barn owl csi

i worked this morning, but since getting home at 10:45 am, i have done nothing.  true, i've thrown some laundry in the washing machine and i just got home from some light marketing (i needed veggie refried beans and an avocado for a mexican feast i'm eating solely to justify the margarita i wanted*), but other than that, i have done absolutely nothing at all.  i read about two hundred pages of a terribly awesome mass market paperback true crime book i borrowed from lab, took a nap, caught up on tv, and lounged.  i'm currently watching dvr'd episodes of tosh.o and drinking the margarita i've longed for all day.  luke had a book club and then a dinner with friends tonight, so i'm by myself with the animals (hence the need to justify the margarita).

yesterday, i worked in the morning and went immediately to campus to work on mr. artemis hoot.  i did his torso.  i'm leaving his little head for next week because i'm terrified that his beak will go the way of the talons - namely, dissolve into nothing in the simmering water.  i had a much better day with him.  nothing was particularly broken or destroyed and everything came clean pretty easily, meaning it was way less stressful than last week.  also, i found a mouse skull in his abdomen, which, being the weirdo that i am, i found pretty effing amazing.  i felt like i was on barn owl csi.

tomorrow morning, i'm walking with some friends in a march of dimes five-mile walk.  i'm really excited about seeing my friends and all the babies and, for once, walking for miles early in the morning with people to keep me company (my only complaint about odor patrolling at this point is that it gets a little boring alone).  what i'm not looking forward to tomorrow is the hours i'll be spending in the lab organizing for "lab clean-up day."  yipee!  however, by tomorrow afternoon, all three previous pirates movies luke and i ordered should arrive and we're marathoning them with his brother.  i suppose i can handle a few hours of craziness in the middle of an otherwise fabulous day.  you'll hear about it, i'm sure.


*i ended frying up two corn tortillas into taco shells (like my mommy used to).  couple those shells with the marg, rice, beans and my couch, and i'm practically on vacation.  the only thing missing is luke.  :(