Kissin' Chickens

Today is the luckiest day of the decade! Be sure to make a wish at 11:11!

Here's a picture taken by my roommate Hillary, who is in Ma'ayans photography ExCo, to tide you over for the weekend:


Darling is back with the other hens now. She is still snoring, but she's much healthier, and the other hens will just have to make antibodies. I have reason to believe they'll be okay. They were all exposed when Oviraptor was and have suffered no complications (Moses' sour crop is unrelated). Right now everyone is fine, except poor Darling, who isn't coop trained. I keep counting six chickens and going through the run over and over only to find her huddled under the garden shed. How did she even get out of the wire-fenced run? Who knows? She's a regular old Houdini. Silly girl.

A Long-Delayed Post

Sorry I stopped blogging for a stretch. Earlier this week, I took two exams (both solid Bs, at least -- stay tuned), cured a chicken of sour crop (hopefully), served as a site leader at the Interfaith Service Day and nursed a friend with something-awful-that's-not-strep. Blogging was not on the agenda, although it should have been. It will be considerably easier from now on -- I linked my Oberlin account to the blog too, so I don't have to rely on my secondary browser.

For the past few days I've been gearing up for Mom's visit. Homework done -- mostly. Room cleaned -- not quite. Crew switched -- well, not yet. I blocked out a schedule for the next few days, scrawling FREE in between classes and co-op work, and was glad to find more than I'd expected (but fewer than I'd hoped). Several servings of quality time, coming up!

I'm always so glad to have visitors, but sometimes it's difficult to know how to entertain them. My life is mostly interesting just to me. But Mom will get the early-November tour of campus, and if today is any indication, the weather will cooperate beautifully.

Yesterday my friend Ari and I went for a jog before dinner. We chased the light west to where College meets Lorain, dazzled by the dilatory sun. The light rain has sifted into mist by the time we got back to Phillips to stretch. I need to do more with my body. Such a beautiful machine.

Actually, I had a physical today so that I can start going to Tumbling club on Tuesday nights. My friend Ida goes every week. I told her, "I can't turn a somersault." She said, "Neither could I!" I said, "I walk into walls." She said, "I still do that! Come anyway!"

So I'm going. Maybe I'll learn to somersault into walls instead.

Anyway, I'll try to keep posting, but with Mom here I might be using my late nights for homework. I'll see the rest of you soon!