I am enjoying what has been, so far, a very three day weekend. Got to sleep in a whole extra half hour on Friday morning (since I had it off from work) before Sebastian’s hollering finally dragged me out of bed. Took advantage of the fact that I did not have to actually go anywhere any time soon to cook breakfast – a scramble of diced sweet potato, eggs, and some salsa (next time, remember to add onions and maybe some green pepper). Then I spent a lovely hour doing nothing more strenuous than lounging on the bed and knitting, before the house call vet came over to ‘torture’ the cats (otherwise known as giving them their yearly check-up).

Since we’ll be moving, all the cats got rabies shots this year. They’re all indoor only, so we haven’t bothered with rabies shots the entire time we’ve been in the current house, but we figured it was a good idea to get them vaccinated now, just in case one of them gets out, or something happens. Sebastian was the first, mainly because he was standing right there, looking puzzled, so he was easy to grab. He’s lost about half a pound, which isn’t too bad considering he’s always been on the dense side, but luckily that half pound didn’t go anywhere, since Rosie hung onto it for him. Tangerine’s got earmites again – sigh – since she seems peculiarly prone to them. Zucchini, of course, was his usual terrified self, and peed all over the kitchen floor during the scant two minutes it took for me to hold him down and for the vet to peer at his teeth and stab him in the hind leg with a tiny needle. And Checkers – oh my, what a year can do. Last year we had to burrito-wrap her in a towel to keep her from shredding either me or the vet with flailing claws and teeth. This year, she was scared, but there was no screaming, no flailing, no biting. She just burrowed into my elbow and let the vet do her thing, and best of all, she’s gained a full pound – weight she very badly needed to gain.

Yesterday we did a whirlwind errand run in the morning, loading up the car with all the recyclables and taking them to the recycling center, then swinging through Starbucks for some coffee and scones, followed immediately by a trip to Vacaville to pick up cat litter and a bird feeder for my dad for Father’s Day. We did a quick run through CostCo, then the grocery store, so now the kitchen is fully restocked for another week of healthy meals, and then it was home to do nothing remotely productive beyond knitting and playing Civ 4, and watch the latest episode of Dr. Who.

This morning, since it seems only fitting that things continue along in the same vein, three day weekend or no, included no sleeping in for me. But instead of hiding under the covers and trying to make the cats go away through sheer force of will, I instead got up and decided to make the best of it, which primarily meant tossing some chicken into some spicy yogurt-based marinade for tonight’s dinner, then making a new batch of yogurt (since with the marinade, we were nearly out – have I mentioned lately how very cool this yogurt maker is?). We’ll meet my parents and my older sister and her family for lunch shortly, then it’s off to Vacaville for knitting group (for me) and writing at Borders (for Richard) and that, aside from doing laundry and cooking dinner and doing a bunch of prep work for meals for the coming week, will be it for the day.