Got up yesterday with lots of good intentions…

Spent awhile on the phone with Sally catching up on the goings on in Ohio. Then got started on cleaning the house. Patrick called to let me know he and Veronica would be over within a few minutes to take Murphy to the dog park along with their dog Floyd. When they returned, they both helped me clean up the backyard until the Chinese food they ordered arrived. Much to my surprise they ordered appetizers that were the equivalent of crab rangoon! So we pigged out on orange chicken, beef broccoli, sweet & sour chicken, shrimp fried rice, and crab rangoon. OMG, all my weight loss efforts went into the toilet…but how yummy it was!

They headed for home late in the afternoon and Vanessa showed up about 15 minutes later! We sat out back visiting for about 4 hours since I hadn’t seen her for a couple of months. Talked with Kevin for a bit. They are finally completely moved out of the rental house. They have mountains of unpacking to do now, but at least they are completely moved and can be at home on the weekends and in the evenings getting the new place set up.

Today I slept in until after 9 am and spent the morning reading the paper and enjoying my coffee. Got busy out back finishing up sweeping and clearing the leaves from a few flower beds. Finally got around to giving Murphy a bath and “Furminated” him tonight. Also finally went to the grocery. Amazing that I hadn’t been there for a month! Got enough food to last for 2-3 weeks and spent just a bit over $100. I can remember spending more than that every week!

The weather is officially fall-like with even a few drops of rain falling late this afternoon. The pool has cooled down, meaning no more swimming until next year. The hot weather this summer allowed for more pool usage this year than has happened for a number of years.

Not looking forward to work in the morning. This will be another busy week resulting in exhaustion upon getting home each night. At least I don’t have any ridiculously early 7 am meetings until the end of the month. Off to soak in the tub for a bit before vegging out watching Desperate Housewives.