Lazy(?) days of summer

this space saved for something witty, profound and entertaining.

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Aghchhhhkkkhhhhhhhhhhh....! A? That IS me. I....oh geezo, I must be old! This was taken by Don in the days of our dating. Circa 2002. My, how the years have changed me, huh? Maybe I'll put up a new one and you can gawk at the BIG diff!

Laughed out loud at Mel's comment, though... :-D

Ho hum... Remember when you were young and summer vacation seemed like forEVER?? yeah. Well, this summer break has been BY FAR the quickest in my life. July flew by and I can't remember a darn thing I did! I had plans planned and accomplishments to accomplish. Now it's August and next thing you know I'm heading back to work. grumble...

Friday I'm having surgery, so I have that to look forward to... (unrelated to last year's world of fun, but it's surgery none-the-less and I'd much rather go to the beach or something) shitmumblegrumble.... We'd all made plans to visit some friends in Northern Ca next week. ALL of us--Don and the kids and yours truly. Now, it's unlikely. damn... Then, the next thing I know, I'm back at my desk at work. With that NEW office manager! grumblesomemore...

Maybe I can use this last little bit of time to work on my attitude adjustment!?

Let's see. Guess I should think a little harder. What HAVE I done with the time?

• I'm 92% finished with a filing cabinet project that's been hanging over my head.
• I went through a blur of appointments of some kind, or another. Physical therapy for my neck/back that I'd like to think is helping but as I'm typing with an aching back I'm not so sure.
• I made exactly one trip to the beach with a buncha magazines, lunch and a girlfriend. It was brief but lovely.
• I've spent some very enjoyable quality moments with my kids.
• Read a book or two...
• Don and I walk every evening ... some of those evening walks take us to our new outdoor mall. They have jazz some nights and it's just so lovely to sit out in the courtyard with my sweetie listening to the music. We try to catch local live music whenever we can and during the summer months it's easy to find a place to sit outside and enjoy some music.
• Last weekend, we were adventurous old folks and went dancing. We didn't break a hip or anything! It was a great bar, with quite a mix of people. The music was fun and the people watching was at it's finest!

Okay, so maybe it wasn't so bad. But it WAS fast! Today, I baked a banana bread and ran some errands and did some laundry and met some friends for a quick bite.

And I just took this. The older version of me. Circa 5 minutes ago. Isn't my cat CUTE???