Fall

This weekend was the fall break that we have in our fall semester.  I was very excited as this week crawled towards the elusive weekend.  Class by class I watched the time, barely paying attention to what the content was.  I got so lazy that I didn't even do the homework for my classes.  It is at this time, when the weekend is over, that I am regretting this decision.

Break was amazing though. I was able to tease my sister with comments about little shared jokes that we have created thanks to the intimacy of our sibling relationship.  I laughed with my parents as they joked about their lives, it is common to hear them joke about how my father is the head of the household but he refers to my mother as "boss".  We have spent many hours laughing about this.  My grandmother even came and spent the weekend with my family. This was all perfectly alright because I was able to score 5 loaves of banana bread, a dozen homemade biscuits, two jars of jelly (one of them is zuccini jelly....), and a Tupperware container of stew out of the deal.

I also was reunited with my little spastic dog Frosting.  She is a white Maltese-poodle mix who has the smarts of the poodle with the teasing nature of the maltese. It has become her habit to come up to any newcomer, beg mercilessly, run away, and repeat.  For me, she comes to my feet and the minute I reach down to pet her she rolls over and waits impatiently for my hand to arrive.  She follows me around and jumps onto my leg if I stand still too long without giving her attention.  I realize the spoiled nature that I am encouraging every time I reach down to pet her, but when I only see her once every few months I find it hard to resist.

It breaks my heart every time I have to leave for Frosting becomes even more attached to my side.  She even gets so irate that she will walk backwards in front of me, trying to stop me from packing and taking my stuff out to the car.  Today when I was walking towards the door to leave she came and circled my feet as I moved, trying to halt my progress.  I think she has learned that my visits are few and far between, and each time Frosting becomes a little more persistent that I should stay.  Or at least take her with me.