My Saturday

I made it to the Zoo at about 9:45, 15 minutes early for our meeting but 45 minutes later than I intended. Typical me. But, it was interesting because we got to have our meeting in the nice, warm & well seated Education Centre rather than the cold, chilly & sparsely seated Volunteer Room. Then we got Tim's donuts and coffee - definitely a highlight for me. I had a Honey Dip - not chocolate, I know, but sometimes those Honey Dips are just irresistible. I tried to work on the newsletter a bit but didn't get very far and then we went out to rake & clean-up stuff so I helped with that instead. Then I went to help the Keeper I usually assist on Saturday's and spent the next 3 hours cleaning up Chinchilla poop. It was surprisingly difficult and I kept bumping into things & then jarring my shoulder, which is really sore already. So, I was a little pooped - ha, ha, good pun - and felt like I was caked in yuckiness, got home & had a long shower, and headed out for Indian food with my friend in White Rock. Yum! We go to this little hole in the wall Indian restaurant - the owners serve & cook the meals - and it is AMAZING! We get garlic Naan, pakoras, mango chutney, and usually either Shahi Butter Paneer or Shahi Butter Potatoes (went with the Paneer this time) and 2 other dishes (this time the Mattar Aloo & some mixed vegetable thing..."Bhaji" something I think). It is truly a taste sensation! And, because my friend mothers me I don't have to pay & get all the left-overs, no complaints of course. I can't wait for lunch! Anyways, I got home and after some Solitaire, took some Tylenol & went to bed. But, I woke up at 3 in the morning because my shoulder was so sore and I had to pee so after some tossing & turning I got up & went to the bathroom & took some more Tylenol. But, I couldn't lie down on my side so I had to lie flat on my back and I just cannot fall asleep that way so I tossed & attempted to turn but that hurt, and started to doze when Clyde decided he had to go out (about 5:30). Fine, I let him out, went to bed, he barked so I ran to let him back in, went back to bed, couldn't fall asleep, but I persevered and managed to doze till about 8:00. Then I got up and put ice on my shoulder while waiting for my coffee to brew. I really cannot put off going to the Chiropractor any further because if I don't go I think I'm going to cripple myself. The problem with that is that I tried to make a Chiropractor appointment before I flew to the Peg for Christmas and forgot to go. Perhaps not super surprising for those of you who know me well but to be honest I always remembered appointments, even if I was 5 minutes late for them. Now, I forget them and I have been worried that if I call for one I'll forget it too so I keep procrastinating. It's Sunday anyways so I'm S.O.L. today but I have to do it tomorrow because I need a solid 8 hours of sleep or I'll be even grouchier & more unreasonable than usual all week. What a pickle!