More of an idiot than I thought

God I'm fucking exhausted and it's only Tuesday. I haven't really worked in 6 weeks (some would say my whole life) and I remember now that I don't like it. Traffic is hell going up to North County, I'm having to carry heavy shelving upstairs, and I'm not being paid enough. Waa waa. I thought I would be finished today but I have to return tomorrow to complete the job.

I did see a body on the freeway yesterday. There was a crowd standing around a guy that had jumped from the overpass. He was dead, quite dead.

I see that Bush has changed his tune re: the Iraq War. If he thinks that lame story is going to fool anybody he's even more of an idiot than I thought. It's all about votes in November.

Monday Monday

It's Monday morning and I'm in a holding pattern re: today's work. My client disappeared over the weekend and I'm waiting waiting... It was a good weekend though. Saturday, we met Orrie at a new Moroccan restaurant called Cous Cous in Hillcrest so we could dish everyone that was on the tour with us. Flirted with the waiter from Marrakech, had some wonderful lamb, beef, veg and couscous. Sunday, Hector and I had breakfast at The Mission, then came home and relaxed.

We did get my air tickets for the Mideast trip in December. I was hoping it would be a bit cheaper than last time but, no, it was not. $8k. It's all those business class upgrades. But I'll be damned if I'm going to fly 16 hours in coach while Hector is languishing in business class. One leg of our journey is on Emirates Air, which I hear is really fa-fa-fa. And another is a BA flight from London to Dubai and word is that's pretty nice as well.

Poor Hector had to fly to Oregon last night. He'll be gone all week, but then he has 4 days off, then to Puerto Rico for 9 days. Then he has a whole month off after his lipo. He'll be slim and rested for Dubai.

London, Morocco, San Francisco, New York

Well, goodness! What a month... I loved Morocco. Frankly the trip was so full I don't know where to begin. But we did a lot of walking (it was, after all, a 13-day walking tour), a lot of eating (yummy tagines of lamb & veg or beef & veg), lots of shoppping (bought a huge carpet, antique chandelier, camel saddle bag, clay tagine, yellow pointy shoes) and I can honestly say I've never met a friendlier people than the Moroccans. Really, everyone was warm and welcoming, even in the small villages where they didn't speak anything but Berber. Everyone was curious and sweet. And those adorable Berber boys! (see Mohamed above)

I also had a wonderful time in London. It was low key. We had a good visit with my cousin Babs before she left for Dubai, saw Billy Elliott and I really enjoyed it. Had dinner with friends we met in Ecuador and just strolled about a lot. We stayed at the Grosvenor House on Park Lane and it is our official hotel now. It's old and funky but really elegant and directly across the street from Hyde Park.

Back home for one day then we left for San Francisco. Gorgeous weather, discovered a couple new restaurants, and of course a nice hike in Muir Woods. I got a haircut. Then on to New York. We stayed at the Marriott on Times Square and although the hotel is nice and remodeled I hate Times Square, it's such a crowded freak show. Also discovered a new Thai restaurant, visited the Natural History Museum (wow!) and happened to be walking on the East Side, past the building that got hit by an airplane, right after it happened. So we joined the thousands of gawkers in the street, chatted with everyone, then made our way back to our freak show. I didn't make it to Las Vegas, which was next on the itinerary, because of flight delays in Chicago. So we spent the night in Chicago, then I just came on home. Thank God. I was exhausted. I have no idea what time zone my brain is in but I'm still going to bed at 8pm and getting up at 4am.

So I'm home for a while, until December when I'm joining Hector on a biz trip to Dubai, Cairo, Amman.

Morocco