Vacation Thursday 9-30-04

Woke up to find Jean curled up on the floor at the foot of my bed. I'm worried that I may need to stop letting her sleep in my room at night. I was picking up stuff in my room and I discovered that she must have had an accident while being locked up in my room and unable to wake me to let her out. My blue bodice now really needs to be washed, but the hardwood floor seems to have cleaned up okay. I feel bad for her, she's a good girl, I'm sure she didn't want to do that, but I really don't want cats urinating in my room! Usually when she has slept in my room she is there when James isn't over and she sleeps on the opposite side of the bed next to me. Then if she hops off during the night I usually feel it and wake up to let her out. Poor little kitty. I'm not mad at her, she hasn't been feeling well and she had no way out of my room. I'm thinking about setting up her cat bed outside my room at night so she can sleep nearby, see how she takes to that. If James isn't staying over I think I will still give letting her stay in my room a try since I am able to wake up if she's on the bed and gets up.
Dragon called in the afternoon to see what our vacation plans were for the day. We agreed to meet at five outside of Pearl's Cafe. I drove James over to get a haircut and return "The Punisher." While there we picked up "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" and "Shaolin Soccer." Both very good movies for very different reasons. Eternal Sunshine was very interesting... I would recommend it if you enjoy a story that isn't straightforward and surprises you. "Shaolin Soccer" is just fun.
After James' haircut I drove us over to the Hub so I could inquire at Site For Sore Eyes about this offer they have where you can get a free eye exam and the second pair of glasses free. I've been needing glasses for a while and thought I would look into them since I think it would be a while till my optometrist would be able to see me. I've been a little anxious about driving at night recently if there are a lot of cars around since I get a lot glare effect in the right eye. Sigh, I hate that my right eye is getting worse. It was weird, but I felt like I was betraying Dr. Tsujimoto by going to Site for Sore Eyes. I've seen him since I was a little girl, but I've been bad and haven't seen him in several years. We had to call Dragon from Site for Sore Eyes to let her know we would be about fifteen minutes late for arriving at Pearl's for dinner.
Dinner was wonderful and dessert just about put me in a coma it made my brain so happy. Mmmm...I think I could actually feel the endorphins rushing through me. My brain was singing! Our server is such a nice guy, we used to see him at Market Broiler and I ring him and his lady-friend up at B&N sometimes. James didn't care for his entree, it was duck confit with cherries and blue cheese. He thought the blue cheese was overwhelming and our server apologized, took it back, offered James something else. He accidentally brought out the wrong dessert to Dragon, but let her keep that and corrected her order. He kept apologizing for it, geez two desserts. Yeah, you had better apologize! ^_^ He also brought me a glass of Chocolate Port to drink with my brownie. Brownie does not even begin to do this dessert justice! Droooooool.
Dragon stopped by after sword class and showed me how to alter a photo so I could have this icon of Jean. =)

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Jean Update!

The vet's office called today with her lab results, she's fine! She had some low-grade traces of a bladder infection, but that would have to be expected when not eating or drinking. The antibiotics we're giving her to heal up her gums should take care of that and everything else was apparently fine or within acceptable parameters. I'm so relieved.

Papillon/ Le Oublie' (Butterfly/The Forgotten)

Yesterday (Friday, October 1st.) was one of James and my last days of vacation together and our anniversary (four years and eleven months). We spent the earlier part of the day around the house (ordered a pizza for breakfast), but later in the evening we agreed to have dinner at Papillon and then see "The Forgotten" afterward.
Dinner was lovely, I always have a hard time deciding what to select, everything sounds tempting. James and I both opted for the special of the evening, a filet mignon and I had a spinach salad. James ordered a chocolate martini for me. That was amazing tasting! I should definitely go back to eating chicken legs with broccoli for my dinner after the delicious, indulgent vacation week I've had. We were seated in an inner dining room that we had never been in before, velvet patterned wallpaper. The sort of thing that is neat somewhere else, but you would never want in your own home. The waiter didn't charge us for our desserts. He was all grins when he came with our bill telling us that the desserts were on him. Not sure what we did that made such an impression on him.
Dinner took longer than we were anticipating, but we were able to make it to the theatre in plenty of time, we didn't even miss the previews.
"The Forgotten" wasn't so much scary as it was highly suspenseful, it felt a lot like a long episode of "The X-Files" sans Scully and Mulder. I recommend seeing it. I wouldn't say that it is something that needs to be seen on the big screen, but if you were looking for a reason to get out of the house for a night and wanted to see a movie it was good. There were some very tense scenes that had the small audience in the theatre with us jumping. The first moment that really freaked everyone out was during a car chase when a van rammed into our heroes in their vehicle. I rather enjoy moments where the audience has a group reaction/ experience, but we leave it at that brief flash of laughter at our jumpiness, etc.
When we got in I could tell that Jean is feeling much better since she came to greet us at the door. She came in and curled up with us while we watched some Eddie Izzard "Dress to Kill" before tucking in for the night.