The Story of the Peace Lily

So, this weekend Cari and I completed putting down rocks in a part of the yard that looked like grass would never grow the same way in again. When Kennda saw it (she did a large amount of the work clearing the area for the rocks the previous weekend) she said "Oh, I love it! I have a great idea, let's put some potted plants there!"

My response: "Um, well the reason we had to put rocks there is to compensate for the destructiveness of the puppies. I'm afraid they would knock the plant over or otherwise destroy it."

Kennda: "Nonesense! I'm sure the plants will be fine."

Me: "Well... you can try if you want, but don't hold to much hope that the plant will survive." (graphic image of the dogs spending an afternoon shredding plants enters my mind, along with shattered pots)

Kennda: "Ok, I'll experiment with the peace lily."

Anyway, I got home from work yesterday and walked out into the yard, and, as expected, the peace lily pot had been knocked over and the peace lily was shredded.

So, Cari and I wrote a eulogy for the peace lily and left it for Kennda: RIP; I was a happy peace lily; Until the puppies got silly; They were bored and wanted a snack; So the peace lily got attacked

This morning, Kennda declares: "I just don't understand! I can't believe they did that..." My response: "Do you live with the same dogs that the rest of us do?"

All I can do is giggle about the potential to expand the eulogy. The peace lily got ripped apart piece-by-piece; The Lily got Killy-ed; It was shredded until dead; The puppies were bored and the lily got gored... oh, the possibilities are endless.

Work is work is work is work

My last radar team telecon was this morning! Whoo hoo! By this week, the roller coaster of whether I like this project or not will be over. (On the elevator the other day, someone asked me how the work was going. I must have looked really excited when I told him that we were wrapping up at the end of the month. He said "At least you're doing something to help out with the investigation, that must feel good." Which is entirely true.)

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Hi Katie and Cari -- I hear you're regulars now! I hope my life doesn't bore you too much :)!