Twenty six years ago today at about 9:45 AM Kathleen Mathieu Cornell, aka "The Kid", aka "Urchin" entered this world. And the world hasn't been the same since. The Urchin who skipped 2 AM feedings as uncivilized arrived at my place today at around - ah, well - 2 AM. By 7:30 AM we were back up and on our way to her work with Sophie aboard. Urchin signed Sophie in for a bath and grooming session then gave me a tour of the Doggie Day Care & Boarding facility where she works. It is impressive, there is even a complimentary StarBucks coffee machine in the lobby. Then we cruised on over to the local Anita's for some New Mexico style brunch - which seems appropriate since Urchin's first restaurant visit as a 2 week old Kid was the original Anita's in Vienna. The inner woman fed it was then time for a nap at Urchin's digs. Well fed and reasonably well slept we decided Get Smart was a movie of the proper mood for the occasion, which it most definetly was - it had us laughing very hard more than once. From there we picked up Sophie and headed back to my place, a bit tired but happy. It was a very good day.
The photo is from Urchin's semester abroad at Doshisha Woman's College in Kyoto, Japan fall of 2003. I think the other young lady is her host sister. I don't know who the short fellow with the broom is, but if he is any good with that broom he can come to my house any time.
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