Where Does The Time Go?

Well, that was quite a hiatus! I traveled a little in June, and then work began to get stupidly busy, and the weather was crappy so I neglected the garden, and then I up and decided to apply to grad school for some reason, and then here we are, all of a sudden, on August 8.

There are a couple sets of photos that I have to share, but today I'll just start with an update on what I did last weekend: I painted my office!

In June, I found out that my company will pay for a masters degree, as long as it's related to my job in some way. In that case, I figured, since it's mostly just a question of my putting in the sweat for a few years, it would be worth it in order to set myself up with more options later. So I started looking into online Master of Business Administration programs (dragging my butt downtown to a campus in the evenings for 3 years is a non-starter), found a good one with the concentration I want, & applied in July.

I found out the first week of August that I got in, so I decided to finally paint my office last weekend, to make it as comfortable & pleasant as possible for all this studying I'm about to do (what?). Here's how it turned out:

No more pink trim! The black strip is Contact Paper that works like a blackboard -- I can put exam dates, etc. up there & not have to worry about forgetting them. I also put up one of my grandmother's paintings, & a Blessed Mother that had belonged to her. Thanks again for sending those, Mama & Papa O'Brien!

As for this blog's mascot, Mrs. Zoey Pickles, she's doing well. A neighbor moved a few weeks ago & left behind a cheapo, folding electric treadmill on the sidewalk that we dragged home, & have been training Zoey to walk on. She's making good progress. Video of that soon. In the meantime, on our vet's advice, Adrienne has been bringing her to a physical therapy place to help get her back legs a little stronger. Here is a video of Zoey on the underwater treadmill there: