…because i have never had so many appointments flaked on by so many people who show up DAYS later or not at all. nor have i had so many appointments that were mere approximations.

“just show up before noon.” said our new dog groomer who came highly recommended in her clipped eastern european accent.

“so, like 11:45?”

“sometime before noon.”

well ok then. weren’t these some of the people that made the trains run on time?

i had no further luck with the person we hired to clip our cat. “so 2:30ish?” she asked. did she just want us to arrive at 2:30? no. she just reiterated the “ish” part several times with all the stridency of someone more type-a with a surprisingly loose command of time.

our stuff never arrived. our car never arrived. is this just more florida “island time” wackiness or is our bmw being driven around central america by some cartel-affiliated warlord with connections to vehicle thieves in el norte?

there are iguanas in our papaya trees.

that is a statement that is very un-californian.

pool time.