first thing in the morning is either an act of love for your partner who will appreciate the latté or desperation for a high dose of caffeine without any of the accompanying waiting for the coffee maker to finish deciding to process those magic beans with hot water. In any case, Peet’s is just right down the hill and the city doesn’t charge for parking before 0900. Since this was before 0700, I zig-zagged through the few blocks and headed inside, thermos mugs in hand. The staff knows me well enough that the one barista just said “the usual and paying off the app?” Of course, was my reply. I bring mugs to avoid paying Berkeley their $0.25/disposable cup fee. Plus, this has the added side benefit of having hot coffee when I get back to the house.
Anyway, I made the coffee run and spent a goodly portion of the day at an “on-line
retreat” dropping in and out of discussion rooms. Since I wasn’t participating in any of the challenges or games, I just enjoyed chatting with people (and yes, the Australians were up and on-line at 0200 their time) and seeing what they were stitching.
Part #7/13 of the Deadly Aquarium was released this morning. The part included the orangey squid, the white nasty looking fish thing and that rest of the boulder behind it. Considering it was only 750 stitches all told, I managed to finish it before moving on to a bit here and there on other projects,
I am starting to hit the really tired again, so off to bed early.
Oh, yes, I am aware that Bastille Day is 14 July. It seems like the organizers were more than willing to take capitalize on another country’s major independence holiday in order to be in line with the theme of their planned entertainment. OTOH – I don’t think it would have been any more difficult to have had this event early on a Sunday evening than on this particular past Thursday.
