Out of the LOOP!

Dear Chel,
So it seems like all I can do lately is check the site to see what you have said, not to write you a note! But after seeing all your comments from N and DD, I am ashamed of myself! Especially, when DD has an infant and can still post great stuff! But since I have nine kids I call my own, it is difficult to get everything done since the semester started last week. I have a stack of stuff to do and it is already past my bedtime. I taught 5 classes today and had IT rehearsal after the last one of the day. Zapped and drained!

Early Saturday morning around 2:45 a.m., my phone rang. It startled me! I looked to see the number and it was Mr. H. I didn't get to it in time, but called him right back. He was hysterical...seems he has a friend in the house and it's not one of his latest boy toys! or a mouse, but a RAT! I told him to grab his stuff and come over. So he arrived with eyes wide and hair sticking straight up in the air! My leisure Saturday turned into "helping Mr. H" with his large problem. So traps were set and he avoided staying at his house. I checked them out on Sunday and found nothing attached to the sticky trap. I mean really, what if the thing would have been on the sticky trap? Did he really think I would dispose of the creature!?!!?! Get real! It's me, Dolly! I am afraid of lizards! But at least I ACTED brave and calm under the circumstances. It made him feel better. So last night we left the friend 2 peanut butter pretzels in 2 locations (next to the traps)...today...no pretzels and clear traps! He is obviously smart. Oh, we went to the Humane Society to find him a cat. Mango. That's the cat he picked out for future security against the creatures. Hopefully, he will get him once the rat is gone. He is so beautiful Chel...3 years old, owner died, and is white with orange spots. He has been there for almost a year! The place made me sooooo sad. I wanted to take them all home with me...but Elsie wouldn't have been happy to say the least. Tonight, Mr. H. is on his own. Although he found a human friend to comfort him through the night while waiting for his other new friend to come out to play.

Yesterday, we drove into Austin to go to Crate and Barrel for fun! It was cool. We ate at this neat and yummy mexican dive...Curras, off of Oltorf. Then we saw Hotel Rwanda back in SA with another friend. It was such a disturbing film. I'm not sure it was a "good fit" for the end of my day. It should be nominated for an academy.

So much else to say, but time is running thin now. I am meeting a new team member in the morning and must prepare for the other 7 appointments I have scheduled! I am floundering under the workload at this point. But they are great students and that makes a difference. Hope this caught you up to some degree and I sure hope I get some responses! Take care. love ya, me:)