From my coworker, who swears this is exactly true.

Yeah, Buddy!
Originally uploaded by SarahLena.

I have a dog who is deaf. I’ve had her since 2000, and she’s been through A LOT with me. I can’t count how many residences we’ve been in, how many boyfriends, how many.. well, anyway.

Fall is her favorite season. While our other dog, Charlie, happily stays outside in the 104 degree summers, Mabel ADORES autumn. Freshly raked piles of leaves are her heaven. (I’m excited because she loves little boys to play with her in said leaves.)

I caught her out there the other day, just rolling around in the sunshine, thrilled to have a 68 degree afternoon to warm her belly. We should all be so easy to please.

Ah ha!  Amidst all the public school vs. home school thrashing, I give you yet another way to feel superior or inferior.