Wow, it’s been such a great, balanced weekend and I wanted to put everything into separate posts, but just too lazy today so compiling into one smogasbord of a weekend post instead.
With roughly four hours sleep the previous night after epic deadline crunching, I had originally planned to do as little as possible on Friday night. My flexible rubber arm was soon twisted though, and after some downtime and a power nap (and an uber cheesy B-grade on etv) my lovely friend DT and I headed out to Long Street around 11pm or so for some much-needed Patron and fun. First stop was Neighbourhood, which was packed beyond belief (even for a Friday). Loads of gorgeous foreign boys, some of them even took a picture of us before dashing off again – it was a bit weird, but that’s tourists for you.
We had planned to go on to Assembly, but after getting word from Blade that he was at Cape to Cuba, we opted to go there instead. Good choice – the vibe was pretty cool, I had a chat with a recently published author, we danced a bit and had another Patron or two. DT and I then decided to try Fiction, which was pumping some not too shabby dub step, then we headed to Zula (packed, blasting good tunage though) before calling it a night and catching a cab home.
Saturday morning was epic and busy, with not much of a hangover but plenty of yawns from delayed tiredness catching up with me. My mom came over to help me with the double vet mission – Sonic needed to go for his check up, and Jasper went for his first vaccination shots. Sonic is an old hand at vet missions, and is pretty chilled. Jasper however was not at all impressed. He hadn’t been in a cat basket since he first came to me at 7 weeks old, and while the cat baskets I have are roomy and well-sized, that didn’t stop him from shouting non-stop and trying to bust his way out of the basket in the vet waiting room.
waiting at the vet
The vet is actually quite cute, and it was nice to show him that I had at least one normal cat – he was totally charmed by Jasper (as is everyone who meets him) and was also happy at Sonic’s progress. Sonic didn’t have to have any shots, Jasper had to have his vaccination AND a worm pill shoved down his throat, which he was not at all happy about. After getting both cats home to town again, my mom and I headed out for some early Mother’s Day fun…
My mom was keen for the aquarium, where we hadn’t been in years. I used to work and volunteer there many moons ago, so it’s always been a special place. The place has changed quite a lot, and while it was still sad to know I wouldn’t be seeing the seals anymore (having gone on to a new home a few years ago), it was still great to see all my old favourites (Yoshi the turtle, the raggies, puffer fish, penguins…). You can check out all my pics in my Aquarium set on flickr, but my favourite is this one of the Kelp Forest…
kelp forest - my favourite photo
The rest of my Saturday was chilled to the extreme, and it was so unbelievably good to just zone out on the couch with my snuggie, cats, chocolate and socks – especially after such a hectic and tiring week. I slept in a bit today, and read in bed under my divine feather duvet till after 11am. Pure bliss!
I have a fair bit of work today, and I’m also contemplating a run later. Tomorrow the madness starts again, with a busy week of work, Muaythai, more work and maybe even some MAYhem on the cards. I feel so relaxed and content, and totally ready to take on whatever the universe throws my way.
Nothing like a good weekend to restore the zen! 
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