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Today's Quote: "We have a lot of inhibitions that are thought to be shameful and private and unspeakable. But to reach another person, poetry has to be as open as possible. Then we discover that everyone's experience resembles everyone else's." - Galway Kinnell
Today is Casey's last day of pre-school. It figures that he just started to really enjoy it about two months ago. He was ambivalent in the beginning, indifferent for a while, and only recently began to talk about school with excitement. I'm definitely going to miss having two mornings a week to myself. Those two mornings are typically when I go to the doctor, or the dentist, or hair salon, or on errands that are far easier to run without a toddler.
We're in the midst of a heat wave. Chloe's school let out early yesterday and is doing so again today. Jack's school is air conditioned, so he doesn't get a break. However, his exams start tomorrow, so he'll have half days Wednesday and Thursday, and then a 9:30 AM dismissal on Friday. Friday is the last day of school for both Jack and Chloe. They are ready for summer, and so am I. At least I Think I am.
We have a mother raccoon and three tiny babies living in a hollowed tree in our yard. They really are very cute. I can almost forgive the mother for emptying our garbage cans and making a huge mess when ever we put the garbage out for trash removal. We also have a bizarre looking animal roaming around the neighborhood. Yesterday Chloe pointed out the window and said, "Hey Mom, there's that weird fox I was telling you about." When I saw it I recolied in horror because it's definitely no ordinary fox. I'm fairly certain it's not a fox at all. I spent hours google searching for such an animal, which Jack aptly described as a demon creature, and I think I found it. I think this is the animal strolling through our neighborhood and across our front lawn.
Not the healthy looking coyote, but the ugly one. It's a coyote with mange. Great, huh?
maybe you should contact animal control and show them the picture of that animal?
Posted by: mary | June 10, 2008 at 03:37 PM
Upon inspection we believe you may have photographed Professor Lupin!!
Posted by: max & dalia | June 10, 2008 at 05:42 PM
my thoughts exactly!!
Posted by: gina | June 10, 2008 at 07:48 PM
OMG! I saw it too.
Posted by: Jayne | June 12, 2008 at 12:43 PM