The beach

After a whole lot of whining, wheedling, wheeling and dealing, I managed to get away from school for a few days to enjoy the K family reunion at Cannon Beach. It was so great to get away, see family, spend time with B, and read books for pleasure. The pharm final (tomorrow) was a big black cloud over my head while there, but I managed to squeeze in some studying between all of my eating and drinking and napping and reading and drinking and chatting, so I'll survive.

By far, the best part of the trip was a visit to the doggy shop where M got new duds for the beach. I was really pulling for him to get a puffy down vest, but he wound up with a shirt, windbreaker, and fleece instead. I was crying, literally crying in the store as we tried these things on him. I can't remember the last time I laughed so hard.