The Right Everything Elses

Cute thing of the day!

My dog.  I have a little basset hound named Roxie who is afraid of everything.  I was walking her tonight, and she was tugging and slipped her head out of her leash.  As soon as she realized that her collar was off, she ran up to me and started nudging me nervously until I put it back on her.  She seemed to be really worried that I would leave her if we were not physically tied together by her leash.  This happened twice.

She also brings me her food bowl when she is hungry.  Then she lays down on the ground next to it and looks at me until I feed her.  If I ignore her she barks or drops the bowl on my feet.

Cute thing of the day: tasting vodka with my grandparents

Cute thing of the day:

• For those of you who have not met my family, they are very Southern and incredibly conservative.  (I was told today that my political opinions were irrelevant because I was brainwashed by the government public schools.)  So what did we do after our annual family oyster roast today?  We went to the firefly distillery (it’s near by) to taste vodka with the whole family.  It was awesome.  Seeing my very southern grandmother wander around with a shot glass of sweet tea vodka was pretty amazing, and since my parents couldn’t agree on a favorite flavor, they got, not one, but three fifths of vodka. At least they liked it?

Runner-up:

• Low country accents.  WANT.
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Cute things of yesterday and today!

Of yesterday:

• A researcher (?) and his family were walking out of the research building next to my school yesterday, and he had the cutest little kid ever.  He was trying to get her to follow him flapping her wings around like a bird, but the kid was totally not buying it.  So, he was flapping his wings around pretending to be an airplane (?), followed by an adorable little kid who started arm flapping halfheartedly for a few seconds and then just followed him giggling.

Of today:

• I’m at Edisto Island, SC for Thanksgiving, and people here bike everywhere.  So, there are literally herds of small children riding very tiny bicycles all around town.  Sometimes/often they struggle with actual control of the bicycle, but they are absolutely adorable.  If I actually ever have children, we will ride bikes in little herds all the time.  And go to the park to feed the ducks.  And blow bubbles.  And have arts and crafts time every day.

Of tomorrow?:

• I will either hang out with my little sister around the house and maybe go to a natural beach/nature reserve.  Or I will go to an oyster roast with the fam and stop to tour a real tea plantation- where firefly vodka is made.  Be jealous.

Cute thing of the day!

All the public health girls (and yes we are all girls) are excited about seeing their out-of-town boyfriends.  Lots of giddy giggling around my classes.  One of my friend’s boyfriend just got here from Scotland, and he came to pick her up from school today.  It was pretty cute.

Cute thing of the day: Hipster Bears

The weeks before Thanksgiving break are particularly arduous for public health students, so to perk us up my prof brought Organic Graham Bears from Whole Foods for the class to snack on.  It was pretty cute, and the little bears have what appears to be bandannas tied around their necks… just like little hipsters!  I took a picture to text to a friend, who agreed that they did indeed look like little hipster bears.  Picture to come as soon as I figure out how to use my phone properly.