mlerules

Flew back to the Bay Area today for a few days after a brief return home for an epic concert this past Sunday. Saw Stephen Stills at the Aladdin w/a friend. (Average audience age: bald/grey ;-) His voice was a bit thrashed, but the whole experience was awesome. Yesterday featured sleeping in and a bunch of basketball (go TrailBlazers!).

Nice walk and dinner w/step-sis and her hubby this evening. (Luckily the heat began to break.) Will have breakfast at Homemade Cafe in Berkeley w/former o'morrow, then continue on to SJ for the day and night w/Mom & J. On Thursday I'll start driving Northward. Should arrive home again (home again, jiggidy jig) on Friday, hopefully for a BBQ w/friends. Heading out again on Wed, heading coastal all the way down to Eureka for a wedding over Mem'l Day weekend, returning the Tu (or Wed) after.

Poor health (not mine, but fambily & Dear Friends) means I've decided not to head Back East in July. I will, however, fly Down South (SoCal) for a few days in June. Yes, it's Troubie-time once again: Abbememnon. WheeZoom!

Fascinating. I have just exactly enough brainwidth right now to deal w/all the ducks currently in the air and/or milling about waiting for orders to fly into formation, but the creative-come-up-with-clever-ideas-that-don't-involve-logistics part o' my brain is currently off-line. Logistics is ALL. And that's just fine 'n' dandy. Overwhelm is close, but not here. Still functioning...although perhaps not as efficiently as possible (case in point, I'm doing this entry rather than packing/stacking/listing things 'n' stuff or doing any other of the myriad trip-prep activities I could be doing). Hell - I'm taking a break now, that's whassup. Back at in just a bit...

Phew! *rolls up my sleeves, cranks the music, and has at once again* Whee! (I really do enjoy this stuff :-)

BAZOOM.

Well, I'm quite glad I opted to stay in this evening after today's lovely sunny drive down from CopperMoon to the Hive - with a great stop-off about half-way down for meeting up w/vismaya_viewer, stinkys_nunzio, and chilluns C&J for a Mad Hatter Chai Party (Injun chow & much reading aloud of poetry) - as I've quite enjoyed this eve's long bubbly bath, chat w/a Dear Friend, and good book.

I've just shifted my return flight outta OAK rather than SJC on Sun (12/27/09) which'll make life much easier, although I'm still unsure how I'm gonna get myself and my luggage Northward and then to BART/OAK. It'll work out, although how remains a mystery for now. :-)

Sleep now. Crash. Boom.

A Dear Friend o' mine'll be down yonder for the 1st three (3) weeks of December and wonders what to do and where to go and what's good to eat and such like, so any tips, hints, suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!

(I've already suggested Rajun Cajun in Hermosa Beach.)

It's been grey, drizzly, and wet for the past couple of days here in Portland. Forecast claims it's supposed to be clear and mid-70s - mid-80s here this weekend w/nights down to 40s & 50s. Where I'm headed (SoCal), it's forecast to be clear, sunny, and low-mid-80s, cooling off to high 50s/low 60s at night. This'll be a pleasant change. I fully expect the weather to have shifted warmer by the time I return to the PacNW. (Peeks out to see if'n anybody's listening/paying attention ;-)

I'm up and ready to GO!

EDIT: Mid-90s expected in Agoura Hills this Sunday, where the 49th annual Topanga Banjo/Fiddle Contest & Folk Festival will be taking place. I'm torn 'tween wanting to return to this - it's been lots of fun before - and not wanting to swelter so instead heading to the beach (although it's highly likely I'd not be the only one w/this idea...sigh). Will wait & see and do what feels right then...

So, since Hwy 5's now underwater from at least milepoints 68-88 in WA, lightfoote will instead wing his way down to the Hive and back up to CopperMoon this w'end: WHOO-HOO! This means I shan't be visiting w/vismaya_viewer, magickalmom, or geoffcain this time around. *waves to/at you & hopes to see ya' next time our paths cross*

Here's a link w/all DOTs in the U.S. (plus Puerto Rico): State Transportation Web Sites. Hmm, all of a sudden weather reports matter a whole lot more to me than I'm used to here in SoCal (other than getting to/from Big Bear that is).

FINALLY have a starting date for the next set of adventures: Sat, July 8, 2006. Oh. That's tomorrow. *runs around like chicken sans head* ( Schedule )

And it's not like I haven't toyed w/the idea of becoming a travel agent before, either. 'Cept it's gotten so not worth it over the years that I'm not gonna bother. Okay, now we're set for the wedding in CT in September, all travelling together (me, delerium3 and her 'rents) from Burbank to Providence via Phoenix and staying at the same hotel. Must still get rental car...but will let the older gen get their own. Now I wanna shower, hit the Farmer's Market, then head out for a day w/Mom (still dunno what we'll do - ack!) and din-din w/the fambily.