Still raining

Anna has taken up a not-so-silent protest on the weather. This morning she refused to go outside when she was retching. I chased her around the kitchen trying to get her to go outside, but even while working on puking she is a fast and slinky creature. She finally ran into her cage and I decided that was an acceptable place for barfing and we were all good. When she was done she demanded a cookie for working with me and coming to a compromise. I didn't figure that was the best thing to do for her tummy though, so she's now sulking in her bed.

Jason tells me last night that there were blossoms all over our lemon tree. He didn't mention it until 4am when the wind started and was so strong that it blew things off our patio and rattled our windows. The rain started around 4:30 or so and though I haven't ventured outside to look yet, I'm sure the flowers must be miles from here by now. Bummer, I would have liked to see them.

Earlier this week we went shopping for new plants to put out front. The African Daisies aren't responding well to the wet and they're annuals so I figure it's time to rip those suckers out. One of the mandevillas died and the other is looking okay but not great. I'm not sure if I should pull out the still living one so I can plant something new and matching for the porch. Matching is nice, but I hate killing things. I'm a big softie so I'll probably just go and buy another planter. In November I'll probably winterize the garden by bringing the hibiscus inside. Once I make all those changes there will be no flowers out front other than the bottle brush. While the bottle brush has perked up significantly in the wet weather and is pushing out some very impressive blooms, I'm thinking the garden needs a bit more colour than that. So far we've picked up some mums to replace the daisies and I'm thinking the front edge of the bed would benefit from some snapdragons as they seem to do well here. We've bought the mums and the mulch, we just need the snapdragons and some peat moss. And for the rain to stop so I can actually get out there and do my gardening. I'll take some before and after pics if I ever get a chance to get out there and work.

As for the photographer mentioned in the last post... they called this morning and canceled. Which was fine by me. The place is an embarrassing disaster as I still haven't managed to get my shit together since the trip home. I'm not sure if I'll rebook or not, but I'm happy to have the day to clean and maybe bake and just chill at home.

Yesterday was a frustrating day of accomplishing almost nothing. Had a cavity filled at 10am and the freezing kicked in to full potency around 1pm, 2 hours after the dental work was done and right around when I was dying of hunger. Made for a shitty, uncomfortable lunch that I couldn't enjoy at all. Spent the entire afternoon with my face feeling tingly and itchy and knowing that I wouldn't feel scratching and that it wouldn't help the itch and might result in me hurting myself so I had to try to control that instinct. In the end I decided to just sleep it off and got absolutely nothing done all afternoon. Georgia wasn't impressed either as apparently mum in pain is not terribly attentive. All said, I think the freezing caused more pain and discomfort that the filling. Next time I'll skip the freezing.

Georgia is making up for yesterday's frustration by insisting on lots of attention today. So I might just get nothing done today either. I guess I'm okay with that.

Security

A guy just came to my door claiming to be with the security company that installed the system in my house when it was built and asked if I wanted to talk to someone about activating it. I could hardly hear him over the hysterically barking beagle. I grinned and replied that wouldn't be necessary and that the fuzzy, four-legged system I had was functioning just fine.

In other news, I keep trying to convince myself that chocolate covered raisins are not considered a serving of fruit. I don't think I'm winning that argument as the box is almost empty now. Let's not even talk about yesterday's "candy corn is not a vegetable, especially not the chocolate-covered pieces" failed argument. I have a love-hate relationship with most major holidays, Halloween being no exception. I am immune to the card-buying aisle, having no interest in writing people or buying stamps or walking cards to a post box. But the candy aisle defeats me every time.

Nothing good can come of this.

So I'm clicking though a Gallery of pics of Midrealm 40th and I run into a particularly unflattering image of his Majesty Calontir. His mouth is in an "o" shape and the very tip of his tongue is coming out and it just looks terrible. I'm sitting here thinking "is he trying to bow a bubble?" Sure enough, click to the next image and there's his Queen with a big, pink, bubble gum bubble obscuring half her face.

Note to self: never chew bubble gum at an event. It's hard enough to get a good picture of yourself when doing normal things. You never know when you'll be caught on camera and no one needs to see that on film. On one hand, whimsey is good. On the other hand, we all like to look good in pictures, and that certainly breaks the medieval atmosphere.