An Untimely Demise

A good friend from school came down here to visit me this weekend. We had a lot of fun - we went and saw a chick-flick (The Proposal, which was very cute, btw), went to Mass downtown at OLR where she got to see one set of her many aunts and uncles and eight smallish cousins, went swimming, had a picnic, went boating on a lake, and watched another chick-flick (Miss Congeniality). I was so happy to see her! I miss all of my wonderful friends at school incredibly... she was a dear for trekking down here to see me!

She seemed to enjoy her visit (if actions and words are honest indicators), despite an unfortunate event. An event which stopped time itself - or, at least, an instrument which tells it. Her timex, left on a chair outside while we were swimming, met its end. The culprit? Our 10 year old Golden Retriever, Wanda. She, apparently, ate the entire band of our guest's metal watch. We have since recovered a small fraction of the band, hidden in a corner of our yard, but 90% of the item still remains missing. Thankfully, our guest was not upset, but she was greatly amused by the incident.

Dogs certainly do keep life interesting...