Live as you can

So today my before-work nap was interrupted by a neighbor kid who saw a dog stuck in a culvert and thought it might be mine.  It wasn't (whew!), but I spent the next 30 minutes helping get the dog out (who was scared of me and scared of water, not a good combo when its just me, rocks, briers, and run off water as your surroundings).  Thankfully once the dog was out the kid and his mom took him to neighboring houses to see if anyone knew who it belonged to.  I am nursing scratches on my feet and arms from the briers (I had to go barefoot for most of it because my shoes wouldn't find purchase on the mud).  Oi.

Anyways, after 2 weeks of miserableness, I'm feeling much better, had an awesome spectacular weekend, and am not entirely dreading my 3 days left at work this week.  That's positive, right?

Oh yeah, I made these last week.  30 minute no-rise soft pretzels.  Not bad for my first time.  And being lazy.

Saturday I spent most of the day with my friend Kristen, in Tacoma.  We went to a movie, dinner (at Dirty Oscars - recently featured on some sort of TV show), casino (where I won back all the money I spent AND MORE!).  Fun.

Sunday evening veggie sandwiches and dark cider.  

Add trivia and desserts, and it was a pretty spectacular evening.  Oh, and we won the trivia  contest....although I only contributed to like 3 answers.  Apparently I do not know any useless facts.  

"The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you.  Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision.  So write and draw and build and play and dance and live as only you can."
~ Neil Gaiman