Got up early this morning to walk Baxter. I put on a tshirt and shorts to go out. What a mistake! I froze while waiting for him to go potty. Yesterday was very warm (high 70’s) and today is a lot cooler (50 degrees). After Baxter did his business, I went inside and fell asleep for ninty minutes in my recliner.
After I rested, I took Baxter to the park where we got in a full six rounds on the track. During the last one, Baxter give his little whine/bark that signals he needs a break so we stopped at one of the benches. He flopped right down – all four legs splayed out in front of him. We waited about ten minutes before starting again. He came inside at home and went straight to his favorite spot to sleep. After a bit he got up to eat and get some water but is now back in his spot fast asleep. Did I ever mention that he whines and sometimes even barks softly in his sleep? I wonder what is going through his head during those times.
I called my internet service and after about 10 minutes of them trying to “trace” my records the lady actually has the nerve to say “Oh, I see the problem. You should have called a month ago and we could have got this straightened out then.” I told her I had been calling, over and over. She said she didn’t know who I talked to but the problem was already fixed by her on the computer and that my internet at home should be working again inside a week. I was very pleasant – thanked her for all her help, etc – but wanted to throw the phone against the wall after I hung it up. I swear so many companies these days are incompetent.
On my walk I got to thinking that maybe, if I live in WL, my sister and I can start a little diner that has home cooked meals, etc. She has brought this up before as something she could do with her daughter but I think we could pull it off too. I think we’d be successful – especially if we limited the hours we were open to the busy lunch and supper crowds…maybe breakfast too since I’m such a big breakfast fan. I’m going to come up with some ideas and see what she thinks. Already have a name picked out too – “Marge’s Diner” – cuz that has a nice home cooked sound.
Then, we could travel to different places around the country to visit other diner’s and our entire travel would be tax deductable. There is a show on the food channel on different diners which is quite interesting. Each diner let’s the narrator sample their “specialty” dish (each diner was known for some dish the cook designed so it was unique to that place) and the guy would rate the food. Then he goes out where the customer’s are and chats with them on why they like the diner. I’m going to have to find out what time it is one each Sunday and tape it so we can get some ideas. I believe our diner should be home cooked in the good old Midwestern way but that we should have a couple of specialty, extraordinary dishes too.
It would be so awesome to live and work in the same town! Anyway, I need to go to the library now to see how long it will take for me to get on a computer.
