Just a few little things today. Last night I realized
that the dogs have taken over Sheila's jobs. It was Sheila who made
sure I went to the couch to sleep at night. After she died, I
thought--how nice. I can stay up as long as I want! But no, now
both Polly and Lizzie dance around, poke me or bark when they think it's
time for me to go to sleep. They never did that before. Also, Sheila
used to walk back and forth in front of the couch, so I could first pet her
backside and then pet her head. Then she'd lie down next to me and
sleep there. Suddenly Lizzie is doing the walk-pat thing. She
doesn't turn around like Sheila did, but she walks past me twice, then
climbs into her chair to go to sleep. Kinda nice, actually.
* * *
Had lunch with my friend Kathy today. As usual, we
talked and talked and talked. We trashed a local production I (and
everyone else) had given a bad review to (it has closed early), talked a lot
about Donald Trump and the current political situation, and eventually got
around to an offspring update. We were there about an hour and a half,
about half an hour after we finished eating. But the waitress had told
us it was her birthday today and I gave her a bigger tip than I would have
normally and wrote "happy birthday" on the receipt.
* * *
I came home and immediately sat down to finish my book,
which I was so close to doing. I've been on a real reading jag lately.
I've already read more books in 2015 than I did in all of 2014. I had
finished "The Martian" couple of days ago and had started "Chasing the Dime"
by Michael Connelly at Logos last week and was so close to the end.
So I didn't do anything until I finished it. Then I wrote a review for
the Books Read in 2015.
When I finish writing a review for this web site, I always copy it into my
list of read books
on Good Reads. It wasn't until I started to post the review that I
realized I read the book in 2011 Trust me, I remember absolutely
nothing about the book and nothing in the book while I was reading it
sounded familiar. It must not have made much of an impression on me in
2011! (Good book, tho.)
* * *
I finally finished a package to send off to Compassion, with
letters and little gifts for several of the kids. i started it awhile
ago, but didn't realize HOW long ago until I saw there was an introductory
book in it for Eunice, a new sponsored child in Tanzania...I had recorded in
my "stuff sent" file as having been sent in April. Oops!
Fortunately it's not time sensitive, and it takes so long for packages to
get to the kids, it won't make a difference. It feels good to finally
have it sent off.
The post office has been driving me nuts because they have
an employee who goes down the line of people waiting asking them the
questions about liquids or flammables, do you want stamps or anything, do
you want a mail box? It always seemed a ridiculous waste of time since
when you get to a clerk s/he asks you the exact same questions.
However all I had was a flat rate envelope and when she asked if I was going
to pay by credit card, so told me I didn't have to wait in line and that she
could ring me up right away. I feel better now about the double
questoins!
* * *
The 2014 Oscar nominated films are slowly being released to
the pay channels, so I finally got a chance to see Whiplash
tonight....wonderful, yet pretty scary performance by J.B. Simmons, who won
the award for best supporting player. Definitely no Farmers Insurance
guy! To be recorded in the next couple of days are Foxfire
(which got Steve Carell nominated), and The Theory of Everything.
I'll eventually get to see them all.
* * *
I'm getting a free box of Haagen Dazs ice cream bars.
We have little snack bars after dinner and last night my bar was not ice
cream. It tasted like ice milk and was grainy in texture. So I
wrote to Haagen Dazs and told them, politely, how often we eat their bars
and how I was surprised by this one. I got a very nice letter back
from customer service this morning, explaining about the effect of
temperature change on ice cream and telling me that they would be sending me
a coupon for a free box of bars. I have had very good luck with
complaint letters, always being polite and never expecting anything. I
also feel it necessary to write about GOOD service or something that pleases
me. Seems only fair.
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