July 23rd 2006
Vacation Day
I took a “vacation day” today, layed in the hammock all afternoon catching up on podcasts on my iPod. I’m one of those people who has a tough time relaxing, I find it difficult to do nothing productive. Even as a kid, I couldn’t just watch TV, I had to read a magazine or a book at the same time to salvage the wasted time. It’s sick, really. And it took me a good hour in the hammock to stop thinking “Ok, go get something done.” But I persevered, and it worked. I relaxed. (Best tagline ever: Hammocks.com’s “Accomplish Nothing…“)
The dogs stayed outside with me all day, Illy even fell asleep next to the hammock, in between sprints to the road to chase cars away. Ouzo occassionally dropped the tennis ball for me to throw with the ChuckIt but even he mostly layed in the shade, which, for those of you who know Ouzo, is out of character. It’s been hot here in Seattle the last few days with temperatures in the 90s. But it’s great in the shade with a nice breeze. I love Seattle weather! By 4pm I had my all-time favorite beer, a Fuller’s ESB that our friends that were over for dinner last night left in the fridge. Good friends leave good beer in your fridge.
4 Comments »
Sweetiebarbara on 25 Sep 2006 at 9:10 pm #
I hope you have not decided to no longer write these vignettes. I realize you have been very busy with the Zaar, but I just discovered these tonight!
Elizabeth on 28 Jun 2007 at 10:12 am #
What kind of dog is Ouzo?
ARW on 17 Sep 2007 at 11:14 am #
Gay,
I can really relate to having a tough time being able to relax. We all have to stop shoulding on ourselves. Thanks for sharing you day.
I would like to tell Sweetiebarbara I discovered her kitchen today when I discovered Zaar. I love both. I noticed her birthday is September 14th, my birthday is September 15, 1960. I would love to hear from Sweetiebarbara if she is inclined.
ARW - 9/17/07
Barbara Buckingham on 19 Feb 2008 at 2:20 pm #
I was googling myself as my Zaar name, Sweetiebarbara, and saw this!
troyandgay.com/blog » Vacation Day
I would like to tell Sweetiebarbara I discovered her kitchen today when I discovered Zaar. … I would love to hear from Sweetiebarbara if she is inclined. …
troyandgay.com/blog/2006/07/23/vacation-day/ - 25k - Cached - Similar pages
Please email me!… I have lots of things I would like to tell you!… Love the pictures of your baby! Congrats!… I love you both and went and lurked on your VOX site.
Fondly,
Barbara