It's May

Somehow I've made it through another winter. It wasn't so bad. Except for the biting wind, the persistent snow, icy sidewalks, frozen brakes on my car, dark nights, classes and reading and assignments.... Aside from that, it was fine.

I'm having one of those too-much-freedom weekends. The weather isn't nice enough to go out and play, but I did dig in the dirt for a while. The birds are carrying on like they might die soon — which they might. My classes are suddenly done for the semester, with finals canceled due to Wednesday's horrible tornado in Tuscaloosa. It is possibly the only benefit of an otherwise awful situation.

Wes and I almost adopted a dog last week. We picked him up one evening while eating dinner out. He had no tags, so we took him just for the night...which turned into six nights. We even named him. But his owner finally saw the fliers and called, crying and relieved. Both she and her young son had been missing their doggie, so we were happy to return him.

Springtime in Wyoming is curious. We have daffodils, tulips, hyacinths, sun, wind and snow. I've got the spring itch to be outside, but it's not always pleasant out there. Today I spent a while digging in the wannabe-garden beds, getting rid of weeds and cat poo. I found a (diamond?) ring, which I'm now wearing on my index finger, it's that big (or my fingers are that small). My hands smell like garlic from making guacamole.

I should go for a walk while it's still sunny and 50.

Comments

[Leah]

aww, bummer on the dog. But good of you to reconnect him to his owners. any thought of checking out the humane society to really adopt a dog?

woah, how does one lose a ring in a garden bed? pretty crazy? and yuck on the cat poo.

spring is finally coming around here too. it's taking its sweet time. My finals end this week, and I think it's supposed to get warm right around the same time. so yay for us being done with semesters and getting nice weather.