Grades Entered, Salmon Grilled, and a Special Trip to Companion Animal Hospital for Karal to Visit Santa (& the Elves)

My brain had me up at 5 a.m. on a Saturday morning thinking about final revisions for another publication, so I got up to go at it, but then remembered I had a student who was sick the last week of classes and I needed to attend to her work. By the time Pam came over with playtime for Rico, I said, "I need to eat and I was an omelette. Duchess diner it was. 

There is nothing better than a dinner breakfast and Pam made a good call on ordered onion rings, too. 

Afterwards, we loaded the dogs to visit Santa Clause at Companion Animal Hospital with no other than Patrick Kelly as the bearded one. I look forward to getting the pictures back. 

I stopped at PJs to stock up on another week of food before heading off to Syracuse and spent much of the afternoon grilling a salmon dinner for Leo, Bev, Pam, and I. Of course, the NCAA Volleyball tournament continues (cheering on Kentucky now, although I don't see how anyone can defeat Nebraska). Sad that Louisville lost in to Texas A & M, even thought they had a two-match lead. All credit goes to the Aggies who simply outmuscled the cards at the net. 

Today is preparation for a series of interviews of potential colleagues as one of my favorites is about to retire (I'm not ready). 

All cheers to Maddie and Ethan, who were incredible Santa helpers. All love to Ken, too, who remains one of my favorite veterinarians on the plan. He's such a great man. 

Laundry is caught up. Katniss is now equipped with Karal seating, so she doesn't destroy another car. We're suppose to have our first snowfall, but we'll see if the predictions come true. 

Happy Sunday. The days simply blur together.