The Periphery of the Mind

It was a decent weekend really, just wore me out.

Fumigated the house Saturday and put Kara in a carrier, traumatizing her from all enclosed spaces I think. Including her covered litter box I discovered this morning. And the fumigation didn't seem to do anything but make the bugs mad.

After that, went to Katelynd's 1st birthday party and mingled a tad. At the party, Maryanne met with some kids she's babysitting that weekend, and she and I and the kids hung out afterwards. Good kids, and a lot of fun.

Sunday she and the kids and I packed up and headed to Eureka Springs to look at possible wedding sites. I'd been pushing for Thorncrown, but after actually seeing it again, I was a bit underwhelmed. The last time I saw it was in the evening, when the chapel was lit up with soft light, and it was really pretty. But this time it just looked kinda old and commercial. We also visited another site but I can't remember its name, and it was basically just an overpriced few sites to choose from out in a forest. Big whoop.

In between those two we scoped out some botanical gardens there. They weren't as nice or big as the ones in Wichita, but there was a site next to a water spring that was really very pretty. Weather permitting, it might make for a very nice and memorable wedding. I think it was after the gardens we went to Cafe Santa Fe, and regretted it. The food wasn't terrible, but it wasn't worth as much as the bill seemed to think it was. My grilled chicken sandwich had shredded lettuce and tomatoes, with sliced chicken held together by melted cheese, on a thin and flimsy bun. It was a yummy salad somebody tried to half-heartedly pass-off as a sandwich, which soon disintegrated in my hands. I wasn't happy. The queso was good though, and that's what Maryanne wanted, so it wasn't a total wash-out.

After I finished spending the evening with her and the kids, I headed home and stopped by to visit Shea and Mani. They were doing wonderfully from what I could tell, which is a good thing. Mani told me she ran into my ex at Sam's a while back. Seems my ex is "married", in the sense that she found a guy to live with and buy her a ring but not legally bind herself to. I wish her well I guess, but it shook me up a tad. Don't know why; I figured she'd do exactly that years ago. Anyway, Shea and Mani were getting ready for dinner, so I didn't stay long. I promised them I'd bring Maryanne by soon to meet her. Maybe I can introduce Maryanne to home-made Indian cooking?