What is that green stuff poking out of the ground?

The two week mark. That is right, it has two weeks since finals, and I have to tell you this week has flown by. In the last 2 weeks it has rained at least once everyday. Some days it has just rained the entire day. The place is really starting to look alive again.

Can you believe all this green stuff poking out of the ground. Shiloh has been thrilled with the rain. She so enjoys scratching at the door, and not standing still so that we can wash her feet, but instead tracking mud half way though the house, while we chase her with a towel. Also notice the nice football that was bought for her to play with, and carried from the states taking up space in the luggage that I could have packed another shirt, and look at that great stick. Oh, great, look a stick, who cares about toy, sticks!! Nice! So, I have come up with a plan to buy Shiloh these boots, and make her wear them, and then just take them off when she comes inside.

D says that will never work. But he also said that if I do buy them, then I have to get the blue ones, because the other dogs will make fun of her in pink. I will not be getting the blue, for sure! In other important news, we have our flights and plans all worked out, and I am so excited to leave that it is hard to wait around.

We have been doing some studying this week, and I have never been one of those people who studies something, and then thinks they have what ever problem they have learned about, BUT I am studying about parasites and you know almost all of them are in the tropics. Also, we now live in the tropics. We, rarely get sick, but I have been sick once, and D twice since we have been here, all stomach issues. I am just saying, the symptoms seem to fit some of the parasites. Not like the ones that live in you forever, but some cause you to be sick for a week or two, and then your immune system wins, hopefully. We have a filter for our water, but D has been searching on the internet for some higher quality filters. Great topic, I know. At least I am not making you watch any more homemade videos. For a much more intellectual topic, D and I have been discussing what we will eat at the airport on our way home, yes this is crazy, but we are so obsessed with really unhealthy food. I mean like Taco Bell and McDonald's bad.

Shiloh will not be coming home with us, we have a pet sitter. She will be staying with 3 other dogs. She will probably forget completely about us. I am sure there will be sticks in the other yard, so at least she will be entertained.

Oh, almost forgot, I have to tell you this great story. J our landlord's son is 6 years old. So he was at school talking to his friends and he was telling them about us. So one of his friends ask him if we were white. This is his reply, "hmm, ...... well, ..... no, more like peach." Isn't that the sweetest thing ever, I mean I was kinda going for khaki , but peach is probably more accurate. R, my landlord told me, and we both thought it was just the best story.

I hope everyone has a great 3 day weekend! Happy Memorial Day