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Just popping in to say that we are having the best time here. The weather is lovely, and Daisy is a rock star! She's so well behaved and is having the time of her life. We don't ever want to come home!

More later. Bye!

leaving on a jet plane

... don't know when I'll be back again...
Well, that's not true, we're leaving in a car. And we'll be back next Sunday, the 19th. But we are leaving!! And in 12 hours we will be sleeping soundly in our bed at the Cape. I'm so excited.

Yesterday was rough, my lack of sleep caught up to me, as did something else I'm sure (there are a few things going around my office at the moment) and I ended up leaving work early just feeling horrible. I ended up puking twice, and just feeling deathly all evening, but we did the car stuff and got all the packing done, and I headed to bed at 9. I slept great and feel so so much better this morning.

So this is the last you'll hear from me, probably until the 20th! I might get a chance to pop on the internet once or twice, but that will just be to check my email. Until then, au revoire, and picture me lounging on a hamock by a lake!

::yawn::

The past few days have been tiring... to say the least. Putting work aside (which has also been stressful), we're attempting to get Daisy ready for our trip by having her sleep in her travel crate in our room. That way she's used to the noises we make at night, and used to sleeping in a different place then her normal crate.

Well, this all seems simple enough, but was complicated by the fact that we started this process over the past weekend with her spending the night in her travel crate downstairs, next to her regular crate. Except (we're guessing on this a little, but it seems the most logical conclusion) she rearranged herself at some point during the night, flopping over in her normal fashion, and knocking her travel crate on its side... which caused her to bolt in surprise, and launch herself right through the mesh panel on the front of the crate.

Trav was able to do a quick fix, but now we're all paranoid she's going to get curious about the patching and pull it open. So all night we're both in this state of half-sleep, ready to tell her "no" if we hear her playing/licking/chewing it. Which means that I'm exhausted and more ready for vacation then ever.

Packing is mostly ready, all laid out, just has to actually be put into the suitcase. Tonight we're dropping Trav's car off at Willy's. Tomorrow Trav will drive my car to work for a half day, pick Daisy up at home and head to Willy's, where I'll meet all three of them after work. We'll leave straight from there.

Today, a much more fun pre-vacation errand... I'm getting my toenail polish changed.

It will all be worth it when we're relaxing at the Cape, but getting there is always the interesting part!

great weekend, ready for vacation

Coming to work is harder after a long weekend, especially when you know that vacation is right around the corner. The weekend was good though, super relaxing for me (Trav actually did a lot of manual labor, helping Pat stain their deck)... and we had a very nice fourth. We have so much food in our fridge now, which we need to eat our way through by Friday. Looks like we won't have to do much cooking this week.

I didn't take any pictures over the weekend, and I'm too tired today to come up with anything fun to write about... so I guess that's that!

dear ladies of the 6th floor,

Clearly you have very. important. things. to discuss.
So important that you can't wait to have your conversation somewhere more appropriate than the woman's 6th floor bathroom. Now while you may not see a problem with having a full-fledged discussion through stall walls, while one of you relieves herself, it is a little weird for the rest of us on the floor who also need to use this bathroom. Also weird when you start talking a little louder to talk over the sound of me urinating. My apologies for clearly interrupting you.
Perhaps in the future, you could halt your discussion for the three minutes it takes me in the bathroom, then continue talking about very. important. things. when I'm gone.

Thanks and happy urinating,

oh monday, monday

Mondays always come too early... have you ever noticed that? Because its true.

Our weekend was very nice though. I walked with Ro on Saturday, which was good because I've been feeling a bit lazy lately! I've been running out of time after word to walk to the far train station, so half the time I don't get that in... and the past few weeks something has come up to keep me from walking with Katie on Wednesdays. So! I've felt rather lazy, which made me very happy to get out and about with Ro.

The rest of the day we did some cleaning up and movie watching. It was a nice day.

Sunday we started off watching Daisy have a great time playing with her little pug friend from down the street.


Then we prepared to head to Willy's (Daisy too!) for a visit. We had hoped to see Trav's older brother and fam as they passed through on their way to Cape Cod this week, but we had to leave before they got in. We did leave their dog crate at Willy's, the one they brought Daisy in:


It's hard to believe that she ever fit in that thing!!

After Willy's we headed back home to drop the pup off, then out to Rose Tree Park in Media for a picnic and concert with Ro, Pat, & GG. RTP has a free summer concert series, basically everyday from June until August, and last night Blackthorn (an Irish band) was playing. We brought a bunch of snacks, I whipped up some chicken salad, and we met about two hours before the actually concert to eat and relax. We brought a blanket, Ro & Pat had some chairs, and we got some good seats thanks to arriving so early.



We actually only stayed for about half of the show, since it didn't start until 7:30... and we all had work today (plus a puppy who didn't want to be in her crate anymore and a baby that needed to get home to her crib), but we were there until about 9, and had a great time.

That's about all for our weekend. I can't believe how it flew by... how they always fly by. It was very nice though, a little slice of lovely, and at least this coming week is a short one (with no boss to boot).

I have to dash off to get some work done... but I wanted to leave you with some beautiful pictures from my dad and brother's trip out to the Badlands. They were all so beautiful it was hard to just pick a handful out of the ~80 he took. But hopefully you enjoy these.
(You might have to click on them to see the full image, for some reason they are coming up large.)

So Travis made it home last night with no incidents... be it much later than normal, since he had a meeting that ran late and needed to stop at the store. The pup and I hunkered down inside while we waited, since it was hot and muggy out. I hate muggy. While I don't like hot, I can do hot, but I can't do hot and muggy... muggy makes everything worse. Daisy had already had two walks that day, so I didn't feel bad about not giving her a third, and she did get lots of playtime.

Today is quiet and relaxed. I'm very distracted/day dreamy today and the morning has flown by without me even noticing.

We have another lazy, mostly unplanned weekend ahead of us, which is great. I'm loving all our lazy time at home to relax. Hopefully this weekend though I'll find it in me to get some "spring cleaning" done, we're getting a little cluttered again.
I also need to try to figure out what we're going to do with the pup the night of August 8th to 9th, while we're in DC for a wedding. We could board her if we can't find something else, but I would love for her to be with some one I know will give her lots of 1 on 1 time. Of course, she'd absolutely love the opportunity to play with other puppies. We'll see I guess.

Well, I'm going to go eat some lunch and get back to work. Have a great weekend!

where did yesterday go? take 2

Yesterday flew by in a blur of two events and a huge mailing that kept me away from my desk for all but a few hours in the afternoon. The first event was over lunch (free pizza) and it was a slideshow about a writer's recent travels to Iran. Very interesting. The second was an intern presentation, which I didn't attend but had to set up for. I had actually brought my camera into work to download some pictures to post, but the day definitely flew by too quickly for posting at all. So! I'll give them to you now. I took these all yesterday morning when I was enjoying some playtime outside with the pup. It was a beautiful morning!

(These two are actually of one giant tree that shades the end of our yard. It grows in our neighbors yard, but we get to enjoy it.)
Our pupper, enjoying a sunny spot on the grass... what a cutie.
Then, on my ride home last night I got a call from Trav. He'd been in an accident (don't worry, he's fine). Apparently he was driving along one road that always gets very backed up... he stopped for some traffic, looked in his rear view mirror and saw that the guy behind him was coming up way too fast. So he thought fast and kind of pulled his car off towards the right a bit. Well the guy glanced off his left bumper and straight into a truck in the opposite lane! His car is okay, the bumper is banged up and dented on the one side, but its still perfectly drivable. The other two cars were totalled though, so he was lucky! What a night though... poor Trav was very shaken up.

Once he got home we had dinner then both took the pup for a long walk. I think it helped to calm his nerves a bit... walk it out. Daisy enjoyed it too since she got to meet some new puppies and people.

We've started something new with Daisy too. She always ended up going in and out of her crate all morning since we couldn't watch her while we were showering and getting ready, well she's gotten to the point that we don't have to watch her all the time... so now once we get her out in the morning, she's out until we leave for the day. She loves it and we love it. Eventually we hope to be able to leave her out of her crate all day... but it will take some working up to get to that.

Today, is much lazier then the rest of the week has been. Still lots to do, but no events settign the schedule... so much more relaxed pace. It's also supposed to be HOT! Very high 80s, maybe 90 and sunny. Tally and I are going for frozen yogurt later. :-)

Okay, off to work I go!




Ps. After hearing some little kid yell "sh!t" at one of his friends last night... then turning and seeing that he was probably about 9, we've decided that we're going to go back in time and raise our kids in the 50s. Things were much simpler then.

where did yesterday go?

Never got around to writing yesterday, the day was just too busy. Not that I'm complaining... believe me, I love when Mondays pass by in a flash!! We had another little thing in the office already this morning, after having one yesterday in the middle of the day... but the nice thing about both of those? Free chow! LOL... yesterday there were sandwiches for lunch and today breakfast, and we got to eat whatever was leftover. So I'm full of bagel, cream cheese, blueberries, and fresh orange juice right now. Mmm.

This weekend was relaxing. More down time with movie watching (Rachel Getting Married... depressing at times, but very very good) and puppy playing. I did work on down and come with Daisy a bunch, since those are two commands that we never really purposefully taught her, and that I really want her to learn before Cape Cod. Still needs a little work, but she's doing good. Really good. And everytime she lays down when I tell her to I just want to kiss her sweet puppy face because she looks very proud of herself, and I feel so proud. :-) Yes, I'm that kind of dog owner.

The other thing I did this weekend? Tried two new things. I had my first Big Mac, and consequently, my first Thousand Island Dressing (sorry if I ruined the "secret sauce" for you!). It was good... though I'm not sorry that I spent my childhood NOT ingesting those overly large, calorie laden monstrocities!!

Otherwise, we're finally looking at some sun this week... and temps in the 80s. I know I shouldn't complain since it has been so mild so far (and hell, it's almost July!), but really I'm not ready for the hot, humid weather to come! I'm getting sweaty just thinking about it. ;-)

Well, time for me to get some work done... and make a run to Trader Joe's for some healthy snacks and lunches.

3 weeks...

until we leave for Cape Cod! Booo-yaa! :-) I really really can't wait. Work etc has been tiring lately, and I am absolutely ready for 8 days of laying around, relaxing. Not to mention that Harry Potter comes out that week... you know I can't wait for that!

I already looked up the nearby movie theaters and times:

This weekend is Father's Day, but we won't be heading up to my parent's as my dad and brother are leaving for their trip cross-country this weekend. They are driving out to S. Dakota (the Badlands), staying there for a few days, then driving back. I cannot wait to see their pictures and hear all about it! Ethan is even going splunking while they are out there!

So we'll be hanging out at home, which will actually be a nice change. Hope everyone else has a great weekend!