Friday Coffee Date
Hi there! Let’s take a moment to catch up on life. How was your week? Mine had some pretty crappy things… let’s get those out of the way first. On Tuesday I was making dinner and my oven literally FELL TO PIECES. The handle came off in my hand, which caused the front of the oven to separate into two pieces and fall on the floor. Since I was roasting vegetables at 425 degrees, why yes, this WAS kind of dangerous! We tried to fix it, but we couldn’t get the handle back on, and without that the oven door won’t stay together. We talked about getting a new oven- could we wait until Black Friday? Oh wait. That won’t work, because how would we cook Thanksgiving dinner. SIGH. My husband discovered that we can get a replacement handle for this oven, and it arrives Saturday! So we’ll see if we can fix it. I mean- other than this (ahem, this teensy) snafu, the oven itself works just fine. In the meantime- luckily we have a microwave. In other news, Charlotte, our black cat, is now ill. YES. It was just weeks ago that we had a scare with Muffin. Luckily Muffin is fine, but it’s come to our attention that Charlotte has lost a LOT of weight. Too much. She needs to see a vet. The problem is, we recently decided to get pet insurance (my husband can get it through his work). It doesn’t kick in for another week, and we’re trying to wait until then to take Charlotte in. Charlotte is… old? We don’t really know how old she is. We’ve had her for nine years, but she was already an adult when we adopted her and no one knew how old she was then. We’re afraid that she may have something too expensive for us to treat, so we’d like to wait until this insurance kicks in. But we’re worried. However! The week wasn’t all bad. Our weather really cooled down, which feels AMAZING. Wednesday I had a day off with no appointments scheduled, and I had an incredible trail run in the morning. It was 52 degrees when I started! This is why we live in Florida! I have to remind myself of this next summer when I’m complaining bitterly about the heat and humidity. After my run, I settled myself on the couch with a big bowl of oatmeal, and tea. I ate, read blogs, and eventually drifted off into a nap, and Muffin snuggled up to me. This is my favorite way to spend time alone at home. More good things this week (in the spirit of Elisabeth’s HAPPY THINGS FRIDAY posts): -I found my Christmas cards- no easy feat, since they were stuffed haphazardly into one of the Christmas bins last January- and started addressing them! -Pumpkin spice everything: -Well, not everything… I started this carton of creamer! -High school football playoff season is here! Our first playoff game is tonight. -End of the government shutdown? I know this is a controversial outcome, but I’m happy for people to return to work. And, selfishly, we’re hoping that my son can get home for Thanksgiving without any issues. That’s it for me! How was your week? Any big problems? Any happy things? Are you enjoying a festive hot beverage right now???