Four days till vacation.

Where do I live?

I have just had two days off work. Yesterday I gave blood and today I had a check-up with the doctor who ripped out my wisdom teeth, and bought a yellow dress. Yes a yellow dress. Now I have just finished my lunch, which I have shown here for Tara's benefit.

Joseph and I are going to Shakespeare in the Park in Louisville tonight. They put it on for free and you bring a picnic and sit on the ground. I used to go to plays outside in Bloomington at the little park behind the police station. Oh, I miss Bloomington, but I knew I would. Even if I went back today it wouldn't be the same with out Merry and DR there...walking over to their house for a cook out and having drinks on their front porch and laughing, a lot. Those were some of my favorite times. Well, and Jiffy Treat-I miss being a two block walk from tasty ice cream...and a million other things...

But I am so excited to move out to Littleton and finally settle in a place where I don't have to move and find a new apt. every year, where I can start feeling like part of a real community. My life has been so temporary feeling ever since college. Everything was "just for now." I think Littleton is a place a can settle into.

What to do in case of a zombie take over

Joseph and I watched Shaun of the Dead last night. We were introduced to this movie by Merry and DR and if you don't know, it is a comedy zombie movie. We chose this movie after a pitcher of beer at our local Mexican restaurant; that is not to say it's not a quality movie. It's actually quite funny with a few of those zombie movie scary moments were you realize that you are in the minority and everyone wants to eat your brain.

Anyway, after watching this movie we discussed what to do in case of a zombie take over and I am proud to say the we quickly reached a conclusion and now have an official plan in case of such an emergency. The plan, I will share with you. GO TO THE WOODS. In these movies you will notice that they always take place in the cities where there are dense populations. We simply load our packs and head out as far away as we can get from civilization and wait it out.

This is also our plan in case of alien invasion which we discussed after watching War of the Worlds. I like to plan for emergencies and have it all thought out. All those elementary school fire and tornado drills were not for nothing. I got the picture.

Funny it seems like the safest solution is often to get away from people; I'm sure that is just a coincidence.

Falls of the Ohio

Yesterday evening Joseph and I went to the Falls of the Ohio. It is where the Ohio River has been dammed up and there are all of these exposed fossil beds that used to be coral reefs so long ago. It is all just across the river from Louisville very near our house and it is a place to see different worlds next to each other. You have the city with all it's usual lights, tall buildings and trash right next to this river ecosystem and then on the Indiana side, fossil beds and a rock jungle gym.
I like knowing that there used to be a coral reef where I am standing. It makes me think of the transience of the world we live in and honestly if is comforting to know that one day this won't all be here. We won't be here. We won't always be doing horrible things to this land and to people.The Falls are a beautiful place though. When the water recedes, it leaves all of these little pools in the fossil beds and the sky reflects off of every one.When the sun went down, the sky light was amazing and you could watch the lights of the buildings of Louisville slowly click on.


Wow. And this happens every night.

This is the neighbors cat. We named her Ty. This is her greeting me from my front porch when I got home this evening. I don't know why she likes our porch so much, but she is there regularly and usually lets me give her a scratching. Not a bad thing to come home to.