Spring Break

I know... I'm a blogging slacker.  Lots of happenings here in the Bay State... and outside the bay state!  In my defense, I will say that a lovely lady in California needs to send me some much overdue photos of her new digs (DORIS) and I had hoped to hold this post hostage until she did... but the fans have spoken... and it is far overdue.

And I've also figured out how to do this from work, which is half the battle.  I just don't want to be on the internet when I'm home.

So here's a brief synopsis of what's been going on:

• I finally got a day off in Florida to enjoy the weather, which included a massage, a haircut, enormous oysters, and a trip to the zoo.
• I got a fancy new smartphone for free and have been spending inordinate amounts of time trying to figure it out.  I see where the technology is going- and it's going there freakin' fast.  It's really a new world out there.
• I moved into a fancy new apartment 10 minutes across town...with a yard, a dishwasher, and a few landlord issues to be detailed later.
• I'm really enjoying pottery class!  I've made pots with lids, a kinda crummy plate, and I can't wait to do more.  The glazing...that's a different animal all together, however.  (Kate, your dish set came out completely the wrong color!)
• The weather got really gorgeous for a minute and I bought plants for my sunroom...and they haven't died yet!
• That's a lie...One of my plants did actually die.  But the gardenia still living!
• I had my training to vollunteer at the local no-kill pet shelter.  I start next week shoveling poo and hopefully keeping my puppy lust at bay. 
• I took Oakley to the vet yesterday and she yowled into the vet, but was a perfect cat after that.  One x-ray and round of antibiotics later, and she sat perfectlly in the passenger seat, sans carrier, all the way home. 
• I learned that a good way to freak out a lot of people is to carry your cat into the vet, sans carrier.  Boxer owners especially get really nervous.
• It's another outage at the power plant, so lots of things are getting disassembled.  I hope to take a couple friends on a tour this weekend.

That's the news from Lake Woebegone... But enough about me.  Tell me about YOU.