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Date: 2023-01-09
Nine Very Good Dogs
You ever wake up and think you have your day all planned? The things you’ll do, and you’re feeling all good about the Stuff you’re gonna get done? That was me today at 6am. Here I am fifteen hours later, finally sitting down at my laptop for the first time since Saturday. Obviously writing NOT the diary I had intended.
What happened, brillig? Is everything OK?
Yes, nothing catastrophic happened, no one died or was in an accident, or anything of the sort. But Mr. Brillig woke up feeling dizzy, just like he’d been when he went to sleep last night (and which he blamed on not drinking enough water). This morning, though, his ear hurt and he had a slight fever. So instead of heading out to grocery shop and take care of other errands, I hung around the house in case he needed a ride to the doctor, since neither of us felt he should be driving. When the doctor finally called back and prescribed antibiotics for what clearly is an infection, I headed out belatedly to do what I could do before a planned coffee date with a friend.
That hour spent with a real live person AND caffeine was wonderful and very much needed. When we parted ways (with another date on the calendar already!) I picked up Mr. Brillig’s prescription and came home. At which point K2 texted needing a ride home from school. Off I went for the 45 minute round trip. When we got home at 4:30, I thought “Oh good I’m in for the day, let me take a catnap then get to my diary and dinner”.
At 5:30 K2 says “I think I do want to go to soccer practice at 7, can you drive me since my friend hasn’t replied to my text?” Dude. Practice is at SIX, and it’s a 20 minutes away. Which turned out to be 40 minutes with a bad traffic backup. By this time I’m near Costco, which was one of the places I hadn’t gotten to go this morning. So I figure let’s multitask and drive fewer miles, and braved the place at 6:30pm. Got home at 7:30, had the first actual meal I’d had since breakfast (homemade keto broccoli-cheese soup, in case you’re curious), and sat down to write.
So yeah, that diary I planned isn’t happening in that short a time frame. I hope your day went closer to plan!
Have some cute doggos in the title picture, and enjoy perusing the evening’s Tops!
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