the weather has turned...

the dog has finally discovered the bones i bought for her two weeks ago. she loves to carry one around in her mouth at all times - but she kind of whimpers or whines as she wanders around incessantly with it. i wondered what was wrong, until i realized the little rat was trying to bury the thing and couldn't figure out how to get beneath the hard wood floors. she settled on pushing the thing beneath the leftover pillow stuffing i left out after making her her new bed. then, triumphantly, a few seconds later she pulled it out again, clutching it in her mush, and jumped up on that very bed pillow i made her to enjoy her bounty.

the dog and the cat are finally getting along and perhaps not coincidentally, i'm starting to feel at home here in donna. last weekend after a 2 day conference in san antonio i was anxious to get in my car and drive down here, down to the middle of nowhere, of which my home is the capital.

in slightly more disturbing news, i found myself shocked today to find myself shocked at seeing happy whole families together at the grocery store, playing with their gurgling offspring, and sharing folding tasks at the laundromat. my world is a little too sheltered in the unsheltered realm - I forget that some families do work, that sweetness still exists, that most babies won't be robbed from their parents by their parents.