ERICA AND ASHER...
AND JUST LIKE THAT, THE FIRST SEMESTER OF LAW SCHOOL IS HISTORY!!!
I'M SO RELIEVED TO BE HALF WAY DONE WITH MY 1L YEAR, AND I KNOW I JUST COULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN THROUGH IT WITHOUT ASHER RIGHT THERE WITH ME. WE'VE MADE SOME REALLY AMAZING FRIENDS ALONG THE WAY THAT MADE THIS SEMESTER BEARABLE TOO, BUT IT WAS THOSE MORNINGS THAT I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO GET OUT OF BED OR WANTED TO GRAB MY BOOKS AND WALK OUT OF CLASS WHEN I'D LOOK INTO ASHER'S BIG BROWN EYES AND HE'D PUT A PAW ON MY KNEE AND I KNEW WE COULD HANDLE WHATEVER THE DAY COULD THROW AT US.
HE'S MADE SO MANY FRIENDS THIS SEMESTER TOO, AND WE'RE SO THANKFUL FOR HOW HE AND I HAVE BEEN EMBRACED BY OUR SCHOOL -
THAT BEING SAID, WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED TO BE SPENDING THE NEXT THREE WEEKS OUTSIDE OF THE LAW LIBRARY, STARTING TOMORROW WITH A TREK TO SDP! THE FARM IS OUR FAVORITE PLACE TO GO TO UNWIND AND GET AWAY, AND WE'RE SO EXCITED TO SPEND A FEW DAYS WITH OUR CRAZY ACRES FAMILY AND PUT FINAL EXAMS BEHIND US. WE'RE HOPING FOR BETTER WEATHER TOMORROW, AND WE WISH EVERYONE TRAVELING IN THE COMING DAYS A SAFE AND UNEVENTFUL TRIP!
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I THINK ERICA AND ASHER ARE ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTNERSHIPS-- WELL ALOT OF THEM ARE.... I LOVE TO HEAR HOW THE DOGS GET PEOPLE OUT IN THE ROUGH AND TUMBLE OF"NORMAL " LIVING... I CERTAINLY HOPE THE DOGS DO NOT SHEILD THEM FROM ALL THE CRAZY FOOLS IN SUBWAYS THE REST OF US HAVE TO ENDURE....
IN TH E PROCESS OF WRITING THAT I PENNED ( PUSHED?) THE WORDS " THE "STREET CORNERS OF THE INTERNET" WHICH MADE ME GO BACK MENTALLY TO THE TERM "SOAPBOX" WHERE SOMEONE WOULD LITERALLY AND FIGURATIVELY "GET ON A SOAPBOX ON SOME STREET CORNER AND SPOUT FORTH ANY TWISTED WILDLY IMAGINATIVE CRACK POT NOTION ABOUT MARTIAN INVASIONS NEXT WEEK-- SOMETIMES WITH A COFFEE CAN TO ENCOURAGE DONATIONS.....
HANDS UP FOR WHO DOES NOT SEE A PARALLEL BETWEEN FACEBOOK AND SOAPBOXES????-- PROBLEM IS SOAPBOXES MADE THE OPINIONS MORE OBVIOUSLY RADICAL-
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QUICK STORY WHICH I FOUND HYSTERICAL-- A REAL LIFE "WHO'S ON FIRST?" ---BUT KIND OF COMPLICTED FOR EARLY MORNING , HALF AWAKE CONSUMPTION.......AND I DID NOT UNDERSTAND IT TIL I WAS HALF WAY HOME....
BECAUSSE REESE WAS IN HEAT.... I HAD TO GO TO PICK UP WATSON WHERE LYNN WORKS--- WHICH IS EITHER ON PEASE AIRFORCE PROPERTY.. OR DARN CLOSE..--BASIC INFORMATION NEEDED FOR THIS STORY IS THAT ROUTE 1 AND ROUTE 95 RUN NORTH/SOUTH MAINE TO FLORIDA BUT MEET AT A TRAFFIC CIRCLE IN PORTSMOUTH TO GO OVER ONE BRIDGE... ROUTE 4 RUNS OFF INTO NEW HAMPSHIRE. --- PEASE IS TUCKED IN THE ANGLE..
I GOOGLEDD HER ADDRESS-- LOOKED AT THE MAP, PRINTED IT, AND LEFT THAT MAP HOME. I KNEW THE AREA.... DROVE UP 95-- BEARING LEFT ONTO ROUTE 4 AND GOT OFF AT THE FIRST EXIT----- SAT AT THE ENTRANCE TO PEASE... AND CALLED LYNN.
HERE WE GO..-- LYNN ASKED "WHERE ARE YOU? ...I SAID I GOT OFF AT 1 ( MEANING EXIT 1)--LYNN SAID "OH NO, YOU WANT 4" SO I GOT BACK ON ROUTE 4 AND WENT TO EXIT 4 ABOUT 10 MILES AWAY...-- NOW I KNEW I WAS RUNNING PARALELL TO THE VERY LONG PEASE AIRPORT RUNWAYS - BUT I FIGURED GOVERNMENT BEING OVERLY CAREFUL THEY MST HAVE BEEN PREPARING FOR REALLY BIG PLANES.. I GOT OFF RT 4 AT EXIT 4 , TURNED LEFT AND THERE WAS A TRAFFIC CIRCLE- SO I CALLED LYNN AND SAID..."I AM NOW AT THE TRAFFIC CIRCLE.. WHICH WAY DO I GO? '-- NOW.. THAT TRAFFIC CIRCLE BACK AT THE INTERSECTIOOF RT 1 AND 95 IS A MASS OF CLOVERLEAFS AND SIGNS.....LYNN SAID "LET ME ASK SOMEONE" AND I SAID .. LET ME TRY GPS.. WHICH I HAD NEVER DONE BEFORE.. WITH DIFFICULTY I GOT HER ADDRESS INTHE DASH BOARD THING AND SIRI STARTEDD IN -- "MAKE A LEGAL U TURN"-- FOR THE NEXT 1/2 HOUR I THOUGHT SHE WAS STUCK THAT U-TURN BIT-- I STRUGGLED-- SOMETIMES JUST SITTIN G IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION AND TAKING OUT MY HEARING AID BECAUSE OF ALL TH HORN BLOWING.-- SIRI DID NOT PUT ME BACK ON ROUTE4 AND GO TO THE #1 EXIT... NO.. WE WENT THRU COW PASTURES-- BUT I HAD A FULL TANK OF GASS.. AND ONLY ERIC'S VIDEO AT HOME TO WORK ON... SO I FIGURED.." ALL THESE KIDS RELY ON SIRI... SO LET ME TRY" -- WE FINALLY GOT BACK TO THE "ENTRANCE TO PEASE" WHICH LOOKED VERY FAMILIAR WITH IT'S HUGE WHITE WATER TOWER WHICH LYN HAD NEVER NOTICED...I CALLED HER AGAIN.. SAYAING .." I THINK I HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE" -- SHE SAID "YOU BETTER FIND SOMEONE" SO I WENT ONTO PEASE PROPERTY TO A GUARD HOUSE AND ASKED WHERE #2 INDEPENDENCE WAY WOULD BE
----HE POINTED TO A BUILDING A BLOCK AWAY-- AND TOLD ME TO MAKE A U TURN.. ETC ETC ETC....
I PICKED UP WATSON-- A VERY HAPPY PLEASENT DOG WHO'S ENTHUSIASM FOR LIFE IN GENERALMAKES HIM NEARLY UNCONTROLLABLE AT 180 POUNDS... BUT WE MADE IT HOME-- AND HE STARTED IN THE PUPPY PRODUCING PROJECT WITH A 13 MINUTE TIE-- WITH VERY LITTLE PRACTICE AHEAD OF TIME.
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MANY OF THE RECIPIENTS, MOSTLY WOMEN, POST A LOT OF COMMENTS ABOUT HOW THEIR DANE PARTNER IS HELPING THEM. ALL THE THINGS THEY NEVER THOUGHT THEY COULD DO AGAIN. I GET ALL CHOKED UP READING THEIR POSTS. JUST MAKES ME REALIZE THE THINGS WE TAKE FOR GRANTED. SOME OF THE RECIPIENTS THAT POST OFTEN, WHICH IS SO NICE OF THEM TO SHARE WITH EVERYONE, ARE AMY WITH SEAGRAM, SHAUNA WITH KRINGLE, STACY WITH PIXIE, EVE WITH FIN (HER MOM POSTS), ERICA WITH ASHER. WHAT DO THEY HAVE IN COMMON? I REALIZED THEY ARE FROM SCARLET'S CALORIE LITTER. AND NOW REESE CALORIE HAS BEEN BRED TO WATSON. ALSO POSTING OFTEN ARE BELLA WITH GEORGE (RACHEL POSTS EVERY NIGHT, AND CAROLINE AND CLARK. AN THEY'RE FROM SCARLETS OTHER TWO LITTERS.
I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW HOW WONDERFUL YOUR "PROJECT" IS.
ELLEN
