January 29, 2005

January 29, 2005

C.A.R.E. Centre & Livingston, Texas

DAY 225

 

Today was cloudy and cool.

I got up early this morning, and fulfilled Joanne's birthday request for a pancake breakfast this morning. What a good husband I am, n'est-ce pas ? After breakfast, I went to Arley's trailer to continue reprogramming numbers in his voice activated telephone. That took up the balance of the morning. I added some numbers, and had to review and identify all the numbers in the system, so that the mystery numbers, disconnected numbers, and numbers of dead people could be identified and deleted. Given that Arley is blind, and his record keeping is somewhat lacking, this was quite a task. Plus, he keeps the temperature inside his trailer set at 80° . Sheesh !

This afternoon, Bo and I did another obedience session, the second with the choker, and in the Centre's empty parking lot, without the distractions of people, dogs, rabbits, etc.. With the choker, and without distractions, we're finally making progress. Late last night, while out for his bed time walk, he took off after a little bunny. I just about sprained my thumb hitting the retractable leash brake. Gee, he's fast !

I spent the latter part of the afternoon working on the equipment inventory in the Centre, with Joanne assisting me. What a good wife she is, n'est-ce pas ? I finished everything inside the C.A.R.E. Centre main building, which is a logical place for me to leave this task. Hallelujah !

Tonight we went to Livingston for Joanne's birthday dinner, at Pueblo Viejo, which translates from Spanish as Old House. It was a very authentic Mexican restaurant, as opposed to Tex-Mex like Texas Pepper where we went with Rodney last week. The interior walls of Pueblo Viejo were fluorescent lime green stucco. Our waiter, Ringo Ramito Solis, came from Guadalajara, Mexico, two years ago. Joanne got drunk on one Raspberry Margarita. Admittedly, it was a very huge Margarita. Since Polk County, where we are located, is a dry county, one must be a "member" of the restaurant's "private members club" to order a drink. A "membership" normally costs $5.00, but when Ringo found out we were Canadian, he went off to talk to the restaurant management, then came back with a "free" membership, and our drinks. He asked us for a Canadian dollar as a souvenir. We didn't have one with us, but will be happy to bring him a Loonie on Monday as we are leaving Livingston. We had some difficulty understanding his Mexican accented English, and he had some difficulty understanding our Canadian accented English.

DSK