Current location:	Patio
Current mood:	pleased
Current music:	XM81 - BPM

I'm baaaaack
Well I've been back from the beach for about a week now, long enough for the stress to settle back in. Although it is much more manageable after having a week to unwind. Seven days of surf, sand, seafood and suds does a body good. Elvis and Mercy were glad for me to get home as well, they are happy to be back to the usual schedule of 10 hours of couch duty while I'm at work. I send them to a good kennel and they seem to enjoy it there -- Elvis won't even let me pet him goodbye; he's too eager to run back there when I drop him off. Still, it's nice to know they miss me and are glad to be home too.

Kudos to the Boltons for their hospitality and Amy's great cooking, now they have to come to Murmfus so I can show them some more of the same. It was awesome to see everyone, most of whom I hadn't been able to spend any time with for over 2 years. Stupid bar exams.

Mercy managed to hurt her foot within about 72 hours of being back at the house. Luckily nothing is broken so limpy is on doggy advil to keep the swelling down til it heals. She's in fine spirits and wants to play as much as ever so watching her try to keep up with Elvis is entertaining. The nice side effect is that she doesn't harass me all night anymore, she just gets comfy on the bed and goes to sleep.

In other news I found the best ear plugs ever. Being a light sleeper and having loud pets doesn't work well together so I am cherishing the quiet nights now. Elvis has even gotten used to the weekly agenda again and is patiently quiet until the alarm goes off. At that point forget the snooze, all bets are off. Dogs are great. I even set up a webcam so I can watch them during the day. No, you can't watch too. Gangstas have only so much bandwidth.