Yes! I did it! I turned in both my take-home final and my final paper by 5 o'clock yesterday. First semester, 3 graduate courses in gerontology, check!

There shouldn't be much to tell about yesterday, because it was supposed to be all writing all day. Except when I was working away, I heard the dog whining and then a chicken squawking. I rushed out and found Liz's dog, Rosie, chasing a chicken, with a feather in her mouth! I scolded her and she was very sorry. I called them and they called back and I shut her up in the breezeway with Cameron. Anyway, I spent some time outside trying to find chickens--no sign of them. And I spent a good bit of time talking to apologetic and worried Conroys, etc. Every time I got going, the phone would ring. Ray called twice. My Dad called and came by...

I ate leftover lentils and sausage and broccoli (and a few cookies). Ray and Elisa came home when I only had an hour left...but I got them done, maybe not the quality I would wish for, but turned in on time.

I found one chicken because Cameron was nosing around where it was hidden in the grass and irises. It poured and I got that one in the coop. The other two showed up on the porch about dinner time, all unharmed, it seems.

We had some chicken teriyaki from the freezer, with green beans from the freezer and brown rice. Then we headed to UUFA to rehearse the Charlie Brown Christmas play, in which Ray is Charlie Brown and I am Lucy. There's a ton of lines and I haven't spent any time on it yet, but that is one of the things I have to do this week. The play is Sunday.

Home, a little TV, and early to bed. Woke up early, didn't feel too good, maybe residual stress or eating popcorn and drinking bourbon and ginger before bed.