Dog vs. Expressway and there's a spider on my router - how is your day?

My commute last night was harrowing...all I wanted to do was go home - it had been a very long week and I was looking forward to a very long weekend - filled with homework....Anyway, I was getting on the on ramp to the highway when I was cut off!!! This happens often at this on ramp but last night i was cut off by a canine rather than a motor vehicle. This redish brown dog, I'd guess to be about 40 pounds, ran right in front of my car and proceeded to run down the ramp onto the expressway right in front of my car....

I put my hazards on and i'm driving on the shoulder as the dog is staying directly in front of my car. I'm halfway in the right lane and half way on the shoulder trying to keep the dog from getting spooked and running across traffic. The dog finally ran up on the embankment. I stop my car, a guy in a suit pulls around in front of me and a woman pulls up behind me. The guy and I get out and start to make our way up the grassy incline. People are slowing to watch the crazies run around like mad on the side of the road. The dog stops, runs back and forth at the fence and then takes off going the wrong way back down the road - the man and I stood helplessly by our cars as the pup runs further and further away. i didn't want to watch but i had to - i walked partially down the road towards the ramp - the dog, thankfully, had run back up the ramp and ended up safely back on the street and off of the highway.

So that was my commute last night...this morning I slept in a whole extra hour, puttered around the house and a few minutes ago i turned my laptop on only to find that my wireless internet connection was a little funky so i went to the office to adjust my router when lo! there is something crawling on it! I move closer for a look and find an eight legged terror resting there, square on my router. :( There is nothing i can do about it. I can't really kill them, i can't trap it - i am forced to retreat. But i blame the spider for the slow internet connection... :( And now i can't go into my office...sigh....What a day...

Domain, homework and cat attack....

i finally got around to transferring my domain! YAY! yellek.net is now functional - well sorta. There are some tweaks needed but for the most part, its working. i knew it needed to be done but i was loath to deal with it. Though i bit the bullet and it was worth it! :)

I'm really trying to get my homework done today and again its a struggle. AbbyCat has been glued to me and doing everything in her power to irritate me. She's been sitting on the keyboard while i'm trying to type. She formatted my spreadsheet for me - thanks, Cakes. lol. She's also been running around with a sock in her mouth crying for the last hour - i think she might be trying to drive me insane...

i'm waiting on PeaPod to arrive and actually deliver food to my house. i've been living off of onions (i have beer too but not drinking much any more) and some crackers for the last three weeks. i have no idea when they're going to show up but i've left the door open with a note so they can just come in while i'm plugging away at my papers. Probably not the safest thing in the world but then risky behavior has been my middle name as of late.

Anyway, this was merely a little break for me. Got to continue my SWOT analysis of Google. (I'm stressing massively today and I'm finding any excuse to distract myself from the evils of my homework).

I'm in love...

His name is Elliot...He's got brown hair and the sweetest brown eyes - he makes me melt every time he looks at me. We have so much fun when we're together - today it was a morning romp in the woods followed up by some quality snuggle time on the couch.....He's funny and charming and just so adorable....i love spending time with him - he makes me so happy...and yet he cannot be mine. My life isn't conducive - i couldn't give him what he needs...not to mention his presence would disrupt my own wild kingdom....

I've always been more of a cat person but loved every dog i've ever had - don't get me wrong. But this is the first time i've bonded so much - if he didn't chase cats i would take him in a heartbeat...as it stands, i need to find a home for Elliot - this just breaks my heart....He's perfect in so many ways...I truly love him....we're just star-crossed....if only we had met at a different point in our lives...I've tried to make it work, in so many ways - come up with convoluted schemes involving dog-sitters and dog walkers and kennels and.....and it just won't work...

If anyone has any need for the most wonderful dog in the world, please let me know. He's about two years old and 65 pounds of pure muscle! He's a love! And if i could give him the life he deserves (while maintaining the life that Abby and Ripley deserve) I would without question. He's smart and very trainable. He's been fixed and had all of his shots!!