The happy news of yesterday is that Dixie got adopted! Hurrah!

Last night, I tried to be a vegetable. But I ended up doing more weeding, dusting (which I think is going to be a perpetual chore given the layer of fine concrete dust that is on EVERYTHING), doing laundry and cooking myself a yummy dinner. I find myself wondering if (and when) life ever slows down. I know I had some respite in Switzerland, and a little bit more right when I started work. Now, I know things are going to keep getting crazier and crazier. This weekend, I'm getting up early every morning and going out every evening to work as a member of a Chase Crew for a local hot air balloon festival. And I'm helping Sarah move which I am expecting to consume the greater part of the day on Saturday and possibly Sunday too. Then, next week, classes start, so I'll be back on the two day a week commute to Rice, this time in the morning, and though I'll still only be working 40 hours, it will be much harder to fit them all in during the week. To make matters more interesting, I'm taking a second class on Wednesday nights (sigh, goodbye sailing).

And then there's travel plans. Labor Day weekend we're going camping. The following weekend (well, really Thursday through Tuesday) I'm going to Seattle (I'm helping out with a "Benefits of Space" exhibit at a fair there). And, I'm still hunting for the perfectly priced ticket to Greece for this year's AE Mafia adventure. One day I'll slow down, really.