Last night was the first time I was having trouble falling asleep since L left. Actually, I was very tired when I turned off the TV and the light and put my glasses on the night stand and settling myself down to sleep. I suddenly noticed that looking out the bedroom door, the living room was totally dark. In my memory since we moved in, there is always some kind of dim light out there from the outside and I can see a clear path to the kitchen door. But not last night And for some odd reason, it suddenly woke me up and I was trying really hard to look out to the living room to make things out. Nothing. That woke me up even more. So I spent 10 or 15 minutes thinking if I should get up and check things out and see why there is no light out there. Yeah, when it’s late at night, what you are thinking doesn’t really make sense. I didn’t want to fall asleep in case there is something or someone out there that I can’t see. But I was tired and really needed to go to sleep. Odd. Finally I guess I did and it was late when I finally climbed out of bed to feed Manfred and Benny and took Benny for his walk.
Today I went to S and her friends to Sakura in Fairlawn for lunch. Wow! I had a feast. When we walked in, the place was full. We found out that they have $3 sushi on Mondays. We saw a plate full of fantastic looking sushi at a table and asked the owner’s wife who knows S very well, it turned out to be the Magic Stone and Twin Sister. We ordered Magic Stone and lunch sashimi and her two freinds ordered boxed lunch or lunch in a box, and we added teriyaki tofu and yo yo maki. We shared all our food and everything tasted great. Three and a half saki later, we left the restaurant full and satisfied. It was the best sushi I had for a while.
I moved the iMac in L’s office to the corner of the L desk so I can get a good view out of the window. But I found out that it’s not very comfortable for me to reach the keyboard and I can’t slide the chair in to support my back because of the arm rest. So I didn’t go in there to use the computer as often as I thought I would. And I don’t like to haul my heavy Vaio around the house or when I sit in bed either even though I wanted to get on the net and do some browsing or read my email. I am very picky about the computer desk and its setup. It has to have ample leg room so I can stretch out my legs, it has to have good support for my elbow when I type, it has to allow the chair to slide in so my back is supported or I get a backache after working on the computer for a while, which I tend to do when I sit down at the computer. So several ideas started to come up. I want a small netbook to carry around the house for web browsing and email /blog writing. I want to setup my own work station with all the ergonomic configuration so I can work at my pc for a long period of time. I want room for reference materials and something to write on right by the keyboard too. And I need to get to the ports easily for camera and camcorder and VHS player and easy access to the players too. After seeing Esther’s den, I want to have a loveseat or a comfortable chair to sit by the desk too so i can read and check the DVD I made on a regular player.
got to get up early to take Benny to the vet tomorrow for his teech cleaning or gum cleaning. He’s in the first stage of gum disease I was told last time i took him for his shots. Actually, the vet told me last year that he needed it and I just never scheduled an appointment to get this done. I did last week and tomorrow is the day. Poor thing would be out for the procedure and I will pick him up after work. So he won’t be eating all day till he gets home tomorrow. Poor thing, but it’s good for him just like colonoscopy is supposed to be good for me.
L is not having the greatest time over there or his group is going through some adjustment with the culture and people and the living conditions are primitive. Those poor guys have to put up with a lot over there. I’m sure they all can’t wait to get back here to their own beds and showers and food.