Had a wonderful suprise this morning when Mel called and said she be back in town in (and for) a few hours. I then promptly fell asleep.

Hours passed, she called. I awoke, directed her to the house and she eventually made it safe and sound in a spiffy little rental car. We took her bags inside, hugged, and then threw her in the shower to wash off the funk that had accumulated from a train trip out of Shreveport.

Cleaned up, she laid around on my bed for a bit in nothing but my Garfield towel. She enjoyed the feel of a (decent) mattress for the first time in two months while we chatted. Decided to grab lunch, so we hit BK (that's Burrito King) and I learned about the horror of the travelling faire/carnival experience. I also learned that you can buy 2005 model cars in the South for dirt cheap.

Eventually, it was time to send my lovely guest back to the barbarous lands of Fresno, so I saw her off with another hug.

It wasn't long after, however, that I was hastily recruited for a bank heist at the Tujunga Washington Mutual...but that's another story.