Be Here

"Feet on the ground. Move them and feel the ground where you stand Kathleen."

Ground myself. Stop circling. Be here.

Sometimes I get worked up and a thought will spiral in my head, getting bigger and bigger. Can't breath. Can't move on.

But I'm learning.

Today a friend posted this on his Facebook wall. I like it.

http://m.9gag.com/gag/5195045

Dancing with Henry

I was the lucky girl who got to babysit Henry this morning! Normally Gorgeous or Aunt Sarah get to, but they were busy, so the aunt to be least trusted got him!!

We danced, we drank, and we passed out for nap! 'Cause that's how Aunt Kitty does baby sitting.

Swing, disco, mexican hat, tap, samba, and the charleston...

Lunch with David

I had a great lunch with David Sedaris today. He loves having lunch with me because no one bothers him, it's like he's invisible to the world.

Today I was in the mood for Thai, David always lets me pick the place and I always pick up the check. There's this yummy cafe style place near work, Blue Ginger, and I love their Panang Curry (spicy x 2.)

So, David had me in stitches as soon as the waiter took the order. He launched right into the story about his childhood idiosyncrasies, A Plague of Tics. Yes, I've heard David tell this story many times but it still tickles me.

My snorts of laughter drew the attention of more than one patron, but really, I have to be forgiven when I'm with David. He's just too much!

The waiter interrupted David several times. I'd ask David to pause and then repeat the last 10 seconds, he always accommodates. Such an enjoyable lunch companion and the check was so cheap it was as if we'd only ordered one meal.

Eggcellent

Little did I know when I woke up this morning that I would have such an eggcellent day! All thanks to Karen Rash.

My day started early... but not as early as Karen Germany, who drove 30 minutes out of the way to pick me up for work. I have great friends!

From there my morning was a bit rocky, nothing bad happened, it just wasn't smooth sailing. So I was really happy when the clock told me it was time for lunch. 

I ate with Karen, Karen, and Stacy. This is when I found out about the egg trick! Karen tried to buy a raw egg from our cafe but they wouldn't sell her one. I was so disappointed! I told them they couldn't do the trick until Friday 'cause it was going on my blog.

When it turned out that both Karens were going to be on vacation on Friday Karen Rash went out and bought eggs. (AWESOME!)

Here is Karen, right before this eggcellent, eggciting eggsperiment...

This made my day and I had to try it.  My technique was not as good as Karen's and when I got yolk all over my hand Karen Germany almost lost her lunch... tehe.

Some Egg Humor from BasicJokes.com

Question: Why can't you tease egg whites? 

Answer: They can't take a yolk.

Question: What happens when you tell an egg a joke? 

Answer: It cracks up!

Rescuers and Rock Stars

Hmmmm. I broke the car today. Classic.

I'd noticed the driver's wheel trembling this morning on the way to work and called hubby. He was going to swap cars after work. But the minivan had plans of its own.

Even though it was raining I decided to run out and pick up lunch. I dashed down to the car because I never have an umbrella when it rains. I reversed out of the parking spot and then put the car in drive. A horrible grinding noise and the car shuttered... But the engine was running fine.

Park. Reverse. Neutral. Drive. Over and over I tried to get something to work, but just more groaning and death rattles. And I'm blocking the exit for this row if parking.

"Karen, I need you to come down and steer my car while I push it back into a spot." I said as soon as she answered the phone.

FOREVER later Karen came along... But with backup. Mike and Rico to the rescue!

"This is boy work" Karen said as she walked up to the car.

And even though I felt bad that they were getting soaked in the rain I was glad they were there. They gave me real words to use when I called hubby, "transition" instead of "bad noise."

Hubby made a lot of calls this afternoon, important arrangements for the car. I only made one call... Important arrangements for getting home!

The tow truck arrived at 4:30 and had my car loaded just in time for my sister to pick me up. (Bonus, I got to visit with Kate and Henry.)

We'll get a rental tomorrow afternoon. My good buddy Karen offered to pick me up for work in the morning, which is way out of her way. She's a rock star! I offered to buy her lunch... but she was already packing it... and sent me a photo. Tehe, but it looks yummy.

Hunger Strike

There was only one blemish on our vacation... one that caused tears and stress. Kitty went on a hunger strike at the vet.

I had been stressed about leaving Kitty and I'd even had a nightmare about her dying while we were gone, she's getting older. Plus we've never boarded her before. I called on Monday to check on her and they told me she hadn't eaten since Saturday but not to worry they were trying different foods to entice her.

Tuesday they force fed her and we decided to run some tests. Bladder infection, not an uncommon reaction to stress. We started her on medicine and also gave her a hunger stimulant.

Wednesday was a little better and by Thursday she was eating on her own again.

I am so happy we boarded with the vet. It was more expensive but worth it.

Kitty came home today. Hubby said she's been cuddly all day. She still had lots of cuddles and purrs for me when I got home... Now my family is all home, safe and sound.

Trashy Turns

I put my panties on in the driveway this morning. It's not as bad as it sounds. No, that's a lie. It is exactly how it sounds.

I took all the panties I own on vacation last week. I always over pack panties. I have a fear of being stuck without clean underwear. After our 20 hour drive I brought in the suitcase of dirty laundry and thought I would bring in the clean clothes suitcase later... Ya know, I just wanted to get started on laundry but wasn't up to bringing in everything.

Well "later" never happened. So I woke up this morning with all my clean panties in the car... And I was running late... And I was wearing an ankle length dress... So I thought, what's the harm?

I went out to the car, grabbed a pair of clean panties, and... Shimmied into them under my dress. Climbed into the car and was on my way.

Before I was off my street I ran across this situation... There should only be one home being trashy in their driveway at a time! Today was supposed to be my turn!