I have stateside and still nothing. I am going to try again. The one number I can’t get is the local distributor. I think I could get them moving if I could talk to them.
We went in to the car dealer Sunday to pick up my car and to test drive a new one. Emily has grown to dislike her new used HRV and we are looking at a Civic. I can see a new car in our future. We got there about 930 and I got my car keys. Then we found a salesman to help us. The guy we had been speaking too was out with a massive case of poison oak so he was not gonna be back anytime soon. We cruised around Auburn, car was nice. I liked it. We decided to buy it, but, of course, Em wanted a few extra features. So we ended up upgrading our choice to a more plush model. Did not cost much more, and she is driving it, not me. I liked the first one. So we have a new car. She is driving it to Disneyland today.
We drive home, stopped at the bank for a check in the way, got home and I got ready for work. She got ready for Disneyland. I left for work with the dog, can’t be home alone on such a long day. Emiky left for Disneyland.
Worked all day, no big. One visitor, a pizza guy, not much else going on. Worked till 1030. Home and bed. Another thrilling day/weekend.