Monday, April 03, 2006
That’s a Warm Load
I think this is a good time for a bullet-pointed summing-up of the Three-Day Chucklehut Weekend (thank you Mr Cesar Chavez and the Great State of California):
* Brought my mag trainer bike in from the garage and set it up in the study, and also got the other bikes road-ready
* Reset several clocks but not all of them because sometimes you need that wacky fun-time clock too
* Dinner with the Paiges featuring a Dan-tastic salad and delicious roast chicken and veggies and mac-n-cheese-n-peas and of course good bourbon and wine (separate glasses)
* Discovering an extra container of mac-n-cheese-n-peas that Kim packed up with our salad leftovers
* Giving Daisy a toy that Zach had received before he was old enough to play with it, and having her be totally thrilled by it - felt figurines of characters from The Wizard of Oz, that “stick” to a felt background
* Intense relief at being able to get rid of the “Felt Kids” toy, the name of which always reminded me of some sort of fraternity of molestees ("make a story” is their motto, which again just sounds like a recruiting call for repressed memory syndrome)
* Shopping for produce at the Richmond Market (jicama! plantains! am I the only one, people?)
* THREE naps
* Did all the laundry and all the dishes (best quote: “That’s a warm load.")
* Threw out the last of the instant baby formula, because our boy drinks cowjuice now and he drinks it straight - the days of measuring and mixing and shaking and cleaning up that sticky expensive crap are behind us at last!
* Saw an academy-award-winning film and wasn’t really that into it (Crash, for what it’s worth, or Do The Right Thing in the Grand Canyon)
* Updated my iPod software so maybe I’ll get more than 2 hours per charge goddamnit
* Realized, in a blinding moment of clarity, the primary drawback of Helper Monkeys: Helper poo
* Took a nice run in the park and discovered that construction is finished on the intersection of 10th and JFK, which is now an all-foot-traffic intersection and pretty sweet (if I do say so through gritted teeth because that old 10th Ave automotive entry to the park they’ve taken out was even sweeter)
* Petaluma Outlet Mall shopping: one pair of slacks and four shirts, plus baby stuff
* Took a bath with Zachary, which was more interesting for me than it was for him; he really didn’t seem to take much notice of me anyway
* Caught up with the Sopranos, which I’m enjoying again now that they’re not wallowing in excessive surreality
* Lots of rain (which I like) (which is good because they’re saying we’ll have two more weeks of it)
And yes, of course there was more. Much more. There is always more. I use my discretion; you use your imagination. I think I’ve made my point, though. This is going to be a short, intense week for Chuckles. It’s a good thing I had such a relaxing weekend to ease me into the action.
