Weekend update

My weekends are starting to feel almost normal since B. left. B. had been here well over four years and his sudden departure was a big shock. I didn't cook for months, but this weekend, for example, I made a giant pot of chicken gumbo with andouille sausage. (I'll take most of that to work.)

Lucy has lost weight since B. left, which concerns me. B. gave her the most attention (more than he did his own cat). Actually, she insisted on it. She was constantly sitting on his lap. She must really miss B., but I think Bootsy (whom B. left here) does too.

Just to get out of the house, I've been enjoying walking over to the Starbucks or the Jamba Juice with my magazine and sitting at a bistro table under an umbrella (hot as it's been), sipping whatever it is I'm sipping. It's a little like Lincoln Road over there (even kind of cruisy), and it's just across the street. (There's also a Ben & Jerry's, but I dare not go there.)

I've been eating dinner at Flanigan's on Saturdays (it's just across the bridge in the other direction). Been mostly walking everywhere, or riding the bike. Fortunately I can do that in this neighborhood, since everything's so close.

A new "Design Star" starts tonight on HGTV. I'll watch it after I walk to the gym and the store.