Tabouli

The rain finally stopped today, it's been a week. How will we cope in snow? Not many walks with the dogs and we've all got a little cabin fever.

I went and saw the Batman V Superman movie and loved it. There is a monthly movie morning group so I joined them and it was good to meet new people. 

I had my haircut too but had a different girl to last time due to last minute change of appts. She took ages but did ok. I feel quite scalped but it will grow back as always. My usual hairdresser said hello and asked how I was settling in - had I gone to the local shopping mall. I said no,not yet. She said, very casually, oh you must go, but not today cause there's just been a shooting there !! My jaw dropped and I said what? I came home and yep, the news was plastered with it. A guy shot a few people the day before and that day too. They caught him, a police officer I think, sounded domestic violence related. I think the people killed were bystanders. Christ, this place is crazy. 

We went to a garden party at Deb's 'boss' house. It was great to see it and despite the weeks of planning that she was involved in and the week of wet weather, it was a very good afternoon of party pies, hotdogs and sausages. I met the house chef and she was a cracker with a great sense of cheeky humour. We popped in to say goodbye and she said here, take some leftovers. We said no, but she said yes, there's heaps and I've got plenty of tabouli, lesbians love tabouli !! We laughed - since when? So we have a big bag of tabouli in our fridge with mini quiches.

Cricket and Deb went for their Saturday morning long run. It's the quickest pace Deb runs each week. They run 10k and Cricket is just not puffed at all. I do my own run and then walk Mace afterwards. We met Deb so did a family walk together. Cricket was off doing his steeplechase in the forest as if hadn't just run 10k. We are thinking of getting a little GPS tag on his collar given we lost him briefly last week. 

It's Mother's Day today. My mum passed away quite a while ago. I think of her every day and am thankful for the life she gave me in order to ensure I could enjoy the life I have now. While she loved Volvos, Collingwood and country music, she was still the best mother a kid could have. 

I saw this picture on Facebook and it kinda fits me pretty well. 

Driving in DC is - bloody frustrating to say the least. The roads are poorly maintained, potholes are just bigger than big and dodging turning cars or cars double parked - is an obstacle course. If you take the inside lane, you get cars stopped and waiting to turn left. If you take the outside lane you get cars double-parked to...grab a coffee, pick up someone, talk on their phone on maybe just park there cause they can ! So it's lefty righty lefty righty all the way. So all this just upsets the flow of traffic, creates dodging and jostling, constant beeping of horns and delays. 

I start my two weeks of Temp Work tomorrow. Will be shock to me and the dogs - no company for them all day and me having to work a full day. But, I'm very excited to be near some coffee places that sell good coffee. I think my body has gone cold turkey long enough.