My dog snores.

I woke up around 6:30 to what sounded like talking through my wall. Claire wasn't up and I'm on the end of the building so I sat up for a few mins trying to figure out what it was. I looked at Pete who is sleeping in his bed. His shoulder blades are laying on the opening of the bed, his head and neck are on the floor and his back is perpendicular to the bed with his paws up in the air. He was snoring. I have a special dog.

The weekend was pretty good. Friday Claire and I went to dinner with Bino and Dane (one of the new escorts). We went and washed my car and then walked around Walmart for awhile. Saturday we watched TV and then went to a few places Claire has wanted to go for awhile. We grabbed Pete and went to Petsmart. Petsmart with a dog on a Saturday morning... Not the most brilliant idea. He had fun, though. I think he misses being with other dogs. We came back and Pete and I took a nap. We went and got our traditional Saturday pizza and watched the Bama game. We lost to Georgia in overtime. Sad days. Pete had a Bama tshirt on. Claire thinks its bad luck. I told her I think it is more a reflection on the team instead of what the dog is wearing. She wasn't too thrilled about that. Simon and Daylon came over for awhile. By about 11 I fell asleep. Sunday we hung out around the apartment and watched TV. We decided to give Pete a bath. He's now bathed, brushed and with his nails clipped. He did pretty well. I was proud. He goes into the doctor on Wednesday to have his check up. We headed over to Bino's pick up game and hung out with his daughter, Amanda. We grabbed some food, headed home, I talked to my mom for awhile and then went to bed.

Tracy texts me last night to tell me that a kid we graduated with died this weekend. I didn't know him really well, but it still kinda hits me. You think of these people you spent 7 hours a day with, sometimes more, for four years. They didn't seem that big of a part of your life but then when something happens to one of them, you see the community getting back together to grieve. It's pretty amazing.

Geof sent me a message today saying that he is working on something for most of the day that I can't help with. So until at least 2ish, I'm free. I'm bored and sitting here thinking, which isn't the best use of my time. I have to go home and let Pete out at lunch because Claire is having lunch with her mom. I'm looking forward to lunch (a few more hours to go) and watching a movie when I get back (I'll grab one when I'm at home). We have an ASME meeting scheduled for today but I'm not positive Nick got a speaker and I can't get ahold of him. So we'll see about that... Claire wants me to go to dinner with her mom and her. I'm not sure if I will. I don't want to butt in and honestly, it usually reminds me just, exactly, how much I miss my mom. So we'll see. If I work until the meeting, I get an extra 1.5-2 hours in. Yay for getting paid to do nothing and the ability to work shorter hours another day. :)

Peace, Love and Coffee-less mornings,
-m