Conversations With Livia

Posted on 02/07/2024 by chick
  • I sometimes keep a box of instant oatmeal in my office. I like instant oatmeal for those days when I’m feeling lazy. Then I don’t have to go downstairs to get breakfast. I can just make the oatmeal in my coffee mug using hot water from my electric kettle. But the thing about oatmeal is that I can’t stand it when it’s thick and dry. Blech! So I deliberately make it extra watery. Livia thinks that’s appalling, and when she came into my office to grab a couple of packets of the oatmeal for breakfast the other day, she joked, “I’m saving them from becoming mug soup.” Ha-ha.
  • Livia and I were talking one day when she suddenly stopped and wrote down something I’d said. It was “If you wait around for the perfect idea, you’ll never get anything done.” There’s truth in that, and though I’m not the first person to have said something along those lines, I was flattered to have been quoted. It makes me feel all wise-like, which is better than being all wise-guyish, which is more my usual thing.
  • There’s apparently a golden retriever that runs around the neighborhood unchained. I don’t like it when dogs run loose, but if you have to have a free-roaming dog, a golden retriever’s not a bad choice. From what I’ve seen and heard, they’re sweet dogs, friendly if not particularly intelligent. According to Livia, this dog showed up at the end of the driveway yesterday while she was waiting for the bus, and when the bus arrived, the dog got on the bus, twice! Maybe it’s not the smartest dog, but at least it’s trying to get itself educated. 😉
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