Callie goes to the vet

Callie and I just returned from her first vet appointment. It was a little weird to be walk into the vet's office after Cadie passed away there but Dr. M was thrilled to meet Callie and happy that we saved another life. She gave me a hug as soon as she walked into the examination room. She was so nice and kept telling Callie how fortunate she is to have a home with us. Callie received her rabies shot and a couple of the other annuals she needed. She is stocked up on HeartGard and Frontline. Dr. M thinks Callie is a flat-coated retriever/border collie mix and just so sweet. Callie received a clean bill of health and is good to go!

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Okay, so, I finished a book on Wednesday night and decided to start a new one last night. I went to our bookshelf and combed through the books I haven't read. I picked up Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides, the guy that wrote The Virgin Suicides (I haven't read that book either). I bought the book over a year ago and because I thought it looked interesting and plus, it won the Pulitzer Prize. It's about a hermaphrodite that was born a female but at puberty became a male. I thought it would be an interesting read but now that I've started it, I don't think I'm going to finish it. I never thought the day would come that I would not finish a book I started. There were so many novels I read in college that I didn't enjoy but appreciated reading after going over them in class. But, I don't think I can do that anymore--life's to short to waste it curled up with a book you don't enjoy and just grosses you out. Maybe the reason I read is different now? Middlesex traces the history of a family and shows how the recessive gene for hermaphrodity came to be physically expressed in the narrator of the story. I thought the novel was going to be about the struggles of being a hermaphrodite and the challenges she/he was forced to take on. Wrong. It's the about a family with a history of incest and dysfunction. I just don't want to read about that no matter how well written the novel is. And the novel is extremely well written. I just can't do it. Can't. I'm going to read something else. I'll let you know what latter (after I've picked it out).

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Brad and I are going to the drive-in movie theatre to see Talladega Nights starring Will Ferrell. He is so one of my favorite actors. I love comedies and there is something about the way he delivers his lines. It's just great and I can't wait! We'll probably flask it...I mean, c'mon, we're going to a drive-in in Tennessee to see a movie about Nascar! It's going to be fun!

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I'm going to meet my old co-workers for lunch. We have a standing lunch date on Fridays. It's a lot of fun to catch up with them and know that I don't have to return to work afterwards. I do miss the friends I made and would see everyday. But we do a pretty good job staying in contact!