Monday, April 26, 2010

Daily Post (Josh) 2010-04-24

Good karma day today, I think.

Abe had some nasty insomnia last night, which landed with him dropping out around noon for a restorative nap. With that in mind, Nichole and I headed out to be responsible for a few hours and get some errands handled (re-enforcing positive peer pressure is kind of novel, to me, but very effective, as illustrated in study habits). Nichole picked up a few new outfits and some hair dye to re-mold her current image as somewhat more mainstream and "presentable" for her upcoming externship this summer. I think she did a good job of balancing taste with style, in this case, and the look should still land as "her". She may change her appearance, to a degree, but she'll never be able to hide her natural exuberance, nor should she - it will serve her well this summer.

In trade for keeping her company on this mission, Nichole helped me figure out what I wanted in a fresh haircut for my own upcoming MIT interview, this next Saturday. I've been petitioning Eden to be able to just give in to this receding hairline and shave it all, but thus far I've been forbidden to take that step - for some reason she just likes me with hair, even when it's this far displaced. In any case, I ended up with a look I like, that should be much easier to manage for the next few weeks as well. Given that this interview is going to land as a pivotal point for the forseeable future, I think it's worth putting in the effort to make a good impression.

On the way back to the house, we happened across a beautiful Golden Retriever just wandering the streets, limping and slightly dirty. Upon stopping and checking, she was very friendly, but untagged. It's turning out to be a dog day week, it seems. After checking around the area for neighbors that might recognize her, we started calling vets and pet tracking services to see if she'd been reported missing, with no luck whatsoever. Vets in Klamath Falls that are open on the weekends are apparently not a selling concept, and none of the pet tracking services were able to run a search based on description and zipcode, just microchip ID (which we had no way to read or even check for). Ridiculous, really - it should be pretty darn simple to code into any kind of reasonably competently designed database.

In any case, we spent a rather long time debating how to handle her until Monday when we could take her to Abe's vet to get scanned; I took a few (well, more than a few - she's a beautiful dog) pics to use for a "found" poster to post in the area, but never got a chance to use them. Just before we finally decided to head inside, her owners showed up and identified her. Mom and Dad looked a little exasperated (perhaps understandably), but the little girl was obviously thrilled and relieved to be re-united with Sara. It was a darn good feeling, really.

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