Saturday, September 29, 2012

Bingo Bango Bongo

As Spencer and I drove to 'Hanna's Haunted Acres' last night he was full of song (as usual).  The song he chose this time though, oddly familiar.  "Bingo Bango Bongo, I don't want to leave the jungle.  I refuse to go," he sang.  Bingo Bango Bongo.  My mom used to say that all the time.  She'd clap her hands together and say loudly, in a silly way, "Bingo Bango Bongo, would you like to go to the Congo?"  I always thought it was a phrase she made up, purely out of rhyming.  Thanks to Spencer, and a video game that it turns out drilled the song into his head, I now know my mom was projecting altered lyrics of an Andrews Sisters song.  A piece of my mom, and my childhood, I never fully got, being explained.
'Civilization' by the Andrews Sisters has since become our song for the last 12 hours.  Spencer hooked up with his computer speakers, and as I sat downstairs reading this morning, I heard him blasting it upstairs in our office.

Now some randomness.  First, let me brag about how amazing Indianapolis's downtown library is.  Six floors of anything, and everything you can imagine, about a mile from our home.  Glad I didn't wait to check it out.

 
And some cute pet photos.  Zoe in wrap-around shades Spencer found among his belongings.  Livey, thinking she's hiding as usual, as she sits in a small open box in the middle of the living room.  And a photo of the cats in the kitchen, gathered around me shortly after I got home from work the other morning.



Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Monkey Helpers

The last email my mom sent me, entitled "Check this out!" contained a link to monkey helpers for the disabled.   Made me smile this morning as I scanned old messages she sent me.


Monday, September 24, 2012

Indy

Living in Indianapolis about a month and a half now.  My weekdays consist of my working overnights, coming home, running errands, working out, and going to sleep by 1:00 pm.  At work I cover breaking news: fires, police chases, overturned semis, and again, fires.  Lots of fires.

I'm healthy, happy, and getting the hang of this.

And using Twitter a lot.  For a look at what I'm doing day by day...check out by feed in the right column.

Sunday, September 16, 2012

New Roomie

The boyfriend moved in this weekend.  Party time.
He says we're going to take over Indianapolis.

We spent the weekend unpacking.  Made it to Fort Harrison State Park to try out kayaking during the Hoosier Outdoor Experience event.  This 'morning' as I headed to work, he made me coffee, sat with me as I ate my breakfast, and stood outside in the dark as I left for work, holding Zoe and waving her paw at me.

 I feel like we're playing house.  But I like it.

Also, Zoe is better.  After getting sick again thanks to a swollen paw, she was given another rounds of meds...and as of today, is back up and running.