Clock

So people have asked...does the clock work?  Yes, it does, and it even keeps pretty decent time.  It is kind of funny--you can hear it tick from the next room.  It is kind of comforting, actually.  Maybe I am like the puppy.  You know when you have a puppy and it whines at night?  And you help the puppy/kitten/wolf pup sleep by putting a clock in a sock?

It is still kind of cool to hear a clock that is probably 90+ years old still ticking away.  Its life almost ended that first night--I had apparently set the alarm part of the clock.  Next room or not, I was awake pretty quick.  I figured out all the dials and it hasn't bothered me since, except with its tick tick tick...

!@)(#&$m birds...

I was awoken early today, say about 5:10, by some stupid, rowdy bird who was a tweeting and cawing and make all sorts of other noises.  I think it actually brought along its whole family or its teenage garage bird band.  Oh well.  It allowed me to get up early--I actually got some things done, had some coffee and was out taking pictures by a little before 7AM

I saw the photo of the canoes a yesterday but it was too late in the day.  I am not sure if it worked out but it was the scene has potential.  Now I need to be there even earlier, say about 5:45.

The rest of the day was productive--my house, or what amounts to it, is cleaner and more organized than it has been.  I suspect that I could even find something in my garage, too.

Yesterday I went to an auction--I have been to several of them lately, and they have been fun.  I have done pretty well on them.  I have had a lot of fun, and even made a few bucks.  Yesterday's auction was goofy--I bought a foil, in case I ever fence again.  What can I say?  I was feeling nostalgic and remembering my college fencing class.  I didn't win the escargot set--honest, there was an escargot set for 8.  I should have bid--they are just hard to find when you need a few extra grippy things for slippery shells.  Oh, I also bought a few DVDs, mostly because the box had a new copy of the Princess Bride.  Best of the box was the four DVD set of Carman Electra's Aerobic Strip Tease workouts.  You know, pole and lap dancing for fun and fitness and all that.  If anyone wants these, let me know.

Tonight I cooked.  I had bought a paella pan recently, mostly because I just wanted to try something different.  I put it it to use and and made paella with shrimp.  It was pretty good--I ate it while sitting outside, watching a storm pass just to the south, and then watching the sky clear for a great sunset.  I tried a new wine, another white wine, a Washington State white that was pretty good, which is saying something for me, since I don't like white wine.

The pictures are what they are--nothing great, but most are from my early morning walk.  The clock was another auction find, and the sugar was from the diner where I ate breakfast.  No artificial sweetener there--just a waitress who called me "hon" and a cook in a white t-shirt named "Pete."

Closer to fine

My house--Inexespensive flowers and a camera in the background

OK

OK, I know.  More flowers.  Just shut up and look.  If you don't enjoy or take advantage of what is front of you, you might not enjoy much at all, right?  On the other hand, you shouldn't settle, either.  If you want something other than flowers, volunteer to be a model or send it suggestions or something.  You can't just say no to what I do all the time and complain about more flowers.

That said, they are pretty.  I am sitting here watching them in the fading light while I wait for my slow roasted garlic/rosemary lamb roast to, well, roast.  Geez the house smells good. With it is corn on the cob and broccoli.  I don't know if that is a balanced meal, but I didn't have to unwrap it or reheat it.  My apologies to the vegans and vegetarians who might read this, but this is amounting to comfort food.

I'll need the nutrition.    This week will be crazy busy, with our version of A/R days at SCTCC.  I suspect that there should be about 100+ new LAS students each day.  Good for us, but it should pretty much test/tax the new advising system.   That is good.  Change is good, but no one ever said change is easy.  Too bad everyone will be so tired at the end of the day--everyone will be wanting or needing a glass of wine.

Of course if that was all that there was to do...there is staffing and other dean type stuff, and, of course, I have to move (again) this week.  Yay!!!