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Thursday

I had an awesome day off yesterday for veterans day. I have to work Saturday this week though, which won't be as wonderful. But the midweek break was awesome to take some unrushed time to slow down, spend time at home, get my home in order, and work out! And I thought of the contrast with work days. I thought about what I want in a job. Still don't know. But more moments and days like yesterday are needed.

I stole onesuch moment today. I got to work 30 minutes early, so I grabbed some Taco C breakfast tacos and parked on the seawall to eat breakfast. Since I was parked I could put all the fixins on-- the pico and hot salsa that I have to forego when I eat while driving. I rolled down the passenger side window to hear the waves. I drank cold Diet Coke. It was very close to perfect. Then I went to work.

Work wanted: experienced admirer of the sea seeks position as ocean watcher. Also willing to work as beach dog walker or seawall bicyclist.

Job Searching Time Again

It's that time again, as I watch my graduation date approach.... Time for job searches and long hours completing applications and cover letters. I'm a little apprehensive, because the searches I've done so far on my iPhone and borrowed computers have yeilded very few listings in the couseling field. When my computer is up and running I have two to apply to.... That will kick off this adventure for employment hunting again. Keep fingers crossed.

Noooo laptop

It was six a.m. I was getting ready for work. Tracy was staying over with Sahara, so they started the day by chasing the cat. I was checking news and email on my laptop at my coffee table as usual.

Suddenly Sahara charged after the cat. I felt my laptop jolt. "HEY!" I yelled, hoping to stall Sahara's progress. But Sahara was tangled in the cord somehow and became very alamed at the unexpected restriction and the yelling. She started bucking to get the cord off. The cat made it safely o the countertop. And my laptop spun into the air. "HEY!!" I repeated, but it was too late. Sahara was free of the cord, my laptop was clattering on all corners before settling on the ground, and the plug on the cord was not only yanked out of the laptop but bent at a dangerous 45 degree angle, and promptly detatched when I tried to push it back upright.

Final outcome: Sahara is looking guilty, Tracy is advertising her innocence with wide eyes, Lisa is without a way to charge the laptop, and Sphinx is relaxing as usual.

Sent from my iPhone

Woooohoooooo

iPhone is MYphone now!!!! Email and Internet anywhere I am??? I feel invincible. Wow is this how the rest of the world felt in 2001 when they got their smart phones?

Sent from my iPhone

What I Did This Weekend

On Saturday I walked in Race for the Cure with my sister....

There were lots of people there and we had Allen Parkway all to ourselves!!


....and on Sunday I locked myself out of my car. I used a really unique method, too. I was adding power steering fluid to my car and I set my keys to the side after I opened the hood. After adding the fluid, I shut the hood and went to the trunk to store the rest of the fluid. "Where are my keys?" I wondered a half-second before I realized I had just shut them inside the hood, which can't be opened unless popped from inside the car. And I couldn't get inside the car without the keys..... I was quite stuck.

Until I remembered a moment that occurred SIX YEARS AGO. Back when me and Shiela were YOUNG. I was embarking on my first cross-country road trip. I was reading up on caring for my car and planning for a road trip. In my reading I came across a trip-tip that said you should hide a key somewhere on/in/under/around the car, SOMEwhere that is secure, uncommon, and that only you know. "I wonder......" I thought, curious if the valet key that I had hidden SIX years ago had managed to hang on. Greg, prepared to drive me 45 minutes to my house and back for spare key, walked back down his driveway and found me looking much like this- amazed, relieved, and covered to the elbow in six years of road sludge.

Minipost: I like Rainbows

As mentioned it was a rainy week, but it brought a beautiful rainbow. Rainbows always do remind me of God's promise from Genesis and just of God's relationship with us in general. Sounds cheeeeesy, cheeesy, cheeesy, I know, but rainbows are signficant to me because of that.

Minipost: Lisa's Safari Houeshold

Lisa's Safari household is still bustling with animal life.

Greg and I decided to see what would happen if we arranged and supervised Tracy's first visit to the middle of the kitchen table, otherwise known as Sphinx's safe spot where the dogs can't reach her from the floor. As you can see, the visit caught Sphinx off guard. Meanwhile Tracy's tail is wagging into an indistinguishable blur.



The rains of this week brought exotic creatures into the neighborhood, and Sphinx rediscovered the joy of hunting snakes. She brought this present to me proudly just as I intended to leave for work Friday morning.

Minipost: Dogs in Car

Packed into a truck crowded with cargo, Tracy and Sahara proved again that dogs can sleep anywhere, anyhow.

Sibling Rivalry

So, I was eating pumpkin pie for breakfast. Both of the dogs were interested in this activity, equally. But Sahara likes to claim to be the dominant dog whenever food is around, so these two started a subtle shoving match next to the pie, which turned into this brief growling competition before it devolved into a total wrass'lin situation complete with vicious snarls and barks. The pair was placed outside in time out while I finished my breakfast.