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5/14/13
Yes, welcome to Arizona, car. Here's your new windshield.

5/11/13
In all the running around, I completely forgot to do my laundry. So here I am at 2am, taking my scrubs out of the dryer and folding them.

5/10/13
I didn't want to get out of bed, everything was aching. But - at 1pm - I made it!

I took advantage of National Public Gardens Day (and the associated free admission to gardens nationwide) and went to the Desert Botanical Garden. Always a delight. This time I remembered my umbrella, as it was 95 degrees out. I walked through the wildflowers and the agave gardens, and saw the butterfly exhibit (which was included in the "free" part). And then I went to the Art Museum (again, free with my membership) in the hopes that their restaurant would be open for late lunch. I just missed it. So I wandered around a bit, and then went up the street to Windsor for lunch-and-cocktail.

From there? Baseball! The DBacks beat the Phillies (so alas, there was no chance to boo Jonathan Papelbon, now with the Phils). This puts both of my teams in first place in their divisions, not that that means anything with the interleague play and the "extra" wild card.

Time to lounge on the patio and watch tonight's Yankees game (which I taped). I have the windows open and the AC off for now, but since we're supposed to hit 100 again on Monday, I think I'll be reversing that any minute now.

Oh and my windshield is officially an Arizona resident. The few little dings from flying rocks didn't bother me too much, but now there's a giant crack across the driver's side of the front windshield. I called Geico - I didn't have windshield coverage on my policy, so I added it in. It won't cover this time, but from now on - zero deductible. That's OK tho, since it's only $250 to replace it. And the glass company said they can come here to do it, or I can bring the car in to their shop (which is right next to the Ford place, which is right next to work). I'm going to bring it in Monday morning after work, so I can get it replaced without having to wait around at home when I should be sleeping.

5/9/13
Tattoo session number two went well - about two hours before I cried uncle. The colors are stunning, and he's blending the new floral work nicely with the existing stuff. Next appointment is for next week, and we'll either keep working on the back, or start sketching in the arm, we'll see how we feel.

Three weeks and Dad and Ann are here! Can't wait to see them and show off the house.

I had a night where I just wanted to curl up under the covers and listen to rain on the roof and thunder, but alas, it's not monsoon season. Not that I miss the constant rain (you'd think I grew up in a rain forest the way I remember the past few years in NJ), but a little thunderstorm would be nice every now and then.

5/8/13
Walking after work is a great idea, it sure beats the treadmill, and I feel like I'm getting a better workout. We managed six miles today (after working up to it) and our goal is eight for next week. I haven't hit the gym in the past two weeks tho, I need to get there to work on my arms and upper body.

The outdoor curtains that I ordered for the patio (and the tension rods for them) came, I got them up yesterday, and they look great. It really makes the patio into another room, and they block the sun fairly well, so I'm not blinded out there in the mornings. The cats are still loving the great outdoors.

Zo (Lorenzo), my tattoo guy, is super. He freehand-sketched an outline for filling in my back/arm tattoo, and we started it last week. Going tomorrow for the second session.

5/7/13
Happy birthday Jen Larkin!

5/3/13
My friend Peter came out from LA for a few days, to enjoy the sunny 100-degree weather. We had fantastic dim sum at this hole-in-the-wall place, and it was so good, definitely on the list to go back to. Also went to Taliesin West and Cosanti (us both being architecture geeks).

Went to the tattoo place in Goodyear to talk with one of the artists about adding to my floral armpiece. Going back at 4pm to start outline work.

And my Yankee Stadium seats have arrived! Now I can continue saving to get the yard landscaped so they can have a place of honor.

-catherine