Monday morning an d the black cat is doing her thing. Climbing in my lap as I sit at the table, running her head into me. Climbing onto the table. Alternating. Sitting. What does go through her head?
Today is first 530am call since 10 days ago. No more spring break for Emily. Or me. Now I have to get up early. Do the deeds. Feed animals, put dog out before he poops in the house again (oops), breakfast for all, coffee for the few. Usual. Oh yeah, be annoyed by the cat. The attention deprived one standing on the table whipping me with her tail.
Marika is home from the tropics for a few. She is going to an old friends wedding today in SF. Should be fun. Very small wedding. I have known Bella, the bride, longer than my daughter, as it were, but no invite. It’s ok.
Emily and I will be going to work. No party. Marika did show up Saturday morn near 5am at SFO or maybe Oakland. We did not pick her up. She called a friend in Rohnert Park for a ride. Though later on Em did drive to Petaluma and pick her up. At least at a decent hour.
We got up Saturday morning, usual thing. Before I went to work, and Emily to Petaluma, we ran a few errands like hardware store and nursery. Weekend stuff.
Speaking of weekend stuff, I spent the balance of Saturday at the office working on tax returns. Hey, when I find something that works for me, I stick with it. No excitement here.
I did leave work early to join the girls for dinner at home. We had chili dogs. Fine, healthy meal. With sweet potato fries. And a very nice salad. We are going out tomorrow night.
After dinner I suggested going out for a cocktail. Emily begged off cuz she always does so Marika and I went to the Club Car in Old Town. Turns out, Auburn really rolls up the sidewalks on Saturday. Club Car is the only late night bar and eatery in town. There was a band playing too. We had a fine time, drinks are cheap, had no food, just hung out. Tomorrow night we are coming back for dinner. Mostly because it’s damn near the only place open for dinner on a Sunday.
Or the only place. Sidewalks unrolled Monday morning.
We went home and went to bed. Late. They are open till one and still serving food. This place is the place for late night.
Sunday was a regular work day. I skipped all the usual things except making coffee. That is a must. Went off to work and worked all day till about 645. We have a 730 res for dinner at Club Car. I mentioned that. I drove straight there due to time constraints. I’m in the race car so it’s fun to be in a hurry.
I arrived about 720. Turns out Emily got a little lost on her way here. Auburn is a very old place and has lots of off kilter streets which leads to confusion at times. Like this one.
I grabbed our table and waited for the girls. Not much doing. They arrived about 15 minutes later. I was tracking them on my phone. I am hooked to Emily through find friends so I can stalk her. I watched her make a wrong turn. Town is also small so she did finally arrive.
We had a nice meal, a few drinks, and enjoyed ourselves. During dinner I had remembered to call Kary our RE agent because she is working on our land sale. Turns out she was still at work and working on our shit. So I invited her to dinner and she decided to come by and hang out. I knew she would not eat anything or have a drink, I know what she is like. Very thin. But it’s still nice to see her and have a chat. Turns out Kary just sold her place, kinda off the cuff, and moved. Has no idea what she is going to do. Brave woman.
Well, I think we actually closed the place down. Last table for sure. We have long since finished eating and drinking. Time to go.
We said our goodbyes and headed home for bed.