Later:  PUPPY!
Now:  Gate installation.

Karate has been a rock for me this week, something stable when everything else was exhausting and just teetering slightly out of control.  Work has been chaotic - we have a visiting researcher, my seven interns' first full week, and a variety of other things and deadlines.  I feel like I'm going to Mars next week.  We get the puppy tomorrow and ( Read more... )

EDIT:  I tried to post this multiple times on Sunday but the server must have been on the fritz ( Read more... )

Finally figured out an easy place to post videos of the puppies.  You can find them all here. (http://picasaweb.google.com/jpatashnick/PuppyVideos)
(Better still, I even managed to rotate the two .avi files so you don't have to crane your neck (or tip your monitor on ( Read more... )

We visited the puppies again today, but unfortunately only had a half hour with them because another family arrived early, and we felt we should let them have time alone with the pups, so we left.  I have to say, though, that it kind of annoys me that we'll drive an hour and a half to get there and then only get half an hour with the puppies.  On ( Read more... )

Visited the puppies again yesterday (Sunday).  They have certainly grown since last week!  I think their legs are three times as long, and they were even awake for five minutes when we first got there.  The little blond one which had caught our attention last week turned out to be a real bully, terrorizing the rest of the litter indiscriminately ( Read more... )

Sunday was great.  (Saturday was awful, but more on that later, when I feel like being re-depressed.)  Anyway - Sunday.  Fantastic.  Woke up at 6:30, jetlag telling me it was noon.  Snuggled in bed for a bit, then got up, showered, and made blueberry pancakes.  Then, Glen introduced me to Guitar Hero (Guitar Hero II, to be precise).  I had heard ( Read more... )

Spent all of yesterday alternately working on computer stuff, proofreading Chris' chapter, getting lost in the software I'm learning, interrupting Chris to ask about the software, typing a to do list, etc., etc., and reading an actual book.  I forgot I had actual books to read.  Nice to hold them in your hands sometimes ( Read more... )

Last night, we got home rather late from Chris' office (6:30 at least) and made dinner ("macaroni and cheese" which actually turned into chicken alfredo with peppers and mushrooms).  All three of us had had some sort of good news yesterday - Jason's about to be promoted (sort of) to a managerial position; Chris is going to be able to start doing ( Read more... )

I thought I was done posting for the day, but this story is absolutely fantastic!