Three good things and a fuss

Good thing #1: In a stunning leap of faith that Fall will actually occur, we planted pumpkins in our extra planter box. Joey has been obsessed with pumpkins for several months around Halloween for the last couple of years. We're very excited to see if we can grow our own!


Good thing #2: I think I survived my qualifying exams. Two of my committee members asked me to TA their class so I guess that means that I probably will be making it through to the next phase of the program and I didn't make too big of a fool of myself. I find out officially next week.

Good thing #3: We are on the downward run for the summer heat! Chuck says this is overly optimistic, but I figure it is hot May, June, July, August, and September. So we've made it through three of five months. That's good right!

The fuss: We have a loud chicken. She's an Egyptian Fayoumi. And she is a fussy lady. She crows all morning and all evening. Not so great for an urban chicken. We got all lady chickens in the hope that they would be quiet and not enrage the neighbors. So far the neighbors are not saying a word but they are too nice. She might be finding a new family with the egg lady from the Farmer's Market.