the early bird

me, up before nine - yes, yes, 'tis true, 'tis true. all for a good cause - the installation of digital cable in the house - what could be finer i ask? well, i guess a good merlot and a warm body beside me, but who am i to split hairs. . .

after spending the majority of my day recovering from a nasty little hangover (which consitsted of watching the giants game and doing the sunday corssword), due in no small part to the heavy pouring bartender at the route 101, i went to a "red ginger and egg" festival, which was being held for my 1st cousins son, brandon, which i guess, makes him my 1st cousin once removed - i think. anyway, it is a chinese tradition (my cousins husband is burmese) for baby's who are one month old, and it was held at the tong palace, which was pretty damn good - including deep fried dungeness crab, still in shell, which was one of 12 courses served, the finale being a full fish, head and all - combined with at least a bottle of wine polished off by yours truly, the belly was full and the hangover was sated. besides the great food and introduction to a new tradition, it was great to see some of my family from northern california that i only get to really see for events like these.

returning home, i checked my voice mail and found that my ex-girlfriend julie had called. i really hesitate to call her my 'ex' since she was my friend for years before we dated and have become friends again after breaking up last fall. she just graduated from uf and moved to panama city, florida to work for an environmental company. she had called to tell me she was settled into her apartment and that she had fallen off a mule - which for her, is par for the course - to say she is a bit accident prone would be an understatement. it was great to catch up and hear all about her adventures with the mule, and after an hour of talking, i finally crashed out early so i'd be up for the cable guy today.

speaking of which - it's installed - i'm going to go play with my new toy!!