Leisurely Sunday

This weekend has been extraordinarily wonderful. Why? Because there was little planned and lots of room for doing whatever we wanted.

Slept in Saturday, waking up to our 2 cats walking across my face, no doubt chastising me for not getting up earlier to do the important things like feed them. Read the paper, cup of coffee in hand, to prepare myself for the day ahead. Ah, this is the life.

After checking e-mails, playing a few games of Alchemy and trying rather unsuccessfully to do something meaninfgul, we pulled ourselves together to head out into the day. Up ahead - meeting up with some long-time friends for a casual soiree. How great to be invited! On the road mid afternoon, headed for Los Angeles.

Traffic was fairly gnarly through Camarillo due to an air show that had drivers slowing to gawk at the vintage planes flying low. We enjoy listening to audio books and although we each have one we're listening to in our respective cars, we didn't bring one to start anew. So, having a new paperback, I began to read aloud. My choice - Mr. Monk in Outer Space. We greatly enjoy watching the Monk series on TV so the characters are familiar and it's easy to get into the story. This worked well as time flew by for me as the reader, and hopefully, for the driver as well.

As we approached our destination, Highland Park, we side-stepped briefly to locate an address for our very talented niece, Leslie Spencer-Smith. She's off doing a show somewhere so we didn't stop, but at least now we know where she lives (if she's ever home!). Up the road a short piece to the home of old friend Steve (the Urban Lumberjack) Marshall, who was hosting this gig.

How delightful to see Rocky, John and Diane - dear friends there with whom I've shared many adventures. Ah, the memories.

Sunday was a day of relaxation and housey-stuff. Shopping at Costco, doing laundry, things like that.

Preparing for start of school this next week. I'm taking 2 classes (it's been a few years since I took any full semester classes) and continuing to teach 2 days a week. Jim is teaching 2 night classes, taking us right up until Christmas.

Before you know it, 2008 will be over. Hard to fathom the years flying by as they do. We Boomers remember when 1999 seemed a long ways away! Reading 1984 seemed like sci-fi then. Now it's hard to keep up with all the technology. My brain chips are bursting.

Goals for this week - do my 1.5 mile walk 4 times this week. (did today - one down). Eat less. Laugh more. Contact a friend to say hi.