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leetle fuzzy baby ducks

The Midrin really fuzzed up my brain today, leaving me much too sleepy.  I was mostly zombie-like for much of today at school after.  Moreso than Midrin usually tackles me.  This afternoon my buddy Deb told me that the baby ducks were out and about in the courtyard, so it was the perfect opportunity to stretch and get a walk in to clear my head.  We had to wander all the way down to the library to see them, but they were really close to the windo in all their fuzzy glory.  Eleven of 'em.  It's hard to say who was fuzzier.  I just wanted to go out there and pat their fluffly little heads.  :)

We actually have baby ducks every year in our school courtyard.  The mom comes back to nest there, and then on some weekend when the babies are old enough they go in and herd them into the building and out the front doors, since the courtyard's completely enclosed.  More of them survive that way, since the crows can't corner them as well once they're out of the courtyard.  What's funny about all of our resident ducks is that we're not anywhere near any fields.  Our school is on the inside of a block that directly borders one of the busiest arterial streets in our city.  There's no real reason to think you'd find a gazillion ducks around, but they're there nonetheless.  And I'm thankful.  There are just some days you need a fuzzy leetle baby duck moment.

I promised an intro

I love all these colors!  :)  I've always thought that color was one of the coolest things we get out of life.  Light's little magic trick.  Spiff. 

Okay.  So I promised a bit of an intro, didn't I?  Let's see.  I am 34, teach middle school, have a mom, a dad, two sisters (one of which is my twin sister, and my bestest friend in the world), and no pets (though I used to keep fiddler crabs).  I have brown hair (with natural grey highlights), one hazel green eye, one brown eye, and a sizeable sense o' hoomer, which I seem to have inherited from the forementioned dad.  I adore my grandparents, and terribly miss the three that have passed away.  My passions include reading , foruming, math, chess, cross-stitch, and playing canasta with my twin sibling (online) or my buddy Georgette (realtime).  I also do a lot of crosswords (the hard ones, in ink), and can play a mean game of Scrabble.  I don't watch a ton of TV, but I don't miss Gray's Anatomy, er, Survivor, or the Amazing Race.  I'm also very fond of Bones and House.  My favorite movies include Silence of the Lambs, The Lord of the Rings, Fried Green Tomatoes, and The Breakfast Club.  I also love horror movies, especially psychological horror.  I dislike broccoli, undercooked eggs (gag), and pretention. 

There.  An intro. 

brain splats

Time to jibber and jabber.  :)

Hooray!  It feels like spring today.  It's sunny and nice, and droolie's corner o' the planet is getting green again.  Too bad a person gets stuck inside on days like today. 

I loved House last night.  When they finally got around to discovering which oddball disease was affecting the victim-o'-the-week, I got all excited.  Way COOL to throw the bubonic plague curveball.  And then to top it all off, CNN had a story on a real-life dx of plague just today. 

I suppose one of these ramblings should be a bit more about droolie in general, an overview of sorts.  Next time, I think.  I don't think I'd be my oddball self if I had properly covered the introductory bits the first time I posted here.  That would be, um, I guess, expected.

There's so much more my brain bucket wants to spit out today, but it's gonna have to wait.  There's that thing called dinner, and my guilty pleasure tv shows (Amazing Race, Bones, and Idol).  And a trip outside for a bit, with McDonald's fries (still the best). 

Hope everybuddy is well and content.

droolie