Morning … Back to reality aka the normal daily routine. I got an early morning wake up call from Rudy at 6a but managed to roll over and go back to sleep for a bit. He came back closer to my normal wake up time of 7a. He tends to go more by the time the timer kicks the light on in the living room rather than the actual clock. He is always so excited for morning. He is every bit as sweet and cute as I am describing. I am lucky to have him in my life and so thankful for him and his sister. It is truly a well made match, despite the cold feet I had in the beginning which will be two years ago next month.
As my post from yesterday mentions I had some trouble getting away to get to supper. However, I made it despite it being later than I wanted. I encountered deer on the drive to but there were no close calls and for that I am thankful.
Red Lobster was packed at least to look at the parking lot but I think most of it was staff. Because when I got inside the place was mostly a ghost town, not many customers at all. There was an all female party that entered before me consisting of about 5 people. I figured there for sure would be a wait but nope I got right in. The lights were so damn low in the place I could barely read the menu. I looked for my favorite of Crab Alfredo knowing full well that it wouldn’t be on the menu and it wasn’t. I stuck with my trusty Flounder Dinner with Mashed Potatoes and Broccoli. The food was out really fast and it was super hot. Red Lobster re-did their tartar sauce and it’s got some dill in it now. I am not a fan of the new stuff. Much preferred the old stuff that most people disliked. This was my first time finishing the entire meal in one sitting. Normally I eat a little bit, feel full and get a box and wind up taking most of it home for a second go round the next day. It did take a few minutes to get waited on but once that happened my waitress was super attentive and provided great service. She had a couple tables and tended to check on all of us at the same time. I got that comfort feeling while I was there and really enjoyed this meal. The music playing was all over the place from holiday tunes, way old music to some new stuff. I heard Charlie Puth join in a song with a female singer in a song that I hadn’t heard before.
The drive home was via a different route. I had some slight vision issues but some headlights were so damn bright and other areas were just super dark. I got to see some holiday lights and thankfully had no flashing lights behind me. Made it back about thirty minutes before treat time for the cats. I just passed out food and treats at the same time. That always confuses them. They don’t know what to eat first.
Turned the heat up by a degree and used the space heater for the living room. I had an idea of what I wanted to do for the rest of the evening but wound up just sitting and watching TV. Enjoying cuddling with both cats. They both just talked me out of what I really wanted to do but I was having a good time. I tend to think along the lines of not having both of them some day and wanting to spend as much time with them as possible. Especially since I have had so many cats pass and I still miss them. Next week will mark the two year passing of my sweet Gator. Between that and the Christmas holiday I feel so alone and sad. I miss my late spouse and kind of wish that he could see me now.
The evening passed quickly as most Sunday evenings do and sooner rather than later it was time for bed. Rudy was sleeping well for a couple hours and when I got up to start brushing my teeth he just knew that play time would be around the corner. He started bugging me and talking to me. I got to finish brushing and then went straight to playing with him. He had fun and I shared the playtime with Mora. They both look forward to that bit of energy and excitement before I go to bed. I passed out some cat nip when we were done. Rudy managed to settle down but Mora was all fired up for a bit.
I sat in my room watching more TV and waiting for my extra strength dose of sleeping meds to kick in. Finally around 11p I climbed in bed, not a cat in sight. I got to relax and enjoy my own bed for a little bit before Rudy came to join me. It wasn’t long and I turned the TV off, rolled over in the opposite direction and off to dream land I went. Had a couple of strange dreams last night and woke up for a short bit but managed to quickly get back to sleep.
The tasks that I had planned to knock out this morning I am opting to save for when I am in the office in a couple days hopefully things will cooperate and I can occupy my time and get the task done. I don’t have a whole lot going on Wednesday. I am opting to coast today. I’ve done what I had to and am on standby for anything else that comes in but it won’t be long and I will be headed up for a bit. I know the moment I get comfy and relax my phone will see that and the emails will come in but yet I am still going to do it.
I see a large work volume pending for the person who is on-call today, which thankfully is not me and is my mistake making co-worker. I almost forgot that on my trip last night I was gone for about 15 minutes when my phone chirped from work. I peeked at it and dealt with it when I got back home. I was like you had all damn day to bother me and the moment I step out is when it happens. Thankfully it wasn’t anything that was super urgent. I am once again thankful that my week of on-call is done. One more week of that in two weeks and then I am done for the year. Sadly it will all start over again next year and I never look forward to it. I count the total number of weeks, which averages out to be 18 or 19 weeks and just begin counting down. I don’t get terribly excited about it until closer to the summer and that’s when time seems to start to just fly.
Well enough yapping for now. Going to head up and check on the cats and see what I can find on YouTube. Perhaps court is in session. I love watching that because you never know when an interesting moment will happen. People never fail to surprise and astound by acting like a fool.
Were getting a bit more snow today but it won’t be a whole lot. Glad I can enjoy it by watching from inside as it falls while I stay warm. Hope that you are staying warm and well. Take care!
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