surprise . . .

blog note:  i am going to be filling in the last two weeks while simultaneously adding daily posts so if you want to read the stories and see the shots, you'll have to take two steps backwards and one step forward to play catch up with me.

after arriving home sometime after midnight, you'd think i'd flop into oblivion . . .  not so, my body was apparently still on barcelona time and had no intention of shutting down until almost 3: a.m. and even with an ambien, it was up and doing laundry, hard boiling eggs and making iced tea by 6:30 a.m.

i had just gotten back from grocery shopping when my phone rang, it was the beard telling me he was the big bad wolf huffing and puffing and blowing the house in.  just when i thought he had totally lost it, the doorbell rings and there on my doorstep was the beard/bbw.  yay!!!  and the big goof came bearing unsolicited gifts from his trip to china.  heck, i was just happy to see his face. and off he whisked me to my favorite sub shop for meat ball subs.  slurp.

after his departure, i fell asleep until kidlet called wanting to take me out to dinner for my birthday.  exhausted, i begged for a rain date and we noshed on homemade bruschetta and chocolate cake from carrabba's.

to ensure a solid night's sleep, i took an ativan and dreamt of giving the cats baths in public.  go figure.