This past week I have been on vacation. It was a stay at home vacation otherwise known as a stay-cation. I have managed to get a couple of things accomplished. I have let other’s go for the sake of staying out of the heat and recovering from the July 4th gig. I’ve still got a couple days left but doubt I’ll do much of anything other than maybe a short motorcycle ride.
The part finally came in for the bumper of my truck that was damaged with the girl rear ended it. The dealership wasn’t busy so I walked in with the tech as he pulled the truck into the bay to work on it. He opened the box and pulled out the part. No packing what-so-ever around it. The BRAND NEW part look worse than the one that had been hit on my truck. He looked at me and said “You don’t really want me to put THIS on your truck right?” It was a rhetorical question to be sure. He showed it to the body shop manager. They agreed that another new one should be ordered and I should come back. I agreed as well.
Tink played for about 15 minutes this morning. She chased the ball back and forth across the kitchen and living room when I threw it. She is feeling better. If she continues to be improved, I’ll give her the flee medication she was do for July 1. The vet said to hold off so that if she took a bad turn we would know it wasn’t the flea meds compounding what she was already dealing with. I will be the first to admit I was extremely depressed when I was told that if this was her kidneys or liver causing this she was a short time companion.
I didn’t sleep worth a hoot after the 4th of July party. My back was stiff and grumpy and I was out of meds. That has been remedied. I am now only sore in spots. I was going to take the motorcycle for a ride this morning but I just couldn’t bring myself to head out into the heat. I did manage to run a few errands in the truck (with the air on max.)
Dad and I went to dinner at Eat n Park to avoid heating up either house with the stove. There was a manager there singing along to the pop hits on the Muzak. Our waitress called Dad and I “You Boys” instead of the typical gentlemen or whatever other waitress greetings I have heard in the past. The salad bar was tasty on such a hot day.
OH! Another silliness about Tink … Well ok … Two sillinesses. Tink and I live alone here in our little house. When the phone rings, she will perk up and listen but usually lays right back down. Today, I answered on speaker phone. She came flying up from downstairs to find out who the woman was I was speaking with. It was gal from Grata’s body shop asking when I could bring the truck up to have the part… you know… the one that was in worse shape NEW than my broken one. After Tink figured out I was on the phone, she ran back down the stairs and curled up on the love seat as if to say “Oh… He didn’t sneak another girl into the house.”
Tink also is not much for loud music. I found this out the first night I had her when I played a movie. I had the audio tied into the stereo system and forgot about a rather heavy bass section at the beginning of the movie. She also seems to dislike RUSH, one of my favorite groups. I don’t know if its the bass, the guitars, the drums or Geddy Lee’s unique voice, but Tink will usually leave the room when I start playing RUSH. Tonight, I am in the computer room monkeying with the old tower which happens to have a surround sound system with subwoofer. I kicked off the new RUSH Album “Clockwork Angels” at a fairly decent volume. Tink came in pawed up at my leg like she does when she wants on my lap. Totally surprised me that she even came in the room between the volume I had the music and the Group I was playing. LOL! Maybe she just prefers her music in 5.1 surround vs standard stereo.
Tomorrow’s temps are to be over 100 degrees. Doubt I’ll head out on the bike at this point. Maybe another day of house cleaning in the air conditioning or just loafing around… I am on vacation you know. HAHA!. So until tomorrow… Gnight!
~Cappy
