Today I leave for San Francisco! Whoo hoo!

Now, because I am taking Tuesday off and also taking a training class Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, I actually have a lot to do in the 4 hours I'll be at work this morning. Too much as a matter of fact.

Last night I dropped Apache off at Kathleen's for the weekend. My apartment was SO quiet. It was strange not timing things so I could take her out, feed her, take her out again and again and again (part of the whole housebreaking thing). Also, it was strange being woken by my alarm clock at 7 a.m. instead of bark-whining at 6 a.m.

Jen and Sarah are talking about people who leave college, have trouble adjusting, and then get married and have children to fill the void left by the absense of college chaos. I suggest those people get a puppy - any lack of noise and activity in my life was completely filled by that, and it doesn't involve a wedding or anything!! Add to that a compulsive need to volunteer for everything that interests you, and its not so quiet after all - maybe a little less social, but you know, binge drinking and random middle of the night conversations while you are avoiding stressing out for your 8 a.m. exam that you haven't studied for yet get old after a while anyway - and are likely to cause severe health problems if you keep up that schedule for a lifetime. And I grant its a little harder to meet single men out here in the "real" world, but, if your only waiting for the "right" one, he'll be around somewhere - after all if you are waiting for Mr. Right, its not numbers you're looking for, its just one person. And even if you don't find the right guy, you are a happy and fulfilled spinster, which is fine with me too, because it means more freedom to travel the world, seek out new opportunities, etc. without worrying how your kids and husband will adjust to your decision to move to Anarctica for a year!

For the engineers, the summary of what I just said: Puppy + activities means you can wait until the love of your life appears, without "settling" because you are lonely. Because work does not = loneliness.

Q.E.D. So, Sarah, the point is, I agree with you, it is possible to wait for the right one instead of just taking the first one available. Anyway, you are much less likely to divorce the greatest love of your life than someone you settled for just because he gave you shiny ring and you were lonely.

Now, how was that? How often do you hear me philosophize on love?? :)