Well, it's not going to kill you

Ya, right on top of things here...

And I thought I was doing so well :)  I got up this morning attended to Larry's needs, hopped in the shower, put on make-up (I seriously cannot tell you the last time I put on make-up even my standard mascara because my allergy has been so bad this year) AND high heels (last time was for a Christmas) party.  Managed to get myself out the door, drive to the venue only to discover that today was not Oct. 1.

Tomorrow, Oct. 1, there is a luncheon honoring my oncologist Dr. Fun. She is retiring from practice, sob, moving to Southern CA, sob, sob, and going into cancer research, ok this is a good thing.

It did result in me remembering to call Marissa to wish her happy 18th birthday, I would have probably totally forgotten.

sorry had to stop momentarily to rescue a mouse from Emme, she is suitably pissed and still checking in the kitchen because she KNOWS it was there.  I think this might have been her very first capture.  I told her how wonderful she was but mice belong outside, not inside - she won't even let me pet her.

Larry continues to amaze me.  There's really very little I need to do for him, except he is  at my mercy when it come to getting his brace on.  That one thing he can't do himself.

I, on the other hand, am pretty sure I left half my brain at one of the hospitals along the way and am totally exhausted.  Dr. Sanity assures me these are perfectly natural reaction to the events of the last 6 - 8 weeks and I will recover after I catch up on my sleep.

Never again!

We had an adventure today.  That's the last time we'll have that adventure!!!

 My Mom, uncle and cousin were coming back from a visit to Garberville.  We usually meet them for lunch either when their going up or coming back.  Today we met them of at all places River Rock Casino.  My Mom and uncle love to play the 25 cent slots.

Although this blight upon the landscape as been there for several years Larry and I have never been.  If I spend money I want something for it!

So imagine our delight when we walk into the casino itself.  You open a door and are bombarded with NOISE and cigarette smoke.  Two of my least favorite things.

The restaurant is in the back so you wend your way through the rows of machines many with little old ladies with cigarettes hanging out of the corners of their mouths stuffing money into a machine.  A sight to behold let me tell you. 

 The food wasn't bad, I mean how can you wreck a patty melt ? 

They also have a buffet which Larry cruised through.  They were even generous enough to make a grilled cheese sandwich for my mom which was not on the menu, they just left off the tuna.  The staff and service were nice but the lingering smell of cigarette smoke drifting in from the main floor didn't add a lot to the ambiance.

After lunch the trio headed off to the section of the casino that doesn't allow smoking except in the hallway right outside the rooms that don't allow smoking which I discovered on the way to the restroom.

So there you have it my first and last foray into River Rock.  I had called Dr. Sanity just to get a voice fix before we left.  I got home to a message from her laughing hysterically, saying of all the places to eat in Healdsburg????

Upon arriving home I immediately stripped off all my clothing and tossed them in the washing machine.

 

The Series or Barak

Here's my best recreation of the post I lost.

Currently at our house it's the series, come 8 pm it's Barak.  

Does anyone but me find baseball on tv the MOST. BORING. GAME. EVER?  Well maybe golf but baseball is a close second.  I don't mind it live, Pacbell park is great for people watching and buying way over priced beer.  Yes I know some people call it AT&T park but in the hearts of Giants lovers everywhere it will always be known as Pacbell park.  Just as Monster Park will always be called Candlestick Park.  You can buy way overpriced beer there as well.

A friend of ours (and he's a big fan) says baseball is hours of boredom broken by seconds of excitement.  I have to say I agree with him.

I notice in the backround the game has been replaced by Mythbusters.  If you haven't seen in seek it out.  It's a riot, they really like to blow things up and if you have kids introduce them to the program.  It proves that science can REALLY be fun.  An added bonus one of the scientist is a woman.  Go Kari! Maybe they'll be convinced to be a scientist when they grow up.  God knows we need more of them in this country. If I had a kid they would have been parked in front of Mythbusters from birth.

Who knows you may be raising the person who cures cancer or Parkinson's disease, or develops flying cars.  Parents it's up to you, you just never know. 

A little laugh

I was just reading one of my favorite blogs.  Eliza is incredibly bright, brave and down right fiesty.   I haven't been reading many blogs lately because when you're detached from the world you may as well be detached from the virtual world as well right?

So I was reading this post and it reminded me of a foot incident I had myself a few years ago.

LR and I were in New Orleans.  Actually we were on the New Orleans/Algiers ferry heading over to visit the Mardi Gras Museum.  A gentleman comes over and starts admiring my clogs, they were Birkenstocks so you know they were quite stunning.

So much admiring is going on, he's a podiatry student, do I mine if he slips my shoe off for a closer look, naive being that I can be I say fine, much admiring of my fine high arch ensues and then we're across the river.

Visit to the museum complete we're on the ferry headed back to New Orleans.  I spot the same gentleman doing the same routine.  I look at Larry, he's totally cracking up.  Him "Babe, did you have any idea the man had a foot fetish?"  Me "um, no."

God it feels good to laugh!