Hello, Goodbye, Hello, Goodbye, Hello..... --- Days 15/157 - 166

Walks: All over San Francisco

Distances: 2 - 8 miles depending

So a loyal reader asked "What have you been doing since May 23?"   Ie, why haven't there been any CIWTs?  

The answer is "Houseguests."  Back to back to back houseguests.  Since life around here usually consists of Ciwt and cats Tawny and Puff, houseguests completely confused our routines. In good ways Ciwt thinks.  She enjoyed having friends around, seeing them relate comfortably to her new home, and just generally enjoying their company.  Even her cats came out from hiding and figured out how to train new people to give them attention and hugs.

Then there was the staring into space, wandering around her once again houseguest-less space, stripping beds, washing and folding towels and generally readjusting to old routines.  Same for cats who sniffed and looked around, then settled back into following the sun to their usual hang out places.  

Finally, to settle in herself, Ciwt went to the movies.  Stay tuned for her thoughts on those....

True Confession --- Day 15/152 - 156

Walks: Hood

Distance: 4 miles average

True Confession:  Every time Ciwt walks by this house she gets envious.*

*  Emvy is the 2nd Deadly Sin

See San Francisco Run --- Day 15/151

Walk: Monday Errands

Distance: 4 miles

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Touching Sheep --- Days 15/144 - 150

Walks: Hood/Presidio

Average: 4 miles

Not a very eventful time recently so Ciwt was Delighted to see there was a movie at our local Vogue theater that has a 94/96 critics/audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes.  That was all she needed to buy her ticket to The Sheep Detectives.  As usual she didn't read any reviews because she prefers to read them after she's formed her own opinion.

She did notice the movie is filled with stars and, obviously from the title, is a detective movie.  So off she went expecting to see that whole list of stars and be challenged by a knotty mystery.  Hugh Jackman filled the screen in the opening scene, and Ciwt sat back to see what star was going to appear next.  Imagine her surprise when it turned out to be a talking sheep?!  And then another and another.  Somehow it hadn't occured to her that would happen, even in spite of the title: The Sheep Detectives.  

Her expectations sank; she thought about revising her no reviews ahead of time policy,even leaving, but ended up glad she stayed.  The mystery was a bit ho hum to her, but the sheep were stunningly believable.  To a fault: they slowly grabbed Ciwt's heart and proceded to break it several times.  If she'd read any of those reviews, she would have learned that much of the audience - especially the adults - end up in tears.  Ciwt was quite melancholy for hours after.

She can't really tell her readers or whoever might ask to go no matter what.  But she can say you will be impressed with the movie making - ai, cinematography, script - and deeply touched by those sheep.  Oh, and maybe bring a couple of tissues.

Happy Day, Mothers Everywhere --- Day 15/143

Walk: cold, windy TJ's 

Distance: 2.5 miles

Plus 🐟,🦊. ETC 

Here Comes the Sun, Part 4 --- Days 15/140 - 142

Walks: chilly, windy hood & Presidio

Distance: 4 miles average

So Pristine 😱

So Ciwt is standing at the doorway of her 'revised' sunroom and wrestling with the part of her that buys things and, instead of using or wearing them, lets them sit or hang often with price tags.  Why?  Well, that same part tells her things like "what if it gets scraped/dirty/stained/etc?."  Or in today's case, "now those  pristine cabinets will get messy, maybe scratched, definitely covered with cat litter.  They won't be perfect anymore."  In other words, some part of Ciwt is quite mad.  

But she remembers things like "the perfect is the enemy of the very good." And that all went well (mostly)  with the things she bought after she started actually using them or wearing them (or donating them).  So, she has the cat boxes and other things lined up just outside the sunroom.   Will she move them in? .... ❓...  Stay timed............................................

YES!!!!

Now Useful (if you look closely you can even see specks of litter on the floor)😸

Spring in the City --- Days 15/139, etc, etc

Walk: Hood

Distance: 4 miles

                    Common symptoms of mild allergies are:

• Runny nose

• Nasal congestion

• Sneezing

• Itchy eyes 

• Tiredness

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Here Comes the Sun, Part 3 --- Days 136-138

Walks: Cold Windy Hood

Distance Average: 3.5 miles

Waiting for cushion, more pillows and hammer and hook for painting.