Made it safely home Thursday night – sure do miss the mountains, though!!! Every time I go to SLC or Colorado and now Vancouver and come back here – it’s just so depressing – so flat and boring and too much traffic. If I can ever afford to retire, it is definitely going to be someplace where I can see mountains and water every day.
One thing I like about living in a hotel is that I when I go to bed I can go straight to sleep. I’ve lived alone most of my adult life, but I still lay awake 30-40 minutes when I go to bed listening to things that go bump in the night and wondering if THIS is the night someone will break in and murder me in my sleep. I hate that 80 seconds from the time I turn on the alarm system until the light stops blinking and I know it’s engaged.
Been out running errands today – went to podiatrist yesterday – thought I was just having flare up of the plantar facitis I had last year, but turns how I have a bone spur in my heel. So I splurged on a new pair of walking shoes. Went to the bookstore looking for a sequel to a book I just read set in Storyville at the turn of the century – picked up a couple of others, too. When I got to the checkout counter, there were two clerks – I was the only one there – the guy waiting on me started talking about how good one of the books was that I was buying – I said I found the concept interesting and one thing led to another and we ended up having a very pleasant conversation. All of a sudden someone yelled – “Ask her for her phone number so we can check out!!!!!” Looked behind me, and there were about 5 people in line. Oops!!! He was embarrassed…..I was embarrassed….as I was walking away he said “enjoy the book” – I said thanks – then (and I DON”T know what possessed me to do this, but I stopped – reached in my purse – got a pen – grabbed a piece of paper and scribbled on it – walked back and handed it to him. Everybody applauded!!!!! Now, they just THINK I gave him my phone number – in truth all I wrote “thanks for the review”.
Oh, speaking of books – if you haven’t read ANGELS AND DEMONS yet, I recommend it. I read it last week while conclave was going on – a perfect time to read it because it is set in Rome during a fictional conclave. It’s the prequel to THE DAVINCI CODE – which is next on my list. (Jamie, A&D is about the Illuminati – I think you have read some stuff in that genre).
And speaking of men – (guys, you can stop reading now – next part is just for girlfriends).
You know how sometimes you see a guy and it is just OH YES!!!!!! Happened in the VC airport yesterday – he had salt & pepper hair – about a three day growth of beard – white t-shirt – tight slightly rumpled jeans – just an overall macho scruffy look – GREAT eyes!!!!! Couldn’t take mine off of him – until I saw him walk into the salon (a place next to the gate where you can get shoulder massages and pedicures/manicures while you wait on plane). That’s when I noticed he was wearing rubber thongs on his feet!!! (I expected cowboy boots). Didn’t see him come out of the salon, so I guess he was getting a PEDICURE!!!!! Then when I got on the plane and had myself situated, I looked up and saw him trying to get his bag in the overhead about three rows ahead of me. I watched him for a minute and then said “If you turn it over, it should work”. He did – and it worked and said “thanks or good idea or something” – when he opened his mouth, it was obvious he was DUMB AS DIRT!!!!! Then he said down with this woman – I hadn’t seen her in the airport – and for the whole flight they were all over each other. So trashy!!!!!
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