i had a nap today. it was blissful to go to my bed and just snooze. but now i'm paying for it because i'm wide awake and i should be going to bed. grrrr and so the bad cycle continues. every week i tell myself this week is going to be better. this week i'll do better. i'll get more sleep, and i'll eat better. but every week seems about the same to me. it bugs me. i bug myself.

last night we (karey and i) went to tswassen for fhe with heather, sarita, randy, scott and sarah. we cooked dawgs on the bbq. we were going to have a bonfire but it was prohibited. at first when we were leaving i was feeling grumpy and hateful because i was tired and hot and i secretly fear that the kitties won't love me. but then as we got going, i lightened up. we stopped in tswassen at thrifty foods which made us happy to be in an island store, and to see island products like island farms dairy stuff, and if i've said it before, i'll say it again, the employees at thrifty's foods are so nice and just seem happy. anyways we bought drinks and potato salad and chips there. karey and i were talking about how nice the people at thrifty's are when heather walked up and said "yah, they're nice, but they're soooooooo slow!" "that's the slower pace of the island" i told her. she thought people in vancouver were slow compared to toronto (tiranna).

there was a delightful breeze on the beach. i loved that part the best because i was so steaming hot from my furnace heat toes, to the back of my neck where my hair acts as a furnace. by the end of the night i was actually shivering. i loved it. randy went for a quick dip by himself. and karey built a couple of inukshuks (see her blog). randy threatened to knock it down and bragged that he could do it in one shot. (ooooh big man on the beach.) :) we talked and ate and just sat and enjoyed ourselves. we liked to watch the little birds who fly like synchronized swimmers might do if they were birds and they flew. when they flew over us up and around there was a whirring sound, and the sun was setting and it was beautiful. sometimes all i need to feel better is to be outside. we went across the highway to see if there were any blue herons around (because that beach is usually full of them) but the tide was way in so it wasn't a good feeding ground for them and i guess and none were in site.

today we went to steveston for fish and chips in honour of heather's gramma who would be a hundred today. she loved fishe and chips i guess, and everyone wherever they are were supposed to go have them today in honour of her. (we should eat frozen cherries on gram's birthday or something!) i really wanted them to see how beautiful it is on the dyke out there, but i kind of kept mentioning it over and over. i couldn't help it. i wanted to share it.

i'm getting one of those big zits that never head under my eye. it was a zit like that one that prompted teruyuki to ask me if someone punched me in the face. i felt like popping him one in the face at the time. some of you may recall reading about that in my previous blog. he was so good at being annoying, that guy.

the kitties love each other. they groom each other and sleep all cuddled up. it's so cute. they were sleeping like that and i was petting them and loving them. they're such angels when they're asleep. i made a fort for them with my blankie and my chair. they love it. we need a scratching post BADLY.