Friday's Letters

 Harris Forest Preserve * Yorkville, Illinois

Dear Husband: While I am gone, you have been reunited with Penelope! So jealous I am missing out on this, but thankful you get to hang out with her for a couple weeks and you are not car-less. Please tell her I said hello and that I'm still sorry we had to bid each other farewell. 

Dear Olympics: You officially start today. YAY! So excited. Here's to gymnastics, Micheal Phelps, and lots of patriotic feelings for the old red, white and blue. 

Dear People We are House/Dog Sitting For: While we appreciate your efforts to conserve water with your fancy #1 or #2 optioned toilets, they are really inconvenient when they get plugged just by looking at them. This, along with the fact that we turned your house upside down in search of a plunger (to no avail) is very annoying. 

Dear Bridie, Harper, and Hannah: This morning you woke me up before 5am. 5am. Not okay. Especially since yesterday I was so nice to you and didn't crate you til close to midnight. Not really sure what got you so excited so early, but let's take it down a notch tomorrow. 

Dear Megan: Last night you had rodeo practice that ran super late so rather than driving all the way here afterwards just to turn around and go to work at 5am today, you stayed at home and I stayed here. Thanks for your random texts throughout the night asking if I was still alive and making sure the ax murderer didn't get me. In the words of the Dog Randy Jackson, yo, good lookin' out, yo.  

Dear Penguins: I was so excited to see you at the aquarium! And then you made my day by being a part of the aquatic show and marching right. in. front. of. me. Wanted to reach out and grab you so bad. Thanks for doing your cute little waddle and being generally adorable during the one show I have actually been close to the front for!! 

Dear Husband: Only 1 more week until we finally get to see each other! 18 days is officially too long to be apart. Hope you're ready for me to overwhelm you with hugs and kisses when I get home :) And just to warn you - yeah, it's gonna be longer than a 2 second hug. And there will be more than 1 kiss. You're gonna have to deal with it for probably 5 minutes before you get a break and I turn my attention to the kitties. Love you. Mean it.