Graffiti Long Weekend

I only remembered (again) shortly before 12 yesterday morning while my head was in the oven that this was a long weekend for us. No, I hadn't turned on the gas. My appliances are all electric, and I was cleaning the oven when I realized that I might have to look in on my friend's cat this weekend. I texted her and she texted me back to say that yes they were going away and would I mind checking on Sammie. After taking Zara out this morning, I went to replenish Sammie's food and water and to spend some time with her. Actually I also got some quiet time for myself, which I used to read a bit more on the Sue Grafton novel I'd started. At least at my friends' I know a certain person won't be ringing the doorbell to ask to use my phone. She only made 6 calls from my phone last week. As she puts it, the calls don't cost me anything. I beg to differ here because I know we do pay for those calls and not in the long run either. Besides, having someone in when you're trying to prepare lunch (during the week I eat between 1 and 1.30). One day I almost burnt the stir-fry I was making, because she had to have a complaining session after getting off the phone, more or less what I'm having here. A normal person would have a mobile phone to use, but she refuses to learn how to use one.

It's probably a good thing that we have tomorrow off since I've got a busy week ahead. On Thursday evening, I'm going to a book presentation. The father of one of my students has finally published his first of five novels that he's written about E.T.'s. This past Thursday when I was going to my last class, I heard someone behind me calling my name and naturally thought it was my student and his father. Lots of times I arrive at their house before they do. When I turned around, I saw that it was Helena's father, the one who's crazy about E.T's and has written the novels, not the other little boy's father. He insisted on going with me to tell the other student's family that we would have to change the time of the class because I had to go to the presentation. I told him I was sure they would be going too so there would be no problem as they're all friends. As another mother and I were commenting the other day, there can't be many people in the neighbourhood who don't know Heric (and his obsession). He's a lovely person even if he is a bit strange.

I was debating about whether or not to post one of the secrets that I just had to copy from Post Secret and then remembered this mushroom that suddenly appeared on a building round the corner from my house. A bit of the writing at the top got cut off like one of the secrets that I was reading today. It doesn't matter because I have no idea what it says. I got my usual odd number today on Post Secret: 280,739,789.

Think I'm going to try and find time to write up that chocolate cake recipe that I mentioned before. I still have photos to post from September. BTW, it's finally cold here, so I've put the continental quilt on the bed. How I love sleeping under one! Hope everybody has a good week.