I was trying to remember the last time I was on a vacation let alone spent a night away from home. When one hits and passes middle age, the number of slumber party invitations diminish significantly. Before we left Ohio in 1995, Edward and I took many weekend getaways as I worked for the Hyatt Hotel chain and was provided free stays at Hyatt properties. Though not sure which would qualify as my "last" vacation/weekend, it would be among, Chicago, New York City, or Washington DC. But based on lower standards of simply being away from home over night, would have to be a little over two years ago, when spending the night in Edward's hospital room at UCSF. That is why my nephew Steven's generosity in asking me to apartment and cat sit in San Francisco this past weekend, meant so much to me.
I had invited friends to pick a day and drive down to do something together but none were available. As such, I simply stayed in, relaxed from some pressures at home, played with the cat, caught up on some movies and fell in love with the new HBO (BBC imported) series 'The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency.' Though on the day I arrived, I did shop in the Castro and pick up some food, the rain came in that night and it's been rather a drenched atmosphere since then.
His apartment is in Diamond heights and though doesn't face downtown, provided me a wonderful evening view of fog cascading over the hillside as the glow of homes flickered beneath the mist. Yesterday, I walked over to the Safeway and passed visitor's parking area where I noticed the same two cars parked since I arrived on Friday. It was an issue of note because they are only three spaces and a Jaguar was parked straddling one of the lines, thus taken up two spaces. I believe straddling the line is called a Robert Downey Jr. manuever. Anyway, one couldn't help but notice that the Jag had three notes attached to the rain soaked windows and chunks of paper residue from past notes that had deteriorated in the rain. One still legible note read, "what sort of idiot are you, taking up two parking spaces. Jesus hates you and so do I." I believe that's a quote from the Ten CAR-mandments.
Monday, May 4, 2009
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