things in my neighborhood

I am attempting to be somewhat healthy in the new year, so my roommie and I have been walking every night. I thought you might be interested in some of the things we have found around our neighborhood...

1 sporadically dancing roommate (Na na na na nana...Gettin jiggy wit it")

1 gray cat/dive bombing_____? (Thanks Elaina! It's nice to know you would protect me in a real emergency!)

1 cookie, still wrapped and...eatible? (ready, together: "A cookie!")

1 plastic Christmas tree (still lit) in someone's front yard (as my roommie Kristina said, "I love Christmas in January"...can you hear the sarcasm?)

1 petrified chalk eraser in the middle of the road (I think it may have actually been a brick.)

1 guy riding a motorcycle (Careful of the speed humps. And no, I am not talking about rabbits! Elaina, stop laughing!)

1 white car with it's brights on driving menacingly slow ("game off...game on...")

and 1 styrofoam egg carton (I really have nothing to say about this. It was just kind of random...)

pop quiz

What happens if you don't show up for jury duty? I've been told: "Bad things." Whatever that means.

As you can probably guess, I received a jury summons on Wednesday (my first, by the way) and I am not looking forward to going. And by the way, whose idea was it for there to be two Mondays this week? I had to go to work on Monday (because I had no remaining time-off for the year) then had Tuesday off for New Year's and then had to go back to work on Wednesday (aka Monday: part duex).

Alright, enough venting. Hopefully those of you reading this had a fantastic Christmas. I did. I got some fabulous gifts (if anyone's interested in participating in an all day "Lord of the Rings: Extended Edition" marathon give me a call).

In closing I just want to remind you that January is National Soup Month. Make sure you take a minute this month to stop and reflect on how thankful you are for soup. I mean, honestly, where would we be as a nation if it weren't for soup?

Peace out!