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Back in the Saddle

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on Jul. 7, 2010

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Got back from the trip to two provinces and three states: AB, BC, CO, ID, MT. Don’t believe me: check Gowalla!

Had sushi dinner with Steve and Nan and Jakaya.  That dude is CUTE.  He has very big eyes.  Do all babies? Must do research.

Went for sushi at Shiro.  Perhaps it was the amount of steak I’ve had in the past week, but raw fish never tasted so good—felt like Gollum on his first day out of the mines.

At my place, Jakaya went for a short sleep in the guest room, and apparently Maggie doesn’t like the sound of a crying baby. Baby cried, Steve went to check, Maggie (under bed) got spooked and latched onto Steve’s unprotected calf like a bear grappling with a shark.  I’ve never seen so many individual little holes in someone’s leg.  Used about half a tube of Polysporin treating the results of that 4-second encounter.  Ouch!

On the plus side, it’s nice to know that our cat WILL attack and kill anyone who tries to steal a baby from our house.  I’ll give her a nice tuna bonus in her paycheck this week.

It’s good to be home, though I do wish the trip had been about three days longer; the last day seemed like the first real day of vacation…



 
 

 

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