Ku'u home / mana
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la_belle_laideDefinitely I believe in mana; how could one not? If I ever needed any "proof" it would be in coming home to a dark, cold house that's been empty for over a week. It doesn't feel like my home until I've been in it for a few hours. There's no vibe. No mana, in other words. It just feels like a bunch of rooms.
Last night I missed Auntie Kau'i's hula class and I was very disappointed. She had asked me to show up to help keep her in mind of the Hula we had learned from Sonny, because she wanted to teach it. Instead, because I couldn't be there (late dinner reservation, then packing to go home,) I re-wrote all my notes for her. When I dropped them off and said goodbye, I nearly wanted to cry. I always hate leaving Auntie Kau'i, though I know I'll see her again in a few months (which will probably go really fast.) As I was leaving she said, "Jules, I'll miss you!" I ran back and gave her the biggest hug. She's such an angel. And such a good teacher, so much fun. (Though I understand that, years ago, she used to be pretty harsh in class. Don't know if that's true, though.)
The flight home wasn't bad at all. Spencer and I finished watching Young Frankenstein, and then I chilled the rest of the way. After landing, Betsy, Meg, Spencer and I spent about twenty minutes looking for the car in the parking lot at the airport. From 80 degrees to 20 in a few hours, that's pretty rough. Betsy dropped me off at my house, and then I ran inside, took a pee, and ran back out the door to go pick up my pets from work.
And here they are with me again. The dogs look great; Sano was totally doggy happy to see me and jumped all around. he actually had more decorum than Trisky, though. Trisky whined all the way home as if saying, "Drive faster!" Then when we got home she flew around the yard, barely touching the ground. (There's this song by Vanessa Mae called "White Bird", it's the Cosmic Gate remix, anyone heard it? In it is the line, "She must fly." This is Trisky's song and here's why: when I got her, back in the summer of '95, the first time I took her to the vet, Rob--now my boss--took one look at her legs, stood back and looked her all over and said, "God. She must fly." Salukis do.)
Pendragon, of course, doesn't come home unscathed. The other day his blood test came back mostly good, but his uric acid was one point high. I've been obsessing over that one point for a week. His uric acid has always been so low. Only today did I convince myself, hey, it's one piont. It's probably nothing, or something that I can just take care of when I get him back to his regular schedule and meds. When I picked them all up, as I was putting Pendragon in his carrier in the car, I noticed a big chunk out of his tail, and a big dent there. It's only on one side, so it's not hard to figure out what happened: he tried to tail-whip someone and hit something hard instead. I just wonder why no one noticed it. Remembering all too well what I went through last spring with Pendragon's tail, I now have a new thing to obsess over. But, either way, I gave him a bath (him giving me spikes and hissing and lashing and trying to bite; boy is he ever pissed!) gave him his meds, and am letting him chill out. I always feel better when I can see him behaving like himself.
The dogs are chilling out...or at least Trisky is. If you could only see them right now, it's hilarious. Sano is all keyed up and can't figure out what to do with himself. Trisky has managed to drag Sano's bed on top or her own and is lying on both of them. Making up for having to lie down on mere blankets in the kennel for over a week, no doubt.
There's a storm on the way, making its way along the coast. The rest of my fam is still driving up. (Pink bubble!) It started to really come down here about a half an hour ago, and it's frigid. I'll be digging my car out again, no doubt.
I was swimming yesterday, finding myself way too hot in the sun and worrying about getting burned. O_o
Last night I missed Auntie Kau'i's hula class and I was very disappointed. She had asked me to show up to help keep her in mind of the Hula we had learned from Sonny, because she wanted to teach it. Instead, because I couldn't be there (late dinner reservation, then packing to go home,) I re-wrote all my notes for her. When I dropped them off and said goodbye, I nearly wanted to cry. I always hate leaving Auntie Kau'i, though I know I'll see her again in a few months (which will probably go really fast.) As I was leaving she said, "Jules, I'll miss you!" I ran back and gave her the biggest hug. She's such an angel. And such a good teacher, so much fun. (Though I understand that, years ago, she used to be pretty harsh in class. Don't know if that's true, though.)
The flight home wasn't bad at all. Spencer and I finished watching Young Frankenstein, and then I chilled the rest of the way. After landing, Betsy, Meg, Spencer and I spent about twenty minutes looking for the car in the parking lot at the airport. From 80 degrees to 20 in a few hours, that's pretty rough. Betsy dropped me off at my house, and then I ran inside, took a pee, and ran back out the door to go pick up my pets from work.
And here they are with me again. The dogs look great; Sano was totally doggy happy to see me and jumped all around. he actually had more decorum than Trisky, though. Trisky whined all the way home as if saying, "Drive faster!" Then when we got home she flew around the yard, barely touching the ground. (There's this song by Vanessa Mae called "White Bird", it's the Cosmic Gate remix, anyone heard it? In it is the line, "She must fly." This is Trisky's song and here's why: when I got her, back in the summer of '95, the first time I took her to the vet, Rob--now my boss--took one look at her legs, stood back and looked her all over and said, "God. She must fly." Salukis do.)
Pendragon, of course, doesn't come home unscathed. The other day his blood test came back mostly good, but his uric acid was one point high. I've been obsessing over that one point for a week. His uric acid has always been so low. Only today did I convince myself, hey, it's one piont. It's probably nothing, or something that I can just take care of when I get him back to his regular schedule and meds. When I picked them all up, as I was putting Pendragon in his carrier in the car, I noticed a big chunk out of his tail, and a big dent there. It's only on one side, so it's not hard to figure out what happened: he tried to tail-whip someone and hit something hard instead. I just wonder why no one noticed it. Remembering all too well what I went through last spring with Pendragon's tail, I now have a new thing to obsess over. But, either way, I gave him a bath (him giving me spikes and hissing and lashing and trying to bite; boy is he ever pissed!) gave him his meds, and am letting him chill out. I always feel better when I can see him behaving like himself.
The dogs are chilling out...or at least Trisky is. If you could only see them right now, it's hilarious. Sano is all keyed up and can't figure out what to do with himself. Trisky has managed to drag Sano's bed on top or her own and is lying on both of them. Making up for having to lie down on mere blankets in the kennel for over a week, no doubt.
There's a storm on the way, making its way along the coast. The rest of my fam is still driving up. (Pink bubble!) It started to really come down here about a half an hour ago, and it's frigid. I'll be digging my car out again, no doubt.
I was swimming yesterday, finding myself way too hot in the sun and worrying about getting burned. O_o
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Date: 2005-02-25 04:00 am (UTC)So true! Last year, when I came home from Estrella to my empty house, it was very quiet for a while. But this year, I got back and there was still lots of action, from my roommates enjoying themselves. Much nicer homecoming than last time.
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Date: 2005-02-25 04:27 am (UTC)BTW, I was thinking about you the other day. I bought a very weird dress that doesn't fit me but I had to have it anyway, and I need to make some adjustments on it. I was thinking, "How would Bev handle this dress?" ^_^
Oh, and also btw, do you have any ideas about how to find a bra that has a low back and halter strap instead of arm straps? O_o
God, this sewing stuff is hard! ;)
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Date: 2005-02-25 04:52 am (UTC)