Away Too Long ...

From here.

Seriously, I don't mean to be this lame. I meant to do a lot of writing while I was on vacation last week. But being me, I didn't do jack in that respect. The vacay was far from a wash though, because I did:

- take the camping trip described in the previous entry.

- got a new kitten (photos to come). Lee's daughter's cats had kittens and we brought the littlest girl home to live with us. At least we think she's a girl so far. We all know how that went with Sylvester.

- started our veggie garden. Tomatoes, sweet and hot peppers, scallions and squash, here we come!

- go with Lee to get his tattoo (also photos to come).

- Spent lots of time (probably too much) at Ye Olde Family Pub.

- Had a great Mother's Day with the family.

On the downside, a dear family friend passed away. He had been sick and recently put in hospice, but that doesn't make it easier to see someone so good and so loved go.

I'm back at work this week, so of course I picked tonight to try to do a little writing. Big mistake. Big time writer's block is still firmly in place when it comes to anything but blogging. So I gave up and went outside to water the garden instead. As soon as I finished, it started raining.

Oh, and on the way across campus to a meeting today, I was nearly crapped on by a flying goose.

Cosmic messages from the universe, or just signs that I'm already ready for the weekend?