Up late today. See, Saturday is not all work. Slept in till 7. Crazy time.
The gd Dog up early many times during the night. How does he know what day it is? Jaxon can be very annoying. Best part, he wakes up Emily and not me to go out. I guess he knows she will be nice to him. I am a little mean if woken.
So, the paper arrived. 2nd day in a row. I am buying a lotto ticket.
Our breakfast, though it’s a weekend, is the same as any weekday. I made gruel for Emily and I made myself nastycakes and out yogurt on top. Sweetened with maple sugar. Same thing I had Friday. Seems like we only have special breakfast when we have guests or go out. Otherwise, feh.
Today is a huge day. Huge. Say it like Trump. We are driving to Petaluma to get the last of Marikas stuff out of Mary’s house where she lived most of last year. I swear this is the last trip for this reason at least. The trip is usually about an hour and thirty or forty five. Today it took 3 hours. That’s right. And I can say the traffic was bad, just very consistently slow. Kinda on the miserable side of trips.
Got there and cleaned out the leftovers in ten minutes. Quick. We hoped the return trip would be faster. Opposite direction and it’s later. Sounds good, right? No. Traffic bad going east.
There were two stops on the way home, scheduled at least. First place was Westerbeke Ranch. That’s Emily’s yoga retreat hang out. She had bought a gift for the master gardener working there. Emily goes so often to the Ranch that she knows everyone. So a pit stop. I got a chance to look around the grounds. Nice place.
The other stop was a fast errand on the way back. A stop at Sams Club for hot dogs and cupcakes. Sounds great. Except, cupcakes were just for the kindergarten class year end party and the dogs were our lunch. And not very good. Costco has far better.
The drive continues. I got a call, Emily’s new watch is ready at the jewelers. Now another stop. Only slightly out of the way. 10 minutes. I have been looking forward to seeing the watch as customized by Sharif. It’s a pre owned Rolex to which they added a jeweled bezel and a red watch face. It is dazzling. She likes it. I think that’s good for an off the cuff purchase. While there the boss made me a couple cups of Turkish coffee. They do an excellent job. Thick black coffee, sweetened strongly too. Very hot in the little tiny cups you would expect. I like it. And I was tired which the clerk noticed. Smart people.
I texted pics of the watch to all who may want to see it. Bob texted back to come by. He and Renee live just a few minutes away, and in our direction of travel. So we stopped off. And did not have a cocktail or wine. Or food. All offered. But the day is long and we is tired. I just wanted to show them what Emily got. Bling bling.
Drive back home. No stops. Direct. It can be done.
Home. Made dinner. Open face sandwiches, meat and cheese on a baguette. Randy joined us. He is our Kato Kaelin. We had dessert too. Left over ice cream cake from Emily’s birthday. It was slightly freezer burned. Ate it anyway. Hey, it’s ice cream.
I watched a little murder porn on tv. I thought Emily was coming back to watch too. Turns out she rudely went to bed. Without me. That’s not nice. It’s not as if I watch any worthless tv. I just go along. So I went to bed too. So there. And gave her shit for not saying anything.
I should mention the weather. We have been getting weird storms. Now the weather service has switched to TV warnings so we can’t ignore the weather. Thunderstorms. Wind. Right outside my door. Kinda crazy. But it’s been on and off a couple days. I ignore it. But it is a nice show.
Bed. Yes I went to bed. In spite of the light show outside. I am tired. As only an all day drive can tire you. I read a little and fell asleep