the neighbor might be creepy..but he's nice

today my back started to hurt-every time i stepped, so i took a muscle relaxant and i think i read somewhere that ice cream was supposed to help, and since we didn't have our scheduled 'new teacher/mentor ice cream social' i decided it would be a good idea to get some ice cream. then i looked for my source of information to verify and it actually said 'ice PACK'--oh well too late!

tomorrow's thursday!! that means the creepy neighbor will take the garbage out if i leave it out tomorrow morning! creepy because he just is. but it sure is nice that he offered to take out the garbage for the people on our floor (only 3 other apt's). then strange thoughts went through my head. is he really doing this out of the goodness of his heart and desire to exercise (which is what he said) or is he later going to take us all to judge judy and demand back pay for his services? or is he a spy and does he take our bags to his place and sort through them-identity theft he's in an identity theft ring maybe...cue up eerie music.

did i mention that i rushed around to get bowls, cups and spoons for the ice cream social that we didn't have? gigi, you can have the sporks and spoons back.

wow. that muscle relaxant relaxed every muscle in my body and i just had an unexpected nap! and the boys slept right through with me. it was one of those where i could feel it coming on, and there was NOTHING i could do to stop it! now i'm still going slow motion.

so i mentioned yesterday that there was something i wanted to include that i had left at school. well, here it is!

don't be fooled, gigi pointed out that it was made in china. probably be a 5 year old, and they still got the spelling correct!

the perfect souvenir for a reading teacher! thanks gigi! i remember my grandparents went somewhere one year and brought back a t-shirt-one of those that says: my grandparents went to (insert vacation place here) and all i got was this lousy t-shirt.   souvenirs are fun. it means that at some point while someone was off having fun they stopped long enough to think of you! (even if it was in the spur of the moment in an airport gift shop, or walking by a street vendor, or while waiting in a hotel lobby or sometimes by making a special trip into the dreaded "little gift shop town" (like little china town)... it's special. thanks!

i'm pretty sure chaco is true to form and enjoys tunneling. lately when he comes to a resting spot, he digs around until he has made himself a little tunnel to get under-it's really cute.

a little hard to see for the shadow, but those are his hind legs.

and he likes to snooze. this morning, the alarm went off in the morning and he was the first in my face, then after i went in and wash my face, bruno was the only one sitting there watching me. i went back into the room and found chaco completely burried again under the sheets! bruno's more like me, once he's up, it's go time.

i think that's it for today-hope you're not creeped out by your neighbors!
julie