Day 1, 2004
Jan. 1st, 2004 07:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jdmkleini am waiting for our talk. i asked Master for some undivided attention today. He said yes. i am waiting. i imagine it will be in bed tonight, but i don't know. It may not happen today at all. i am waiting.
We had hoppin' john today to bring good luck in the new year. Made with side pork. i put some hot pepper flakes in it while it was cooking. It has a bit of a bite to it, but it is far and away the best i have made to date. Maybe there is a latent southern gene in my system. Who knew?
Max did so well on his run tonight that we were going to stop and get him an ice cream cone, but there was a long line at the drive thru. We can see the signs they have at each window when we stop for Max. Their target for service is 15 seconds at the first window, and 30 seconds at the pick up window. That never happens. Part of it is the help, and part of it, i believe is the fact that the menus at fast food places has gotten so big. Used to be at McDonald's you could get hamburgers and cheeseburgers. Now, about the only thing you can't get is steak burger and shrimp burger. The places don't dare keep too many made up ahead because they can only guess at what is going to be ordered. People don't like cold food or food that has been kept under the warming lights too long. Oh well, i am comforted in the fact that this is not just a Kuwait phenomena.
We are now counting down the days till Germany. i am making a scarf and hat to take with. i am about one skein away from finishing the scarf, and then i will begin the hat. i don't have a pattern for the hat yet, perhaps that is what i will do tonight, since it seems my Sarah isn't going to be online tonight. In my mind i can see what i want, and maybe i can do it without a pattern, but i want to be presentable to the German public. A pattern is best i think. i am also trying to decide how long to wait before i decide whether i need a new winter coat or not. Right now i am between coats. My favorite one, from hand made fabric, is way too big for me now. My camel coat is just about too small yet. Another 15 pounds and it will be ok, the problem is, i'm not sure i can release those 15 before we leave. I would hate to not have a winter coat for the trip. I have a nice jacket, but that won't keep my behind warm. What to do, what to do. i don't have a coat in mind, but i do have the gift certificates to spend yet. i wonder if there is a winter coat to be had in Kuwait?
We celebrated the New Year quietly. At midnight Master gave me a kiss. For our celebration He had chips and salsa and iced tea, i had popcorn with real butter and a diet coke. We are such a lively bunch. We went to bed about 1 and i think we were both asleep before 1:03. He let me sleep in again today. We had decided to sleep until we woke up. Master said He wanted breakfast at 9, so my intent was to wake up about 8 and get it ready for Him. i woke at 7 and decided that was too early so i went back to sleep. When i woke again, it was after 9, and Master was already up. When i got to the kitchen, He was nearly finished making His breakfast, and He had the laundry sorted and a load in already. Not only that, He had coffee for me. Hmmmm, i wonder, if i tell Him He makes deliscious coffee, will that become His all time weekend morning chore? Not bloody likely.
We did some more work on the never ending patio remodeling. i don't want to go into it, it only frustrates me. i think i should go work on my scarf some more.
We had hoppin' john today to bring good luck in the new year. Made with side pork. i put some hot pepper flakes in it while it was cooking. It has a bit of a bite to it, but it is far and away the best i have made to date. Maybe there is a latent southern gene in my system. Who knew?
Max did so well on his run tonight that we were going to stop and get him an ice cream cone, but there was a long line at the drive thru. We can see the signs they have at each window when we stop for Max. Their target for service is 15 seconds at the first window, and 30 seconds at the pick up window. That never happens. Part of it is the help, and part of it, i believe is the fact that the menus at fast food places has gotten so big. Used to be at McDonald's you could get hamburgers and cheeseburgers. Now, about the only thing you can't get is steak burger and shrimp burger. The places don't dare keep too many made up ahead because they can only guess at what is going to be ordered. People don't like cold food or food that has been kept under the warming lights too long. Oh well, i am comforted in the fact that this is not just a Kuwait phenomena.
We are now counting down the days till Germany. i am making a scarf and hat to take with. i am about one skein away from finishing the scarf, and then i will begin the hat. i don't have a pattern for the hat yet, perhaps that is what i will do tonight, since it seems my Sarah isn't going to be online tonight. In my mind i can see what i want, and maybe i can do it without a pattern, but i want to be presentable to the German public. A pattern is best i think. i am also trying to decide how long to wait before i decide whether i need a new winter coat or not. Right now i am between coats. My favorite one, from hand made fabric, is way too big for me now. My camel coat is just about too small yet. Another 15 pounds and it will be ok, the problem is, i'm not sure i can release those 15 before we leave. I would hate to not have a winter coat for the trip. I have a nice jacket, but that won't keep my behind warm. What to do, what to do. i don't have a coat in mind, but i do have the gift certificates to spend yet. i wonder if there is a winter coat to be had in Kuwait?
We celebrated the New Year quietly. At midnight Master gave me a kiss. For our celebration He had chips and salsa and iced tea, i had popcorn with real butter and a diet coke. We are such a lively bunch. We went to bed about 1 and i think we were both asleep before 1:03. He let me sleep in again today. We had decided to sleep until we woke up. Master said He wanted breakfast at 9, so my intent was to wake up about 8 and get it ready for Him. i woke at 7 and decided that was too early so i went back to sleep. When i woke again, it was after 9, and Master was already up. When i got to the kitchen, He was nearly finished making His breakfast, and He had the laundry sorted and a load in already. Not only that, He had coffee for me. Hmmmm, i wonder, if i tell Him He makes deliscious coffee, will that become His all time weekend morning chore? Not bloody likely.
We did some more work on the never ending patio remodeling. i don't want to go into it, it only frustrates me. i think i should go work on my scarf some more.
