Adventures with Dr. Lady Cutie Troublemaker

Let’s all bid my parents adieu as they embark on their latest adventure. They hear that Paddington Bear is visiting home, and they are hoping to see him:

Paddington arrived from Darkest Peru with nothing but his hat, a suitcase and an almost empty jar of marmalade … so he was very pleased when, on a rather famous railway platform, he met Mr and Mrs Brown, who invited him to stay with them! And that, as we all know, is where Paddington’s adventures began … or was it?

My dad said on the phone just now, "I’m leaving you in charge of this hemisphere. They are off to Peru and the Galapagos Islands. What an adventure!

More pictures to follow… (check here)

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There’s video, too, although I need someone to help me figure out how to fix the videos that were taken sideways in portrait mode. I’ve figured out how to rotate them so they are upright, but it’s stretched the images, making me and the other singers look really wide! Help! I hate to be vain, but I have my limits! 

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Update: Looks like I might be getting somewhere.

You may have noticed that I am not driving to Cape Cod right now. I caught that, too. It kinda bums me out, actually. I have a friend at work who has a house there, and she generously offered it to me since she knew I was a bit on the broke side (a bit – hah! – actually, I’m MUCH more broke now than I was when she offered). Anyhoo, I found out last week that the plumber came across some problems when readying the house for the season, and unfortunately, that meant no trip for me… at least not now.

Pondering this unfortunate state of affairs, I decided to take Jeep up on the roof. I have taken to semi-daily trips up there with Maggie since the weather has improved, but Jeep has been very interested in sitting in the window, and she even escaped up the stairs when my upstairs neighbor and I returned from yoga last night. She used to go out on the deck all the time in Bloomington. So I put on the little kitty leash and off we went. As we reached the roof, I felt something warm on my arm. And so we wandered back down to my apartment at a brisk clip, I released her, and I washed the pee off my sweatshirt sleeve.

Sigh.

I sure hope my luck changes… a lot. At least there’s karaoke tomorrow night, and it’s FREE. I’ve been looking up good duets to do. Oh, and I get to meet Kristin’s parents tonight, which should be cool. I’ve recently started referring to Kristin as my "boyfriend" since we hang out all the time. It’s good for us, as fellow recent dumpees who want to have lives, but who aren’t exactly on the make just yet. I hope my boyfriend’s parents like me! 😛

Hey look! They are filming a real movie in JP. Wonder if I’ll run into any Amy Poehler and Will Arnett in Zon’s or something.