Saturday, October 11, 2003
French toast at home for breakfast with Patrick. I did house chores. Patrick returned the DVD, wrote at Jumping Java, and had coffee with Aaron. Dinner at Blue: bowl of salad for me, grilled chicken boob for Patrick, 2 iced teas: $23.77 before a $4 tip. We got Cathleen again—very good service. Stopped in on at Brian, Kelly, and Jesse's place but they weren't home. We stopped to look at articles posted in the window at the Stop AIDS office and we saw a woman coming out of a nearby doorway with a Great Dane about a yardstick tall. She eventually introduced herself—Jennifer—and her dog, Disco—a female as well. She works in the pet grooming store that's right there at street level—I didn't catch whether she was the owner or not. We've passed by before seeing doggies in the window awaiting their shampoos and haircuts and other assorted beauty treatments. Jennifer went out of her way to say hello, and she explained that working all day with just dogs made her yearn for human contact once the workday was done. We introduced ourselves to her, admired and petted Disco, and chatted for a few more minutes before parting ways. We browsed books at Books, Inc, then chatted with Jesse at All-American Boy. Rented a Wash West film for nighttime entertainment.