July 14th

My mother died 11 years ago today. This was one of her favorite songs although I'm not sure she would have liked Sinead O'Connor! But I do and it's my blog so. . .

Musical Monday

Silent Sunday (more or less)

I took these the last time I went to the Soledad Mission which was a year ago. I really need to go back soon. I'm feeling so far away from everything today. I was 2 hrs away from the Mission in the Bay Area. Now I'm 3-1/2 hrs away. I was 45 min away from the ocean and now I'm at least 2 hrs away. But, but, but. . . I love it here, I really do it's just hard sometimes. Part of me feels like my home is still in the Bay Area and what am I doing all alone in this strange, very hot, city. I've decided it's like a relationship. You fall in love and everything is great for awhile. Then the rose-colored glasses come off and you realize, hey I have to work at this. But it's still good and it's still what you want. So...... I guess I'll go out in the heat & get my laundry done!

This is cute!

Yeah another cat picture. . . .I just thought this was so cute. I spend a fair amount of time sitting at my computer and periodically Mellifera will decide to have a battle of wills with me over the seat. The minute I get up she jumps up on the seat and gets comfortable. When I come back she looks at me with sweet little eyes and mostly I end up not moving her. This pose is guaranteed to let her keep the seat as long as she wants! She goes to a lot of trouble scratching at the throw to get it positioned over her and I just can't bear to make her move. You'll notice she's draped over most of the chair. In the past she'd curl up in a ball at the back of the seat with the throw pulled around her (I'm still not sure how she does it even though I've watched!). She liked feeling hidden but unfortunately if I wasn't paying attention I'd sit down and nearly squish her! She's learned to take up a lot of space on the chair for safety!

I'm moving!

But only 74". Since I moved here the apartment across from me has been sporadically occupied. The last tenant lived there about 4 months and due to work probably spent 2 weeks in the apartment. I met him on the day he moved out because he was never around! Anyway my apt. manager asked me last week if I was interested in moving over to that apartment. It's a one-bedroom like mine but is set-up differently. It has a separate dining area and a little more storage space. So I looked at it, decided I liked it and am going to go ahead and move around the end of the month.

Aside from a little more space there are some other things I really like about it. It has a security screen door so I can get fresh air and let my cats look outside. It has one more window than I have now. I think, I'm not positive, that the patio is a little bigger. A couple of things that I tentatively like but am a little nervous about are that the bedroom window and the patio face the street. It's a pretty quiet street and I don't mind street noise anyway but I'm just a little nervous about security. The nice thing is the cats can sit in that window and have a lot more to look at then they do now. Overall I think I'm going to be happy with it. Not that I've been unhappy with my current apartment - I love it but I think this new set-up will be good.

The only bad thing is I have to move everything! I'm going back and forth trying to decide whether to be organized and put stuff in boxes or just cart it all over in lots of small trips. I'm leaning toward some boxes because I think it'll make things go faster. Hopefully the weekend I move will be cool but I'm not optimistic!

View of my soon-to-be front door! That's a pizza flier stuck in the screen. They come around and stick these fliers on doors every week. It's awfully annoying.

View from my current front door to the new one. It's a very short move! The window you see is in my new dining area. The blinds are open a little and every time I walk past lately I peek in!

4th of July

I went over by the river tonight to see if I could see some fireworks. I didn't see a lot but enough to make me happy! It's been hot here all day and it was nice to walk by the river. There was a nice breeze and I was almost feeling cold at times! I just had my iPhone and took a few pictures. In the bottom one you can even see some fireworks. The top picture is the bridge - I stuck my phone out the window and took the picture. Fortunately I didn't drop it! The middle picture is of the river and the lights are a boat. There were a number of boats out, I guess they were hoping for a fireworks display.

Happy Fourth of July!