Well, that was a week!
Dec. 3rd, 2006 03:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
philenaLet's recap:
Sunday:
-no heat
-no food
-ant infestation
Monday:
-no heat
-no food
-ant infestation
Tuesday:
-ant infestation
-no hot water
Wednesday:
-ant infestation
-no hot water
-no power
Thursday:
-still some ants
-no hot water
Friday:
-my BART train derails
No, not much fun. However, this weekend--well, I won't say it made up for everything, but it certainly did make things better. Daniel and I went to Asilomar, which is a conference held every December for math teachers just south of Monterey. Daniel spent all day Saturday at conferences, while I spent it walking on the beach, napping in the hotel room, reading on the lawn, reading in front of a roaring fire in the main room while a fellow played nicely on the piano, and pretty much reading until the cows (that is, Daniel) came home. We were fed very well for every meal, Daniel saw deer, I saw woodpeckers, we watched the sunrise on the beach Saturday morning and walked on the beach Sunday, and a good time was had by all. Then today on our way home we stopped at the Monterey aquarium, which is much better viewed without a fever than with one (having done both, I can attest to the truth of that statement), ate Ghiradelli ice cream sundaes while watching otters and seals and cormorants (and, judging from our ears, if not by our eyes, sea lions (ork! ork ork ork orkorkork!) in the Monterey Bay. There is a rather tremendous amount of cleaning to be done here (having to bathe in a basin of water boiled on the stove does not make one feel like scrubbing out the tub), but I'm so refreshed and relieved that it was a pleasure to wash the dishes in hot water, and I plan to hold on to that same sentiment, however much it may struggle to get out of the way, until the bathroom is done too.
Sunday:
-no heat
-no food
-ant infestation
Monday:
-no heat
-no food
-ant infestation
Tuesday:
-ant infestation
-no hot water
Wednesday:
-ant infestation
-no hot water
-no power
Thursday:
-still some ants
-no hot water
Friday:
-my BART train derails
No, not much fun. However, this weekend--well, I won't say it made up for everything, but it certainly did make things better. Daniel and I went to Asilomar, which is a conference held every December for math teachers just south of Monterey. Daniel spent all day Saturday at conferences, while I spent it walking on the beach, napping in the hotel room, reading on the lawn, reading in front of a roaring fire in the main room while a fellow played nicely on the piano, and pretty much reading until the cows (that is, Daniel) came home. We were fed very well for every meal, Daniel saw deer, I saw woodpeckers, we watched the sunrise on the beach Saturday morning and walked on the beach Sunday, and a good time was had by all. Then today on our way home we stopped at the Monterey aquarium, which is much better viewed without a fever than with one (having done both, I can attest to the truth of that statement), ate Ghiradelli ice cream sundaes while watching otters and seals and cormorants (and, judging from our ears, if not by our eyes, sea lions (ork! ork ork ork orkorkork!) in the Monterey Bay. There is a rather tremendous amount of cleaning to be done here (having to bathe in a basin of water boiled on the stove does not make one feel like scrubbing out the tub), but I'm so refreshed and relieved that it was a pleasure to wash the dishes in hot water, and I plan to hold on to that same sentiment, however much it may struggle to get out of the way, until the bathroom is done too.