{"id":523,"date":"2004-01-19T15:21:00","date_gmt":"2004-01-19T15:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/badinage.com\/journal\/?p=523"},"modified":"2004-01-19T15:21:00","modified_gmt":"2004-01-19T15:21:00","slug":"busy-and-sickening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/badinage.com\/journal\/2004-01\/523-busy-and-sickening","title":{"rendered":"Busy… and sickening."},"content":{"rendered":"

tammy2tall<\/a> asked “How was your weekend?”<\/p>\n

Let’s see… I came home from work on Friday and spent some time with Orson<\/b>. <\/p>\n

(Did I mention he flew out of his cage to visit with Chocoholic<\/b><\/font> and me a weekend ago? It spooked Chocoholic<\/b><\/font>, who was sitting on the blue chair, which in turn startled Orson<\/b>, who bumped his landing. So I picked him up and helped him up on to the mirror, and he stayed there for a while until I put him back in his cage when he started to get pooped out. I wanted to clip his claws while he was out, but Chocoholic<\/b><\/font> told me not to since Orson<\/b> was already spooked about coming out and this was progress!)<\/p>\n

Then I went over to Chocoholic<\/b><\/font>‘s house around 8 o’clock and spent Friday and Saturday nights there. She went to yoga on Saturday morning and I did some work on the repairs to her basement apartment. (I’m replacing tiles in the shower stall, which is turning into a bit of a job since the drywall behind them rotted out!) The apartment will be available for rent March 1st, so let me know if you know of anybody looking for a place!<\/p>\n

In the evening, we did a photo shoot in her basement… she posed for “body alphabet” series she needs for a night school assignment. And we rounded out the night by watching As Good As It Gets<\/a> on TV.<\/p>\n

When I dropped Chocoholic<\/b><\/font> off at Sunday School, I came home and spent some more time with Orson<\/b>. I even took his cage into the kitchen so he could visit with me while I did the dishes and stuff. He wasn’t too happy about having his cage moved, but he seemed to like the attention after all.<\/p>\n

I picked her up at Kipling Subway in the afternoon, and I zipped over to Rona to get some stuff for our houses. (Tools for the job at hers, and a new water filter system for mine.) On the way back to my house, we drove by a house my agent had sent me a listing for. It turned out to be a TINY bungalow on a dead-end street off Royal York north of the Queensway, backing on to a school yard, and right next to a monster house conversion, all for a measly $329,000!!!!<\/p>\n

A Certain Someone<\/i> and her doggy came over later and we all went for a walk. We passed another TINY bungalow not too far from Xoozland. We had just missed the Open House, but the neighbours said the owners were asking $340,000 for it! Chocoholic<\/b><\/font> thought for a few minutes and then said something to the effect that we could renovate MY house, and live in it for a few years<\/i>,… Hmmm… I think she’s starting to see the light!<\/b> We’re going to arrange a meeting with my Real Estate Agent to discuss the issue(s) in more detail. Stay tuned for news!<\/p>\n

And then after we finished all our work, Chocoholic<\/b><\/font> and I went to see a movie. It’s the first time we’ve done that since we met! We went to see Big Fish<\/a>, the latest offering from Tim Burton. HOWEVER<\/b>, in hindsight<\/a> our viewing choice was not the greatest:<\/p>\n

“The story revolves around a dying father<\/b><\/a> and his son, who is trying to learn more about his dad by piecing together the stories he has gathered over the years. The son winds up re-creating his father’s elusive life in a series of legends and myths inspired by the few facts he knows. Through these tales, the son begins to understand his father’s great feats and his great failings.”<\/i><\/p>\n

Had we known before we went… Oy!<\/b><\/p>\n

After all of that, I’m doing much today since my head hurts like hell. As I told my triviamates, “I woke up with a heck of a head filled with everything except trivial information!” I’m going to go home after today’s brutality, take it easy, have a big hot toddy and try to get to bed early.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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