“Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.” ~Charlie McCarthy

You would think that my not being in school would mean that I would blog more. Guess not.

I was pleasantly surprised with my grades this semester. Maybe I should say that another way... I didn't fail the classes I thought I was going to fail. Go me. Since the last 4 months have been torturous for me, I have been on a mini vacation from life.

The day of my last final, hubby and I went out of town and relaxed doing almost nothing. I read and lounged with my puppy and hubby kept busy learning the guitar. We took the puppy kayaking, which he didn't like so much. For some reason this dog has an obsession with anything dangling from his life vest. (I can hear you now... "A life vest for a dog?!" I tell you "yes". He's so dense he sinks.) He sees the dangling strap and thinks it is some kind of leash on him. He MUST lead himself! So, he practically drowns himself trying to grab the strap, then ends up swimming in circles because he's leading himself to the left. Sigh. At least he's cute.

Anyway, this week was even better. I'm still doing research for a prof on campus so I show up at 10 (after sipping my coffee at home), do science-y things for 5 hours, then skip to the outdoor lap pool a few buildings down. I've been doing this for 5 days now and I can say that I have actually lost weight! I guess swimming really *is* good for you!

Alright, I hear my petri dish calling me. Gots to go manhandle my clone. :)