Did you know that a shower in the afternoon is a top-notch indulgence? Apparently it is, because I took one today in the afternoon, as the sun was hitting our thin, little transom window that seemed like quite the indulgence itself when we added it to our renovation blueprints, but has turned out to be absolutely indispensable—it poured light into the shower with me, the yellow kind of late afternoon, just as we’re slipping into evening…and it was glorious. Good it felt good! Helped by the coolness of the day, certainly. The hot water in such cold air is also a top-notch indulgence. What a wonderful thing to have that—beyond hot springs, or a shallow pool in the sun—doesn’t occur in nature. That’s a human miracle right there.
We’re very clever, us humans. At least our world would lead us to believe so. I wonder if we’re clever in the cosmic sense. Probably not. At scale, most things become merely average, so that’s probably what we are. Average. But here, on Earth…we’re pretty clever. Hot afternoon showers. A highlight of my weekend.
Coops, poor bud…his eye is definitely still hurting him. But, he’s handling it like a champ. A little protest here and there trying to get his cone off, but otherwise I think he’s just resolved himself to sleep it away. We give him the pain meds, and those also make him a little drowsy—nothing too bad, gabapentin is very, very mild stuff.
I’m almost done with my wine spreadsheet project! Like…an hour left or so. I could have finished tonight, but I was done. I wanted to come in and spend time with Liz. Watching something together, eat some food. Joy slept in my arm like Coco used to, head in my elbow, snoring away. She snuggles on me all the time, but rarely like that.
Coco. Miss you. You passed away two years plus one day ago. For some reason, writing about hot afternoon showers up there made me pause for a minute and think about you, when you were young, and we were walking around our Sherman Oaks neighborhood. Those were such good times. The best of times.
Got a nap in. That was literally a goal. Wrote it into my daily to-do list, lol. I slept for about an hour, I think. I try not to look at the clock for those naps, actually. Just let it happen. The pups slept with me. When I got up is when I took that shower. Did you think you were going to hear so much about me taking a shower today? Jfc. My apologies 😛
Up tomorrow and back at it on the outline. Looking forward to it! Night night.