ok, so it is friday, finally.....of course, i still have to work tomorrow, but friday remains a milestone for the promise of sunday off........as noted yesterday, i found a neat apt. online..in the 3rd near the pompidiou centre......now i just have to convince my significant other that i really need to go to paris in january for a non-driving, non-manic stay of immersion in french culture..........

in other news, i am on a rose watch....i have 2 differetn bushes that look like they could bloom any moment...both are therese bugnet, a shrub that has a fuschia-colored double kind of floppy flower to it....only blooms once......the color of the yet-to-bloom buds is quite visible...all they have to do is to burst open......maybe a little warmth would do it......the rose watch is an informal competition with my brother-in-law nick in d.c.,,,who is the king of old roses and who gave me most of my bushes.....for some reason, my climate allows a tad bit earlier bloom season than his does........anyway, first bloom is worth at least a phone call..........