Strange Day

The energy feels strange today, although the weather is STUNNING!! And I slept great.

And I have the day off, which — right there — is always a great thing.

Upstairs, the kittens are running around like maniacs.

Downstairs, the youngster cats are running around like maniacs.

While the surviving oldsters sit downstairs perched on various pieces of furniture, staring quietly at all the zooming madness but clearly thinking: What the fuck is going on?

The laundry is underway. And, in a little while, I have 2 contractors coming over — an HVAC guy to give me a quote on installing central AC, and a plumber to give me a quote on replacing all the upstairs pipes and shower & kitchen fixtures that have been completely corroded by the hard water around here. (I already got the quote for the water softener installation.)

The eHarmony thing, so far, is really kind of going nowhere. The only truly interested man writing to me lives halfway between here and NYC, and that’s not really going to work for me. So I guess I’ll just hang out and see what, if anything, eventually happens. I really want to give this eHarmony thing until the end of the year.

Me, counting the minutes until the end of the year…

Other than that–

I should be excited because the weather is stunning and I have the day off, and tomorrow’s my birthday (!!) and I actually have plans to go out to dinner.

But I just feel strange today. I’m hoping that, either: A.) Someone drops by with some prescription amphetamines; or B.) I snap out of this without the help of illicit drugs and happily get back to work on the novel.

I guess we’ll see!

Keith’s version–

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Here’s this!

Wayne sent this over yesterday. On the river by his hotel in Phnom Penh:

And today, he heads to Siem Reap!! Should be incredible.

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And here’s this!

I think it’s from Pompeii, but it’s definitely from Italy. Posted by the store owner to Instagram earlier today. A store where I guess they make a lot of original Pinocchios–