Mood:  lucky

Friday I had taken the day off to get some of my final name change stuff done. First it was off to the DMV to change my title and then back to the bank since I now had my new license. It all seemed to go smoothly which makes me a bit worried. In the afternoon I took Potter over to the groomer. He was starting to smell like dog and his nails were way too long. He loves to go over there because they give him tons of treats but he HATES having a bath and hates the dryer even more. But he is all fluffy now and smells good. This should last until our next visit to the dog park where I am sure he will run right over and roll in the mud. It rained all day on Friday which was a big help to the drought.

Friday night I had a horrible dream that my hot water heater exploded and water was gushing everywhere and I couldn’t get it turned off. In the middle of my dream a phone started ringing and I heard a man’s voice. I assumed it was just part of my dream until I woke up the next morning and saw I had a message on my machine. Then a panic set in…had my hot water heater actually exploded? I deduced that had the water heater exploded I probably wouldn’t have gone back to sleep so I was pretty sure that part had been a dream. I listened to the message and it was Eric (the guy living in Lennie’s house). He had called at 1AM to tell me that someone had broken into Lennie’s house again. I called him back to find out that this time they came in through an unlocked window and had only stolen a few DVD’s. The police did get fingerprints this time but chances are it is just kids and they probably don’t have prints on file. Eric says he has had enough and is moving out. Lennie wants me to put his stuff into storage and install a security system. So I guess now I need to find boxes. *Sigh* I am not looking forward to moving all that stuff. Lennie is going to owe me so big when he gets home. I better get something sparkly out of this. I moved most of my stuff to my house on my own last year without much help from Lennie and now I have to move all of his stuff. I am starting to see a pattern here.

Saturday I ran a few last minute errands for Maria. She was hosting a St. Paddy’s Day Party at her house and her car refused to start. I ran and picked up some flowers, napkins, and some O’Doul’s for a few people who don’t drink. Do you know how embarrassing it is to buy non-alcoholic beer? I noticed that people were staring at me and I felt the need to explain myself to the cashier. “This isn’t for me. I was asked to bring this to a party tonight.” I just wanted to make it clear to everyone that I was indeed an alcoholic and I would never in my life touch O’Doul’s if I wasn’t asked to buy it for someone else. I dropped the stuff off to Maria, went home to change and then came back over for the party. I had a great time. There was a good turn out and so much food. I totally blew my diet. My little pies seemed to go over well as did the chocolate covered strawberries.  Maria had invited some musicians to perform Irish folk songs for the evening. It was great to be at an Irish Party listening to live Irish music. I headed home about 10:30 and immediately passed out in bed. Forgetting to set my clock ahead an hour.

I woke up Sunday morning thinking it was 8:30 then it hit me that in fact it was 9:30. My morning had slipped by. I got up and ran around trying to get things done. In the afternoon I headed down to the pub for a book signing. I mentioned the book on the community blog but somehow I forgot about you guys. Andrew Britton’s 3^rd book has just been releases. It is call The Invisible and continues with CIA agent Ryan Keely from the first two books. If you haven’t read the first two, you can now pick them up in paperback. I thoroughly enjoyed them! You can check out the books at http://www.andrewbrittonbooks.com .

Sunday night I headed back over to Lennie’s to get a key from Eric and to take a look around at what I had to deal with. I didn’t think that Lennie owned that much but there is a lot of stuff in closets and drawers I just didn’t notice before. I came home and crashed on the couch and tried to pull a plan together. I was just too tired to come up with much. I need to be working on my costume for the Renaissance Fair and finishing my scrapbook. There just aren’t enough hours in the day. I think I might take myself out to dinner this week. I haven’t been out to eat since Mom and Anne were here and I have been really good about my diet. I deserve a treat.

Hope everyone had a good weekend.

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