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Dream mush this morning. Got up early to walk the dog and came back and napped for a few hours. Had some lucid dreams while I napped, but of course they've disappeared for now. Nap was good.

Went dancing last night and got back a bit later than usual. So didn't get enough z-time between going to bed, reading some, and awakening early this morning. My internal clock has been reset since I've been here at L's this past week or so. I'm on dog time.

Dance place was packed last night. There was a visiting dance club from LA. There were about as many of them as regular dancers. Floor was nearly jammed for every dance.

I wasn't feeling very outgoing. Just danced the dances and enjoyed the movement and exercise. Left after 2.5 hours to head back home. Dancing helped lift some of the logy feelings I was experiencing right before I left to dance. Thought about not going, but glad I did.

P & S were there. He kept encouraging me to go back today for the workshops, dinner and tonight's dance. I told him I was either going to the QS dance tonight or nowhere. I don't want to deal with the workshops and the all-day crowd that they'll have. Plus I'd have to make multiple trips back and forth to take care of the dog--so he wouldn't mess in the house.

Speaking of multiple trips--my FastTrak check didn't get cashed yet. My transponder triggers a low balance message. I thought I sent the check in a few weeks back. It either got lost or they didn't process it. I show a record of having written a check, but can't clearly recall mailing it. Thought I did, but you know what thought did.

So have to go to my room and look through my debris piles to see if I can find the missing check. Bother!

Plan on getting another salmon steak and fixing a rice, steamed veges and salmon steak dinner again, topped with my Japanese seasonings. I could almost eat that same dish every day. There's just something so simple, clean and tasty about that combination. Really tastes perfect if I serve it in my "begging bowl" and eat with chopsticks.

So have to start moving here halfway through the day and make my errand runs, check on my check, pickup a salmon steak, and enjoy the sunny, cool day. Used L's W&D to do my laundry. Thank goodness for universal UI's. I managed to figure out the various control options after fiddling with all of the various switches and knobs. Looks like the W&D makers would just devices with a Wash button and a Dry button, and leave it at that. Who cares about delicate cycles and cool down modes? Just throw in the dirty clothes and out pops clean and unwrinkled ones. We wish.
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Done. Errands, salmon, dinner, etc. Not going to either one of tonight's dances. Had a good salmon dinner, as mentioned, and think I'll curl up with a DVD--Road to Perdition. Played a short film DVD by one of my ex-wives called "Happy Trails." I'd read the script a while back. She'd sent me the DVD a few months ago. It's not bad--little heavy on the moralistic issues, but a good story. Might glean a short film award if entered in a few festivals. Acting was fine; camera work was mostly alright.

One week and a bit to go here at my house/pet-sitting venture. Big item on the agenda for the next week is getting a replacement computer for mine that crashed. Mac or PC? The same old questions. PC's are cheaper, but Mac's are slick. Will be nice to be mobile again instead of using a fixed station like I am now.

Poor dog that I'm watching. I'm probably about the dullest person he's ever had around him so continuously. He's slept now for the most part over the past week plus. Don't think he can sleep much more. Cat seems to do better with the inattention.

Time to pop some popcorn in the microwave and boot up the DVD. On the Road to Perdition for me. (So what's so new?)