How to get a free lunch at Chevy's:

1. Start with dining alone.
2. Have a lovely lunch.
3. Become invisible and never get a check.
4. Need to use the bathroom, but keep waiting for a check or for any waiter to notice you.
5. Go to the bathroom anyway.
6. Come back to find your table cleared.
7. Since you're honest, find the manager and ask to pay for your lunch.
8. Be told by the embarrassed manager that it's free.

As a single woman I'm used to being invisible, and mostly ignored at restaurants. (Not Hobee's. They're beyond helpful there.) This is the first time it's paid off. I suppose I could just skip out, since I don't go there often enough anymore to be recognized, but I'm just too honest, and I'd rather they know their mistakes so they can improve next time. Lunch was delicious, though.

Springtime for turtles

When I woke up this morning Dymphna was sunning herself on the floor under the window in our bedroom, and G'Kwan was pestering her for sex. From my observations over the next half hour or so, she said no, then moved away, then said no, etc. Finally I picked him up and put him in my study. A while later I heard this repeated crashing sound coming from the kitchen, and realized he'd gone to fight the strange turtle that lives in the reflective surface of the garbage can. (He always stops when I get close, so I can't get video.) This is good news, since male turtles fight before sex, and the winner gets the girl. With only two turtles, I think G'Kwan has been trying to fight Dymphna, who will have none of him. It will be interesting to see if this improves relations between them.