Cafe Azul

I'm sitting in Cafe Azule in downtown Santa Rosa, California.  It's a gorgeous rainy day outside.  This time of year is when I miss the rain.  It doesn't really rain in Colorado at this time of year....just snow.  blurg.

Anyway, here I sit.  Stealing a few moments to get some work done.  I love visiting family.  However, I don't get much work done, no matter how much I try to convince myself that this trip I will get some schoolwork done. So, I thought I'd take a few moments this morning to come try squeeze a few sentences on some paper.  And so, here I am.

There's a lot to catch you up on.  My computer sat in the shop the last two weeks of school (great timing Apple), which is why I couldn't update you further.  For this morning, I'll just fill you in on what I'm doing right now.  I'm here in NorCal visiting my partner-in-crime, who lives here and has a sweet job.  I drove here.  Yes, that's right.  I packed up my two kitties and drove 1200 miles across Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, and California.  It was fairly uneventful, except for a flat tire in Sacramento.  But, a few minutes later, I was on my way and home.  This is an exciting time to spend 3 weeks at my in-law's house.  Isaac lives here, his brother lives here, and his parents of course.  His brother and sister-in-law are remodeling their house and are also taking up temporary residence at the house.  Today, the youngest will be up from San Diego on break from school.  On Thursday, Isaac's sister and grandmother will also be here.  So, for a period of time, there will be 10 people in the house.  Party!!!!  And that doesn't count the animals. There will be two dogs, 3 cats, and 2 fish.  One of the dogs is a french mastiff.....that doesn't make a huge difference.  I just want you to get the full effect and a mastiff is a big dog.  They are all doing fairly well together so far, though there have been a few hisses and bites.  And I also found my youngest cat with his nose submerged in the fishbowl and 2 paws wet.  However, the fish still live.

So, you can see why I needed to escape for a bit.  I mean, I have to escape my own house to get work done.  And it is just me there.  There are far too many distractions waiting to get me off track.
That being said, I need to get to work.
Ciao.