darth vader did not really die...i know where he lives

today i went for another joy ride..what else do you do when you've come to the end of your budget and don't get paid until you're on your way home? and it was beautiful and relaxing!

you may not believe this, but i saw it with my own eyes! after the whole death star thing, and fighting the forces of good, darth did not die. amazing what the big screen can fool your eyes into believing! medical miracles happen every day. that was a cover up-he retired and moved to a farm out in misourri and is now raising goats, bunnies and chickens.

hard to take in, i know. (proof is in the red-eyed rabbit)

it's going to be hard to leave on friday morning!

tranquility.

 but then, it will be good to be home-i almost forgot, i should have 2 packages from the fed-ex man...i left a note on my door for him to take them to the front office..hope he obeyed my command honored my request...because they're cool things. and i may have a training date with someone's dog~time permitting.

my dad worked on this the last couple of days, and this afternoon he brought it home and said i had to paint it. so i did...it still needs another coat of paint, but here is the lock box for the ipad or 2 and ten i-touches..hopefully the school will spring for a charge and synch box (they're a little pricey), but i had him build it with that in mind, so it will fit in the back slot. then, i'd like to put anchors on it so that it is secure in one place, and all one has to do is carry the carrier to class. tomorrow we will go to the fabric store and find some foam or something to line it for the actual devices.

the one we saw in austin opens from the front, and has a drawer-like tray that slides out, but we couldn't figure out why it would be necessary, and the drawer rails aren't super cheap, so we improvised. afterward, i thought, hmm..if you have two, you'd probably want the second one to have a tray if you were stacking them, so that you could access it more easily...so if we need a second one, and if they need to be stackable...but for now, this will suffice for our needs.

i'm excited because tomorrow i get to go down to branson to visit a dear college friend! they actually moved back to the college and are working there! so i get to visit the most beautiful campus in the ozarks!

julie