Hello!! It's August!

Already. Actually well into the first week....

'Students will be here soon' mode is in full swing at work. My department is buried in year-end....but we're plugging away.

Things on the home front are quiet. B's friend R. is here - he arrived Tuesday evening and is staying through the weekend (we think. We don't actually know. And it's fine - he can stay as long as he likes).

Are you good at 'having company'? I'm better than I used to be - but still....it's that 'high alert' feeling all the time that is hard for me. The dog is 'on edge'....waiting to bark at the person who is no longer a stranger and yet disrupts her routine and keeps her on edge. She's like her mama, I guess...I'm happy to have him here [he's an easy guest and fits in well - he takes care of himself and keeps busy and doesn't require 'being entertained' to be comfortable]....but it's a change to have a 5th person in the house. Still, it's good he's here - he's not feeling well and it's better he be here with people then sitting alone in an apartment. Nothing worse than being sick and alone - so he's sick but definitely not alone.

Dinner was Subway...quick, easy and didn't require heat to prepare.

J. and I are watching a recorded "Love in the Wild" - it's a good show and gets more interesting with each passing episode. I started off thinking of it like Survivor - all strategy and manipulation. But now, it's down to five couples who (with one glaring exception) truly seem to care about each other - which is kind of neat. So it's interesting to see them working on challenges that really bring out the 'true' person....it's not as much strategy as Survivor. It's just working together and racing with the other teams to not come in last and be eliminated. It's amusing - and you know me. I want to know how it all turns out - will there actually be any love matches when the challenges are over? We'll see.