Current Obsession

Que Vida La Mia!

I may not be a human mommy, BUT...

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I know this is going to sound ridiculous.  And I almost can't believe I'm going to type this.  But.

I miss my kids!!!  They may not be 2-legged, they may not speak, and they do gross doggy things like butt-sniffing, but they are my children none the less.

I will be out of town next week and with Hubster's schedule, it's just not feasible for him to take care of the pups.  So they will be going to board and day camp at Best Friends Pet Care.  And today is their trial run.  I'm sure that this evening when I go to pick them up, I will have two pooped pups (or at least I'd BETTER).  And you'd better believe that I appreciate that I've been able to write, clean and eat without two furry shadows (well, one really...Wren is a bit more chill than his sister).  But on days like today when I'm working from home, I love having them around to distract me and just for company.

Lord help me (and Hubster and the 4-legged kids) when we have 2-legged pups that are old enough to go off to day care (or school or whatever).  Maybe it will be easier because kids cry?

Share, Share Alike!

So, I was looking at the sitemeter for my blog the other day and noticed that many of my readers are from my neck of the woods.   But there were a few views from people allllll over the place.  Like the farthest reaches of Canada...who is that???  It's kind of cool to think that someone out there, across the world, might take just a minute to look at what's happening over here with my little family.

Tangent:  Sammy has tucked herself into the corner of the living room behind the chair.  I think she wore herself out trying to figure out who that dog was in the big mirror.  HI-larious.  Note to self, hang that mirror.

Anyway, what I was thinking was that I'd LOVE to know who you are.  I know a few of you and I probably do a little blog-stalking of my own with some others.  If you have a blog, I'd be thrilled to check it out and post a link to you.  I enjoy checking out new people and new perspectives.  So, don't be shy!

Procrastination, Continued

As McV noted in the comments section of my earlier post, there were a lot of dishes to finish after our fantastic, tasty, long-overdue dinner last night.

By the way, if you ever want to eat well, invite McV and Mr. McV to your house and when they ask what they can bring, say DESSERT.  Unequivocally.  And quickly.  You want her to flambe you some summer peaches in a bit of bourbon with vanilla bean ice cream.  See?  Right now.  You want some.

So, after my battle in the kitchen (usually Hubster is on kitchen duty but his schedule did not accommodate my needs...silly patients) I did spend some time working on my final paper for my last summer session class.  It isn't quite done but it's about a billion times farther along than this morning.  And now after a few loads of laundry, a newly fixed car (we had a leeeetle issue when our friends backed into the Fit) and plans to visit a doggy day care/boarding place, I am contentedly (riiiiiight) getting down to business.  I WILL have a draft to send to my reviewer by tomorrow morning.

It helps that Hubster is also working (at home!!!) tonight on a presentation for tomorrow.  No one in the WORLD stresses about my academic to-do list more than Hubs, not even me.  And thus he helps motivate me to be productive.  And at least 80% of the motivation he brought home for me today has gone toward this paper.  I was generously sharing the other 20% with you, lovely reader, and my washing machine.  I'm sorry to have neglected you both.  Forgive me.

p.s. Thanks for sharing that NYT article McV.

p.p.s.  And to Mrs. LW in NC, you and your Mr. and the munchkins certainly do help us look forward to the day when we have 2-legged pups around this house.  I'll be sure to let you know when that is an impending reality.  In the mean-time, I will enjoy a glass of wine and trips to NC (which needs to happen again!!!) and thinking that Sammy and Wren will try to be as fabulous as Zable and Fenway.  :)

Procrastination

I'm in DESPERATE need of some motivation over here.  I have one 15-pager and about a billion things to do for my CE (culminating experience for grad school; aka thesis).  And all I've been able to really get done today are the dishes.

UGH.

Pictures

This past weekend, my friend Jamie took me to the West Wing at the White House!

It was FANTASTIC.  We got to see the Oval Office, the Roosevelt Room, the Rose Garden and some other awesome stuff (not least of which is her ridiculously cool office just outside the WH).  

Here I am goofing off in the press briefing room.

And out front (where we, apparently, were not supposed to be...oops).  If you look closely, you can see the sniper on the roof.

And the mutts:

Wren is apparently camera-shy.  But Sammy-girl is NOT.  She followed me around for awhile wanting more pictures of her lovely self to be taken.  She's a little bit of an attention hog.  But she's cute, so we don't mind too much.  :)

My Civic Duty

I am currently sitting in the jury lounge.  Lounge makes it sound so chic, like maybe we'll get martinis at any moment, but it isn't.  I've been here since 8:45 (um, but if anyone asks, I was here promptly at 8:30 am)...and I'm more than a little bored.

As much as this stinks (I have a bunch of stuff I could be doing at home or at work), I've been thinking a lot about the fact that I'm thankful to have this opportunity.  No, sitting in this room with 100+ other people who are snoring, reading, eating or staring at the wall isn't my idea of a fabulous day.

But then I think about those people in courtrooms who were victimized or who were wrongly accused.  Or even people in other countries who will never get the benefit of a fair trial.  It's actually pretty incredible to look around at all the other people here (young, old, famous [there was a local "celebrity" here earlier, apparently], women, Hispanic, etc. etc.) and think that THIS is our country.

That's pretty cool, I think.




Or at least I will if I don't get called to come in tomorrow too...

Introducing...Miss Sammy Rae Vicente!

Here she is, for the world to see.  :)  

As you can see, she fits right in to this crazy family!

More posts soon.