"the first of december was covered with snow..."

"...and so was the nose of a collie named Gracie,
and it looked kinda silly all over her her facie,
after hours of playtime
and so many hours more to go, oh-woh-woh..."

That song (well, not that song, the actual song) used to really make me miss college days, in my cozy LoHo room, drinking tea and not working.

College memories come welling up unbidden in two flavors: incredibly beautiful sunny May days, sprawled in soft grass amid fragrant breezes, feeling just so happy and carefree; or, warm cozy winter afternoons, watching smoke drift up from the chimney at the masters' residence, listening to Amy's mellow music and feeling all cozy and content.

I have a strong suspicion that college consisted of other "flavors" besides these, and that I probably spent about ten minutes total in those blissful states, but don't disillusion me. I'm happy this way.

In other news, the lovely Loopy has been sick this past week, poor baby. Some kind of tummy bug thingy... we called it "the flulet" for a while, cuz it had flu-like symptoms but wasn't as awful as the flu.

It was plenty awful enough though. A couple days ago when she was sickest, I went shopping and brough back all the essential sick room supplies: Gatorade, apple juice, ginger tea, ginger beer, rice cakes, arrowroot cookies, white bread...



...and of course, scandalous celebrity gossip! :) So now we're all caught up on Brangelina, and Clinton's drug habit. If you want to know more about Lindsay Lohan's dating shocker, just ask.