Children's Museum, Airplane Spotting, and Bad Idea Beach

Today was a busy day! Yesterday I finally went to stay the night Rockport to visit Feather, Dolphin, and Wolfie. Wolfie and I had a nice time walking around town and watching the boats in the harbor:

Wolfie and I watch the boats.

This morning we went to the Children's Museum in Boston and a good time was had by all.

Me and Wolfie prior to leaving for the Children's Museum.

Feather, Dolphin, and Wolfie in Boston.

Dolphin and Wolfie at the entrance to the Children's Museum.

Wolfie and I play with the construction toys.

Dolphin found a dinosaur.

Family car ride with Wolfie in the driver's seat and Dolphin and Feather as passengers.

Feather and Wolfie in a tiny mirror box?

Wolfie "cuts" Dolphin's hair - Dolphin seems uncertain about it.

Wolfie and I making "soup" at the water table.

Wolfie in the climbing structure.

After the Children's Museum, I headed off to work with Waldo. We decided to go to his favorite spot in Revere where you can see the airplanes taking off from Logan Airport. Waldo LOVES airplanes so he was thrilled to go here. I'm not nearly as obsessed with airplanes, but I still thought it was really cool to see them taking off so close by. This is definitely one of my new favorite places in Boston.

Me at the airplane spot.

View from the airplane spot.

Plane taking off.

Plane flying overhead.

After watching the planes and having a picnic dinner, we headed to the beach. It was gorgeous:

Waldo on the beach.

Me at the beach.

Sun setting at the beach.

Waldo in the water.

Sunset on the beach.

We had a nice time there until it was time to go home. After all of the exertion of the day, Waldo was exhausted and it was clear that I wasn't going to be able to get him back up to the car the same way I'd gotten him down to the shore. So what did I do? My dumb self drove my car up onto the beach. I loaded Waldo into the car and hit the gas to head back but the car got stuck in the sand. It took a large team of very nice bystanders to push us back off the beach. Oy. Lesson learned. No more driving on sand.

Rest of the Week

Well this week and weekend have flown by. On Tuesday, Feather, Dolphin, and Wolfie arrived in the states. Apparently as soon as they got to their hotel, Wolfie grabbed the phone and tried to call me. She's so cute!

Wolfie trying to call me from the hotel.

Feather: Who are you calling?
Wolfie: Mon parrain Tony.
Wolfie (on the phone): Bonjour Tony. On est à l'hôtel. Tu viens?

Sadly, I have not gotten to see them yet because my day off is tomorrow.

What else happened? On Wednesday I had anatomy, Waldo, Morning, and an appointment with a hemotologist.

Meme of an excited husky telling a joke that says "I went to see a hematologist today... The sign on his door said Drackula."

On Thursday I worked with Waldo and we went bowling. After that, I headed over to Morning's place for my shift with him.

Waldo bowling.

Me at the bowling alley.

On Friday I worked with Waldo and Morning again. Then this weekend I've worked at the pediatric CNA job which, by the way, I am still enjoying. I would post more about that job but unlike with Waldo and Matan where I can and did get consent to blog about them, I can't actually get consent to post about work and I have zero desire to violate HIPPA. I will say that one nice thing about the job is that they have a nice lawn and a porch with a handicapped accessible swing that the patients love so we've managed to get them outside on most of my shifts. The other nice thing about the job is that my favorite patient is still there.

Work, Anatomy, and Nature Walks

Well, this weekend all I did was work. Today I had my anatomy lecture class. I'm actually enjoying it for the most part. The human body is fascinating.

Drawing of a cell taking a selfie and the word "Cell-fie" is written under it.

I also went on a nature walk with Pacman and we saw my favorite perennial plant, Ghost Plant aka "Indian Pipe." Since I've mentioned it before this same month I feel like I should tell you a little bit about this plant so you understand why it's my favorite perennial. It has no chlorophyll! It's a mycoheterotroph. Basically, that means it's a parasitic plant that gets it food from the fungi it parasitizes. Which fungi does it parasitize? Fungi that are mycorrhizal with trees. Other weird fact? It's technically a member of the blueberry family.

Photo of my favorite plant.

I also spent some time working on my comic, which is progressing extremely slowly because I am NOT an artist. I really wish I was better at drawing because the images in my head are so much better than the images on the paper. Maybe if I took an art class?

My comic is progressing extremely slowly.

Kayaking!

Today was an exciting day! Why? Because today Waldo and I went kayaking!

Waldo in a kayak.

Me in a kayak.

Waldo was super excited because he has never been before. As for me, I love kayaking. My dad has a couple of kayaks and I go kayaking with him when I have time. Someday my dream is to have a place on the water where I can have a small sailboat and a couple of kayaks. That obviously isn't possible right now, but I can still rent kayaks from the nearby park! 

Waldo kayaking.

Waldo kayaking.

Waldo and I after kayaking.

After we exhausted ourselves with paddling and trying not to capsize our boat, we went out for dinner at The Friendly Toast in Burlington MA. 

Waldo at The Friendly Toast.

Now I'm at Morning's house for work and he's watching a TV show. The end.

Beach Wandering

I felt pretty cranky today so I decided that what I needed to cheer me up was a walk along the beach in Lynn, MA. Here are some photos from my walk including my smiling face to prove that it worked:

Me on the beach.

My toes in the water.

Beach photo pan-out.

Closeup of the rocks on the beach.

I found a tiny snail.

For those of you who didn’t know, Trump met Queen Elizabeth II. It’s possible you failed to notice her fashion choices because you were focused on Trump’s behavior and how utterly embarrassing it was (at least to Americans like myself who didn’t elect him). But I am of the opinion that she was engaged in a subtle and brilliant art: brooch warfare.

Photo of Queen Elizabeth II with Trump and the words "Brooch Warfare?" written over it.

On the first day of his visit, she wore a brooch given to her as a gesture of friendship from the Obamas. On the second day, she wore a snowflake brooch given to her by Canada. And on the third day she wore the brooch that the Queen Mother wore to the funeral of King George VI. Think about it and you’ll see how each could be a subtle dig at Trump.

The queen in the aforementioned brooches.

Maybe I’m reading too much into this, but then so are various news websites. In any case, I’m delighted by this entire thing and plan to add brooch warfare to my personal arsenal of life strategies. Now I just need to get some brooches…

Plath's Birthday

Tomorrow is Plath's birthday so today we had a cookout and cake to celebrate. Huzzah! Here's a photo of the birthday girl:

Plath and the cake.

Weekend Recap

This weekend I started a new comic book project. This is a questionable decision on my part since I'm not an artist in any way. But I love writing stories and I'm having fun drawing even if I don't have much in the way of skill:

First page of comic book doodles.

The other thing I did this weekend was go hiking with Pacman.

Me excitedly taking a selfie in the woods.

Pacman walking along a path in the forest.

Walking along the river.

Another river picture.

Picture of the river closer up.

Heat Wave!

Well, we're in a heat wave. I don't have air conditioning so I've mostly been hiding in the library studying anatomy.

Skeleton drawing with lines for labeling the bones. It is posed on its side and the meme says
"Label me like one of your French girls."

But that is not what I'm posting about. I'm posting about a catastrophe! It's the middle of a heat wave and the supermarket is out of ice cream! Nooooooo!!!!

Me in front of the empty ice cream section of the supermarket.

Making A Movie

I have a friend who is a horror movie director and today Waldo and I got to be extras in one of her movies. Woohoo!!! Here we are, all ready in our "art exhibit patron" attire eating at a pizza place before filming the movie:

Me and Waldo. I'm wearing a hat and a pink button down. Aldo is wearing a black polo shirt with grey accents.