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Berkeley in the Rain: 05/21/06
Ian and I adore a series of chick-lit parody books by Louise Rennison. The latest one I'm reading is Startled by His Furry Shorts and I'm reading it as a book ray via BookCrossing. As book rays (and rings) are shared by a group of members, I prefer to keep these special books at home while I'm reading them. Ian didn't know this book was a ray and took it to his office in Berkeley. He left it there on Friday and today the three of us went to bring it home.

We had hoped to have lunch on campus but it was Commencement and most things were closed. We did manage to share a bowl of gelato and have some water before heading on our way. Our next thought was to try to get a pot or two at Ikea but the rain and the Commencement traffic made getting across Berkeley take an hour. By the time we got to Ikea we were more hungry than interested in standing in line to buy some pots. We tried the Denny's near the store but it was also closed!

We decided that Berkeley and Emeryville were closed for business for anyone named "Sammis" and decided to go home. It was nearly dinner time. Ian had a headache and Sean was asleep in the back of the car. We crawled home on the 80 in traffic and a driving rain. At San Lorenzo we cut east to the 580 and stopped for dinner at the Denny's that Sean and I go to for our "dates."

Finally Home, Time for Play-Doh:

Ian is still recovering from last week's long hours and high stress. When we got home he disappeared for a three hour nap while Sean and I played with his Play-Doh. I made some animals out of yellow and purple dough and Sean made yellow worms of various shapes. Sean asked me to take some photographs of our handiwork.

While we played, Caligula watched it rain from her favorite seat by the kitchen windows. She doesn't like the rain, although she has gotten less frightened of it as she has aged. When she was a kitten she would howl and hide every time it rained. We think her fear comes from when she was a kitten and was left outside the Pasadena Humane Society with her siblings during a rain storm.

Fairy Garden Update:

This morning before it started to rain, I noticed that the grass in Sean's fairy garden has started to sprout. It must have grown over night because I didn't see it in his pot yesterday. Once things dry out, I will take a picture of Sean's grassy fairy garden.

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