August 12, 2012

• And its going to be even hotter today.  My first load of laundry went in at 4:30 this morning so I won't have to run the dryer after 8am.  Yesterday at one point, I had seven fans running throughout the house.  My main concern is to keep the pets as comfortable as possible.  Buk and Timber seem to be handling the heat okay, but its the other two cats that are not happy.  Leon the Maine Coon has a gigantic long hair coat and is living under my bed with his own personal fan.  Neko, my little girl cat is, as one friend puts it, dumber than a rock but oh so pretty.  However, she has surprised me by figuring out how to hog the fan I have pointed directly at my bed.  Buk and I were out the door by 6:30am yesterday to hit the grocery store.  I was out in the yard by 7:30am to water, etc.  It was still nice and cool out there and very enjoyable, so I think that is my plan of attack again today.  The wonderful thing about hitting the grocery store that early?  The bakery was just putting out bagels fresh from the oven.  I used my ninja skills and managed to snag a still warm one off of one the pan that were sitting out unattended.  Breakfast was positively delightful!

  My neighbor and I did some patio time yesterday afternoon.  It was a nice break and we had a lovely breeze for about 15 minutes. She said she loves being able to come and go in my backyard whenever she sees me out and is going to really miss that when she has to move. I'm so glad I got wicker patio chairs with foot stools-perfect for putting feet up!  Sam and I are hitting the movie theater midmorning to see the new "Bourne" movie.  I do love Jeremy Renner and have followed his career since "The Hurt Locker".  Of course, I love my movie time.  But that means I'm going to miss the closing ceremony for the Olympics and had wanted to see The Who play.  I'll probably be able to find it tomorrow on You Tube.

  I got my weekly Hollywood magazine reading caught up in between cleaning out cabinets.  Have faithfully recorded all the fall/winter movie release dates on my calendars.  Putting another Oscar prediction out there-Ben Affleck will be nominated for Best Director for "Argo".  That movie looks amazing and we are very excited about it!  Kathryn Bigelow who won for "The Hurt Locker" will not have a chance with her new Osama Bin Laden movie-waaaaaay too controversial.  

  I heard from the ex yesterday who I am now relying on getting my Tristan updates from.  Andie and Tristan came home from the hospital Friday.  Matt is doing bottle duty every two hours.  The ex sent me a picture of him holding Tristan and Baby T (my nickname for him!) looks just like Matt when he was a baby.  Matt posted a picture of Tristan's first bath in Instagram last night.  I'm taking every little tidbit about the boy that I can. When I was up and down last night, I kept looking at the clock and wondering if Matt was up, bottle in had. And that's enough of that before I start crying.

  I think I may have hit on a magic formula for sleeping!  I got a total of 4 hours last night-not all at once, but I take what I can get.  I got back on the stair step machine (exerise!) yesterday, this herbal supplement stuff I found at Target and a big cup of Sleepytime tea before bed.  Keeping my fingers crossed.

  The ex leaves on a 10 day cruise on Wednesday.  He was dropping very broad hints about me going over every day to take care of his yard.  Since he lives in the house that I used to live in, I got real stupid.  For years I took care of the sunpots and hanging plants.  It would take me an hour and a half every day to water them.  I now have my own yard to take care of.  Me doing things like that is not in the Marital Separation Agreement that was final 4/25/05.  Like I said, I got real stupid and didn't pick up on any of his hints.  Doing stuff like that isn't my job and not my problem.

  Sam and I are definitely going to Sea World for an afternoon/evening this week.  I checked ticket pricing on line and they are talking about a Southern California pass that only cost $5 more than an admission ticket and is good until the end of the year.  I want to know what the catch is.  If its true, I'm getting Sam and I one.  He likes to go and I'm very content going for a few hours every few weeks by myself.  All that walking is good exercise and I can go see the shows and ride the roller coaster which are things that Sam refuses to do.  So it could potentially be a win/win situation.  Plus, they now have snow at Christmas time.  I would find it very funny to throw a snowball at Sam while a sea gull is flying directly over.

  I'm pretty sure its obvious by now I have a warped sense of humor.

  But I would get a giggle out of it!

  Time to go turn on a couple more fans......

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