I know, I know, I skipped posting last week... as I do every so often and probably will again... ANYways...
Come mid-June, this Madman's Loose In 'Frisco-land :)
yes, my upcoming vaca is set in stone - hotel booked, flight booked, shuttle booked...
all that remains now is setting up a loose battle plan of what I intend to do and see when I'm there!
( I've been told that if I want to tour Alcatraz I'd best set up that up now, else it'd be a royal bitch when I arrive, so I may do that this weekend )
...and, as the way the odds tend to shift and segue for me, after booking I discover that I know someone living there - a mere couple miles from my hotel, no less
doesn't gaurantee that I will see them, but mayhaps it'll put some of these "you're traveling alone to somewhere you don't know anyone" paranoid naysayers at ease... mayhaps.
And the weather - gods! the weather! - is finally, finally decent... yeh, the morning lows are still in pain-temp category, but by mid-day to evening it's pretty nice, actually!
even reaching summertide temps a couple of the days - can I hear a Helsyeh?! I knew you could...!
I even took a just over 3 mile walk yesterday... gotta get myself out of this winterborne funk and back to my summerwalk personae again :)
( I've never felt more lazy than this wintertide... it was driving me absolutely nuts until the weather finally broke! )
Last weekend with the girls was highly enjoyable - took advantage of the ex (no, not like that, you sickos!) and did a bit o'quick shopping
we now have enough board games that my lovely spawnlings should be satisifed for some time to come *grins*
even got one of the bookshelves I've been needing since last year (I could still use more)...
in doing so, moved one of the smaller ones into the girls' room, which they took immediate advantage of and filled with books and stuffed critters *happiness ensues*
I can't believe how much my li'l darlin's have grown... it's almost scary
after I cleaned the bathroom and was about to take a shower, they had taken it upon themselves to dust my bookshelves!!!
I had intended on having my eldest help me clean the apartment (after having spent quite a while cleaning boogas off the wall above her bed *ick*)...
BUT... after them taking it upon themselves to clean, I let them be - and we had a wonderful time playing games together, as well watching them play (I had gotten them some new cars while shopping, too - they love playing with cars! *smiles*)
ANYways... it's looking like it'll be a lovely weekend, so I may test myself with a longer walk... else just sit back and enjoy some flicks... after doing a bit of necessary laundry and cleaning, of course
Farethee well, lovelies and gentlefolk, and see you all on the flipside :D
A couple weeks worth of random twittage ::
3/2 :
why is everyone excited I'll be vacationing - then suddenly worried and/or concerned that I'm travelling alone and don't know anyone there?
3/3 :
*ugh* woke up with nausea and heartburn... hopefully this goes away soon or this is going to be one long day today *sighs*
3/3 II :
I think the wind was trying to take me out... it seriously changed direction - TWICE! - while I was walking home - how have I offended it?
3/6 :
"check out my thigh-highs"
"for something to be 'thigh-high,' shouldn't it have to reach the thighs?"
"no, they only have to go over the ankles"
"those couldn't even be called KNEE-highs"
"(grumbles)"
"I'm pretty sure those are just called 'socks' - they're as high as mine are"
"shut up"
3/6 II :
ok, the "test" call to talk to the ex to figure out this weekend, the not-so-new batteries last roughly a 1/2hr... both outta juice for now
she did give me some affordable trip ideas that I hadn't considered - such as hot ol' Houston... she's traveling vicariously though me ;)
3/7 :
if this mornin' goes well, will be shopping w/ the ex and girls... get girls some things, get new phone, and maybe room for bookshelf/ves?
3/9 :
good mornin', all! ...all prepared for a very busy workday (and workweek to come) - as well as to build the new bookshelf once home again
3/10 :
flight and hotel now reserved for my vacation in 14 weeks... I'm gonna crash now, busy workweek isn't close to done yet and I start early
3/12 :
40° at 5a? Now THIS is near enough to springtide weather that I can accept it... a high of 70°? Now THAT's about time, say I! :)
This Week's Random Playlist ::
30 Seconds To Mars - A Beautiful Lie (entire album)
"Weird Al" Yankovic - Mandatory Fun (entire album)
Imagine Dragons - Smoke + Mirrors (entire album)
Wovenwar - Wovenwar (entire album)
via netflix/hulu:
The Ladies Man
Gotham (1st Season)
Defiance (2nd Season)
Conquest (Lucio Fulci)
Agents Of SHIELD (2nd Season)
ownedflix:
Chronicle
Monster (2008)
Hardware: M.A.R.K. 13
Deathbed [Stuart Gordon Presents]
Fear
Tales From The Crypt (1st Season)
The BoxTrolls
Big Top Pee-Wee
Despicable Me 2
Free Birds
Mr & Mrs Smith
The Omen III: The Final Conflict
Iron Man 3
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay: Part I
Big Hero 6 [Disney's]
-thom Wolfox sR Rhose