jesus invented dsl

i mean, that's the only logical explanation right? something this awesome must have come from above. getting it set up last night was a bit of a pain in the ass, thanks to my fussy computer, and this morning we had to do the whole shut-it-all-down and start-it-all-up shit to get it working, but now that i am on line, in my home, i am a happy girl. i spent all morning reading papers and blogs and achewood; drinking coffee and half-assed watching a movie with the fisherman (when i do that i basically ignore it until i see something i don't get and then ask him a bunch of questions that annoy him!).

baby is sick with some sort of flu so i spent yesterday sitting her. she's over the puking part of it, thankfully, but still sick enough to be mildly annoyed and prone to fits. she spent all day being mad at me, throwing a fit, then running to me crying and miserable. her birthday is a week away--she will be two years old. just in time too; her newest favorite words are "mine" and no!" she's become a bit of a bossy dictator, but she's also developing quite the sense of humor. she's a sweet and sour baby right now, and while i don't love the tantrums and screaming i do love the cuddles and the way she says "i love boo" when she cozies up next to you. i do miss living with her, but i like leaving my knitting out without fear of her tearing it to pieces.

my little brother, the sweetest black cocker spaniel on earth, died this weekend. i was wrong about what he was sick with; it was end stage liver failure and not kidney. he was perky and sweet up to the very end. the last day i got to spend with him we spent a lot of time rubbing his chest and playing with his soccer ball, and aside from how skinny he'd gotten you wouldn't have known he was sick. i'm going to miss him. baby asks for him all the time, looking around the house for her uncle dog. she got to say goodbye to him, but when she went to kiss him and he didn't move i guess she burst into tears. poor kid. my dad seems bummed out, and he's decided no more dogs ever. he and mom packed everything up and said it's just too hard when they go. like we did with our first dog, cuddles, daggett will be cremated and later this week we'll get him back in a pretty ceramic urn. as far as little brothers go, he was awesome, and he will be missed.