When the day leaves you so braindead, you forget how nice it is to turn on the music.
I think we passed the homestudy. Of course, we both have individual interviews left to go - which I'm told can take some hours. Alone. Oiwie. I've scheduled mine for a Saturday.
Politics? Oh the day was a beaut.
( Speaking before a crowd of thousands of Bush partisans at a ticket-only event at the sunshine-drenched high school rally, Bush said taxing rich Americans won't work because they can afford to hire accountants and lawyers to reduce their tax burdens.
)What, we aren't going to
hunt them down, prosecute them and put them in jail? No, no - they've got - *gasp* - ACCOUNTANTS! RUN AWAY!!!
Almost as good? Kerry running his mouth about how "wrong" Iraq was. Yeah, yeah, yeah...wrong HOW, ya putz...though I've seen more than one article saying he's giving a speech tomorrow with some policy statements. Gotta wait. MORE. Feh.
Eight more weeks of this.
Jim worked Saturday night - I spent Saturday getting the house ready.
We left for the San Diego Wild Animal Park, an hour and a half behind schedule - and for the record, I woke up at 9:00 AM, the cats did their dance of a billion paws of death at 6:00 AM.
It was HOT. Like over a hundred. In a car with no AC. For three hours.
We arrived at the San Diego Zoo - not the Wild Animal Park. Jim misunderstood. The Zoo is easily 45 minutes further south. I was not a happy camper.
Moving in those temperatures was a struggle. We bailed and bought the bus tour of the park, and did fairly well with it. It was just too hot. Even the animals were just looking for shade and a means to survive the heat of the day. About five o'clock, they began to come out of the shadows - and I got to see the tree kangaroos wake up. They are
very nocturnal - it was the first time I'd seen a healthy one awake. Baby meerkat. Baby meerkat wuz TEEENY.
Got our hotel room through Priceline - a very historic Courtyard. And Mark called - I'd called to make sure they were clear for the weekend, but I think they miss having familiar people close. I got a cell call about 3:00 PM wanting to know when we were going to visit.
Uh.
Okay, we coped. We had dinner at the hotel. But I swear, I think Mark is going senile - or his health status has slipped further than I thought. Even his family was a bit put out at some of the stances he wanted to take. I mean, WWIII?
No, Mark. We're fighting organized crime on a world-wide scale - no better than common criminals. It isn't some glorious crusade of Good vs. Evil, much as that would be much more emotionally satisfying. The actual work is just that - gritty, dirty, labor-intensive (and intellectually challenging) work. It angered me going to sleep and it still pissed me off waking up.
And then we couldn't get them to leave. Folks, it's 9:30 and I have two 4.5 year olds bouncing off the walls to keep themselves awake. Take them home and put them to bed! (And no, they are not going to lie down on the nice hotel bed, it's EBIL.)
Lo, we slept.
Just some peace and quiet, please?
We woke, ate a tasty buffet breakfast and hit Sea World. But bought some sunscreen. Pity I don't know how to apply it anymore. I have stripes of itchy soreness at neckline and into the nape of my neck. Hat did a good job of keeping the top of my head in good shape, and I did a reasonable job of my arms and face. But what do you know, I can turn brown in spots....
But glamorous? Fergitaboutit. Best part of the day was getting doused - I think it was managed three times. Walking Swamps R Us.
Sea World in San Diego is a mixed bag - I've been going to that park regularly since I was too small to climb up on a barstool without help (Hawaiian Punch used to sponsor a pavilion there, where they had both Red and Yellow Hawaiian Punch - does anyone else remember Yellow Hawaiian Punch?) - I know which stadiums were used for what - and when - and which ones were new.
I also still knew a few of the orcas. Orky is still alive, believe it or not -
For Jim, it was ALL new. He got to feed dolphins, which was just the ticket for him - he could have done nothing else and considered the day a hit.
Paddling like mad, don't know when the rapids are going to be here - and now, time for bed!
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