A LONG WORK DAY

 It is morning once again accompanied by 70 degrees of hot air.  It's going to be a scorching 92 degrees today.  I know it's not as hot as Arizona, but it's HOT for here.  Nevertheless, I'm happy to wake up with Mr. Cooper every morning.  The alternative isn't good at all.

There's a sliver of a moon still hanging out in the sky.  Late at night the planets are almost brighter than the moon.  If I could stay awake long enough, I'd take some photos of the stars!

Wednesday was a recover-from-bingo day, as usual.  I just could not seem to get moving.  Maybe it was looking at this guy that kept me yawning all morning long.  He sleeps so soundly that sometimes I can pick him up and put him down without disturbing him at all.  

On the other hand, I try to stand up ever so slowly and sneak out of the house before he wakes up.  He's such a SWEET BOY!

This one ruins it every time.  She's a very light sleeper and instantly meows the news throughout the house.  Once awake, she heads for the arm of the couch where she begs for brushing.  I'm not sure if it's because she's shedding so much fur or whether she just wants attention.  Lucky for me, there have been no more gophers or lizards running rampant throughout my house.

In no time I was off to accounting business.  I never should have given my email address to the head Accountant at their main office.  DING DING means I have several hours of brain crushing computer work to do.

On this day it involved the State Franchise Tax Board.  Nothing on their website is easy to navigate and nothing fits into their little boxes according to their parameters.  It finally involved changing the company name.  

At long last I completed that one, before getting a text message that the gal I recommended to actually do all this work so I didn't have to ..... could not come in on this day.  UGH!!  I was not expecting that.  It seems her granddaughter was showing her pigs at the County Fair.  I can't complain because I've been there showing cattle, and kids need someone around to cheer them on.  She won SECOND place, so congrats to her!!!

In the meantime, I spent three MORE hours paying bills.  It was a slow process.  I haven't had to do this in several months now and it took some work to remember how to print checks.  You have to hit that print button FIVE times!!  I got it done for the most part, but I left the recording and filing to her.  At long last I was headed home.

Not that I did anything when I got there.  I was exhausted, brain dead, and I couldn't stop yawning.  I looked at the longarm all set up and said NOPE ... not today.  I thought about vacuuming the house and said NOPE ... not today.  I crashed on the couch.

Dinner was ever SO exciting!  I had a lovely pork loin to prepare, but it just seemed like too much work, so I scrounged in the freezer until I found this.  Truly, this stuff is awful and no relation to the REAL Mac & Cheese that you make from scratch.  Not even CLOSE!  

But it was food ... so I ate as much as I could stomach.  The 100% real cheese was good ... it was all the other stuff in there that was terrible!!

Not a very exciting day to say the least.  Tonight is a trustee meeting at the lodge (not looking forward to that), tomorrow is the flag ceremony and dinner (I've been invited to be a date for the night so I couldn't turn that down), followed by an exclusive 80th birthday party on Saturday.  This is WAY too much activity for me!!  

Here's hoping the weather guessers are wrong and we have a lovely day in sunny California.

Ciao ... Adios ... Au Revoir ... see ya later alligator!!