Thunk.

[chipotle]

As close to a "completely losing it" day at work as I've had in years. Woot! The evening went better, meeting Kim, his sister and her husband for dinner in Menlo Park at J.Z. Cool's, the more-organic-than-thou deli/café. Organic doesn't have to mean vegetarian: I had a "stuffed" meatloaf topped with marinara sauce on a bed of macaroni and cheese, the whole thing about as light and fluffy as it sound like it would be.

Tomorrow I think I'm going to go AWOL, heading north to Ukiah just to see what the town and the area is like. I've passed through it before on two trips, but it's never been a destination in itself. I may find that it really isn't worthy of one. I may decide I want to move there and, uh, herd yaks, or whatever one does in Ukiah. (Runs a coffee shop? Clearcuts old growth forests? Grows pot?)

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[pawslut.livejournal.com]

Well, there's always the OTHER thing people do in small towns: join the volunteer fire department and run a tractor part-time on the weekends.

(P.S. -- On your long car rides, have you resorted to hooking up a small coffeem maker and bean grinder using the car's cigarette lighter?)

[chipotle.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure the volunteer fire department doesn't pay well, but I can look into the tractor thing. Or not.

Actually, my mom gave me a travel coffeemaker a while ago, but I don't generally use it--I like to see if I can find an independent coffee shop where I am, if I'm going to get coffee. (Despite what people probably think, it's not all I drink, even though I have more than I should on weekdays--usually three or four 12-ounce mugs. On weekends, it's usually just one or two.)