I got up late … for me … roasted a chicken and made new potato salad. Then I showed the shop. Then I went to a church potluck followed by a workshop about leadership, about which I will say no more, except that it kind of brought home to me that I’ve known more about religion since my early twenties than a lot of people, the major takeaway being that the only thing all religions have in common as a precept is ‘don’t gossip’, and then I came home and watched some TV and then Katie came over and removed some more of her stuff to her place and then I went to her place and met her relationship partner SG (who does not own a vehicle or he would have dealt with it) and his two cats Ara and Stig (two mostly black females who are very entertaining and energetic). He seems a pleasant enough individual, with a lustrous beard. I was supposed to go to Newton Wave pool with Peggy but the prospect of meeting SG was too much to resist.
So I guess my Labour Day had, you know, labour in it, of diverse kinds.
Today will also be busy, but in different ways.
Keith and Paul dropped over and it was lovely to see them, however briefly, this morning.
Two of the people I’ve known the longest since I got here (a couple in WA state, former coworkers both) have announced wedding plans after 14 years together. I am so happy. I’ve been following her posts about him for years now on FB and she has said many times how amazing he is, especially since she has been quite hampered by health issues subsequent to a car accident in which she should have, by the physics, died. And she’s had a lousy couple of years, what with her brother dying in a car accident leaving young children, and there’s been other stuff. So I told her “I couldn’t be more pleased about this if it was happening to me!” and I meant it.
I think I need to get another foam mattress; this one is four years old and starting to feel rather lumpish and flat.
Miss Margot had an enormous eye booger the other day, and she started purring when I pulled it out.
I have ONCE AGAIN had to encourage Eddie to stop teasing the dog next door. I politely asked him to return inside. Otherwise he sits on the concrete pad when Creamy is on the back balcony and the poor dog barks himself to distraction.
Saw Plunkett & Macleane, and loved it. I can understand why it got lukewarm reviews, but believe me it has improved since it was released.
