Saturday

Spent most of Friday in the Bienville National Forest with my thesis prof laying out survey plots in six newly established prairies. Some of these are quite large. I took a lot of pictures and they will be up soon. Lady Icker finished up painting the dining room. I helped. A little. Azalea number two finally got moved, the day the VW had an unexpected trip to the ER. Car is OK now but cannot be locked. Had some great enchiladas at H and Js last night, with a pitcher of mojitos. On Thursday I strummed guitars for a while with some other Starkville dads, noodled on some Beatles tunes and an obscure Kinks number called "Harry Rag" which I had never heard before. It is about people jonesin' for smokes. Today will be a house-cleaning day, also planning an upcoming trip to Chapel Hill. Research on the thesis is going slowly. And that's about it. No punchline, sorry.