As soon as I got on the plane I recognized an old friend of mine sitting right behind me. She used to be my admin at work about 7 years ago… (and I can’t believe it.. but I can’t remember her name now … $^%@)

We got back to BTV about an hour late.. the airport was empty.. except for this little bird who was flying around in the terminal..He actually hit a window pretty hard.. but seemed ok .  I went and got the airport cops.. they were going to catch the little guy and put him back outside.

Today was pretty slow. I had a another day of trying to focus. I’m  not sure what’s  stopping me.. but I’m really struggling to get stuff started. I seem to spend a bunch of time just staring at the wall.

< I just wrote a deleted a long rant about how hard it is to care about stuff now... I don't even want to go there tonight>

I couldn’t get out of work until about 7.. I was so happy to be going home. I ended up getting stuck behind the ‘honey dipper’ .. that’s what we call the septic pump truck that they spread on the fields near our house.. here’s no mistaking the smell of human sewage… Somehow getting stuck behind the truck seemed to be an apt metaphor for my day.

Diane had made an excellent thai tofu curry.. which we ate with our friend buddy.. Then we took the dogs across to the river.. to play  It’s an interesting perspective on our house from there.. The dogs had a great time chasing the beaver in the river.. i think the beaver was enjoying it too. he/she kept slapping it’s tail.. then diving and coming up somewhere else.. and doing it again. At one point, Chai jumped in and gave chase.. they were only about 10 feet apart.. then the beaver slpped and dove again. It was pretty funny to watch.

We had to drop of the subaru in Waterbury tonight.. so I went in the basement to grab it’s ummer tires. As I moved the stuff to clear the stairs.. this pin fell out of Sam’s old 5th grade backpack.. it was from the time I took him to Disney for his 11th birthday.. th same one where we met Gus.. It was a funny thing to find tonight.. I liked holding it.

OK.. that’s all I have energy to type right now.. More tomorrow..  Gnite all.. Gnite Sam
-me

-ps.. The coolest weather front just blew by our house !