Sorry for the lack of posts - last week was a busy one and my folks were in town over the weekend which didn’t leave much time for blogging.
Not a whole lot going on - I did go see Ryan Adams & The Cardinals last Thursday at the Wilshire Theatre, which was AWESOME. I love his music but had never seen him live. I come kind of late to the game on the Ryan Adams bandwagon, only having been introduced to his music last year by a friend of mine, but it has become like comfort food to me. There’s a lyric from his song “Magnolia Mountain” that says “steady my soul and ease my worries” and that’s what it feels like when I listen to his songs.
I didn’t think it could get any better from the albums I love so much (Cold Roses and Easy Tiger), but boy was I wrong. They brought the house down. Played twenty three songs over about two hours, and my favorite songs were ones I had never heard before. I have now become obsessed with finding live recordings of their performances, and luckily I have found a bunch. If you’ve never listened to him, I really recommend it. His voice is so strong and so pure, the songwriting so honest and raw, the band as a whole is so tight. Awesome, just awesome.
I also got the new Harry Potter book over the weekend but since my folks were here haven’t finished it yet (I know, what’s wrong with me??). But so far it’s very good - super intense and not at all a children’s book. Serious shit goes down, with some very relevant themes. Jo Rowling is quite a writer.
We resolved things with the pet sitting service that was responsible for Maggie’s death. Hawk met with the owner and for the first five minutes of the meeting, just told him about Maggie, what an amazing dog she was, how sweet and playful and full of life. He made him look at pictures, too. In the end, they agreed to pay her vet bills and to make a one thousand dollar donation to the East Valley Animal Shelter here in Van Nuys. It’s where we got Daisy, as well as Millie and Jethro, so it’s near and dear to our hearts. I guess that’s the best resolution we could have hoped for. Nothing is going to bring her back, but maybe some good can come out of it for the animals at the shelter.
We also decided to take another month off from the babymaking. We were supposed to do an insemination cycle this month, but what with the stress from traveling and the grief from losing Maggie, we decided to wait. And I’m glad we did. I really haven’t even been thinking about it that much. I don’t know if that’s because I’ve just had other stuff on my mind or if I’m feeling more confident about it so I’m worrying less. I hope it’s the latter but in reality it’s more likely the former.
I’m going to try to be better about writing more regularly. I miss it when I don’t, it’s such a good outlet for my thoughts, even when I’m not being “deep” or particularly thought provoking, even when I don’t feel like I have that much to say. Putting stuff onto virtual paper just makes it more real. It makes more sense. Now that we are back into our routine, and are getting used to the quiet of a slightly-less-dog-filled house, I think I’ll be able to get back into it.
