today was superb. it started off rather dismally...
don't you hate it in the mornings when you first step out of bed and are already uber dizzy? then you kind of steady yourself and close your eyes and hope for the best the second time you open them?
that's how my day commenced. as i was getting ready for school, a thought crossed my mind: "why?"
with that, pajamas replaced that godforsaken grey wool skirt that i only have to wear 10 more times. i traded heels for slippers, walked downstairs to inform my parents that i, indeed, would not be attending school. i crawled under my covers and instantly fell asleep, later to be awakened with the sun streaming through the sides of my shaded windows.
for some odd reason, i found myself at the academy around 1130. (truth be told - i didn't want to miss calculus league. damn. that is quite the nerdy sentence.)
after school, rye came over and we ate dinner with my family. i made a vegetable chili recipe from the barefoot contessa. mmm mmm. it was positively delicious, and i can't wait to have leftovers for lunch tomorrow!
when rye left around 8, i found another visitor wandering around in my yard:
ain't she perdy?
i hadn't seen her before around our neighborhood, and she had a collar but no tags. also, five ticks. my sister and i cleaned her up a bit and had fun pretending to own her for 90 minutes or so, repeatedly checking outside to see if anyone was searching for her. such a good dog - didn't bark or nip once, totally just sucked it up when we ripped the bloodsuckers from her flesh! much braver than i would be were i a dog.
as it turned out, the family in two houses over had just adopted her from the pound yesterday. while i would have loved to keep her all to myself, i had to return her to her rightful owners. i just can't wait to dogsit. :)