Josh asked me last night if I wanted to go camping. Between the bugs and the poison oak, no… not really. Actually, I think I would love to. We might this weekend. He also wants to drive somewhere. I said the beach, but The Great Lakes are closer and cooooooooooooler. I don’t know if we’ll really go, but it would be nice to do something like this before summer is over.
Last night was my last film appreciation class for the summer semester. It was my only class. I got an A on my 5 page paper & the teacher asked to put it on her website. I realized how it is weird how there are some people who like what I write and then the polar opposite(Josh). He doesn’t hate it, but I am way too long winded and flowery for him. He prefers reading thick manuals to anything remotely entertaining. I am influenced slightly by Bronte & Abbey & Zola when I write-among other poets. I was nervous about the paper because I didn’t want to get some of the technicalities wrong. I have never done a formal bibliography or have ever cited sources with in the text.
Here is another random picture at the Missouri Botanical Gardens:
It reminds me of something out of an art nouveau painting.
Chloe has been doing SO well. She is a little more layed back, but just like before only nail-less(which is really fantastic when it comes to pain). She is so funny when she gets REALLY excited she runs through the house like a maniac. We’ve let her sleep outside of her crate the last two nights and aside from waking me up a little earlier, she’s done pretty well. We still keep the kids door closed, mainly because they leave their toys everywhere and I don’t want her to chew on stuff. They clean their room daily, but I don’t hover over them and stuff gets on the floor. Pretty sure the floor is magnetic. I have also been tucking the garbage can into the little downstairs bathroom(which is near where the can is anyway) so that in case Chloe smells anything she might like to dig for I don’t wake up to the floor covered in trash. So anyway, it looks like she likes sleeping in her little bed(that she has outgrown, but loves dearly) near me(she would rather sleep ON our bed, but yeah-I ♥ you, but no thanks). I want to get her a new bed, but I want to make sure it has a waterproof inside and a washable cover(s). Washing her little bed is a pain in the bum!
On Friday, because the weather has been too good to not enjoy, we took a drive out to Carlyle Reservoir to check it out. The state park itself was pretty boring. We tried to go all around the lake and check out the wildlife reserve at the top, but as we took some access roads from Centralia, it became more and more country. When we finally reached the Kaskaskia River, we ran into a road block of flooding. The river was big and brown and going fast. There was a cool old bridge that had a sign to not cross. The garbage man who had given us directions from his stinky truck said he had been through the flooded part of the road, but it look like it was over 4 feet! It was crazy. There was an old guy camped near the river with his dog "twokay", an old hunting German Shorthair. It was brown and white. He said he had a girlfriend in Mascoutah. Chloe liked his dog. We talked to him for a while and then Chloe decided she would try to get to the river through the brush. I think she got a little trapped or something for a minute. we were really worried. she wasn’t barking or yelping. Then she just came out. maybe she just was grabbing a drink or something. We couldn’t get in there because there was poison oak all around. There was also a lot of dragonflies and caterpillars. some where hairy! trinity made friends with this one.
Watching CNN.
People fighting over the climate bill.
People fighting over the healthcare reform.
Argument #1: The job loss. Idiots.
Argument #2: Wait time for a PCP(100 days). Tell that to people who can’t see a doctor at all.
How do these people have the balls to get on TV and argue about these things.
I went for a LONG walk last night. It was probably still 90° out. At least there was no possibility of burning. I took Chloe, but I forgot water. Not good. Neither of the two gas stations would let me have a cup of water. This town doesn’t have enough fountains. :\
Yesterday we went to the Soulard Farmers Market & The Art Museum & The Jewel Box to take pictures and bum around in the heat. At the the museum had AC. We bought strawberries for 1$. We met an old guy that was nice who sold us the strawberries. We also went down the the levees in St. Louis were it seems like they pretty much allow graffiti. There was at least a mile of graffiti. There was a perfect rendition on "the Lorax" …a movie I have always equaled with this area. 
I don’t think it was an accident that they chose that Suess character. It was SO hot. We drank lots of water.
