My Kingdom for a Peep!

Ahh yes, I realize it is well past Easter now (dang, how did that happen?), but there are still some Peeps (tm) lying about in the pile of left over Easter candy. Josh found this link for me on Peeps and I must say the science is pretty impressive. Now if we had done this sort of stuff instead of dissecting defenseless frogs and earthworms back in high school science, my academic career could have had an entirely different course.

Too bad it is only Tuesday, today definitely felt like a Thursday. And, since its Tuesday, it means that we have Dragon Boat practice tomorrow. Not a good sign that my arms and chest muscles already hurt and we've only had one practice! Hopefully, the rain won't scare off too many folks - on Monday us hardy souls who made it thru the downpour which started precisely 10 minutes before practice were rewarded with a rainbow and some sun breaks. We'll have to see who makes it back for the next torture, I mean paddling, session.

Got to see the polar bears up at PDX Zoo today - bonus work boon-doggle: speaking at a conference at the Zoo, and then getting to go to the Zoo. I just will never understand why polar bears have to be one of the most vicious animals when they are the cutest (next to Melo, of course). PDX Zoo's display gets you up close, and wow - the bears' heads are HUGE. They still need a zoo where you can pet a polar bear (a well-drugged, under anethesia one that is!)

Dang Daylight Savings

Well, I want my hour back. It has been too fun of a weekend to lose a whole hour. We just finished dinner with Jenn, Rob and Jack - Josh made some great lentil soup so the ham we didn't have for Easter did not go to waste. Other than the lost hour and a very rude man at the Interstate Fred Meyers (I don't know why I keep going back there - their Starbuck's sucks, its still full of freaky people and the parking lot is horrible!! Time to switch back to the St. John's Safeway!), not too bad for a Sunday. The house is finally clean (save the kitchen, which is a bit of a disaster area currently given all the dishes and various lentil-soup making bits around), It was an absolute pit, so it feels much better - plus - we have a new couch. We'll post pictures later in the week, but here is a sneak peak of what we got:
The Sophia Sofa It is SO great - finally feels like grown up furniture and Josh, Melo and I can now all snuggle in the same room with the TV. The three of us spent most of the morning there that was so nice under the blanket, with the rain on the window all snug and warm. Too bad its not football season! Time to go digest and watch the rest of the Chronicles of Riddick. So far, its a heck of a lot better than Closer which we watched last night courtesy of Jeff and Melanie. Well written movie, but the only word I can use to describe the story is ugly. Absolutely none of the characters have redeeming qualities (I think it may have actually made me go off of Clive Owen!!)