i'm back

It was so wonderfully uncomfortably hot I had to stop my run so I could jump in the water.  Yesterday walking around San Francisco I was literally wearing a sweater and a leather jacket and I was still cold.    It was nice to begin sweating immediately upon exiting the airport this morning.

After my swim I was heading home and as I passed an area of woods I heard some rustling from the foliage.  I was very pleased to find this nice guy:

although since it was still like 3 in the afternoon I think it's safe to assume that he has rabies.  That's why I was glad there was a fence in between us.  Still, his face, I like it.

It's also my first raccoon sighting here even though I always look for them after I noticed this hilarious sign a while back:

"We only have two rules around here, no stopping, and definitely no feeding the raccoons"

I like that they had to have a sign specially commissioned because the problem had apparently gotten that out of hand.

Why can't the Ft. Lauderdale fire department just let the raccoons be great?

happy birthday to me

I'm torn about disclosing information about my life, but I fear that it's going to be impossible for me to keep it a secret forever.

I guess I will say this much.  I got a car for my birthday, which has been pretty cool.  It's been 8 years since I last had a car, so in a lot of ways I feel like i'm driving for the first time again.  Plus the car I got is insanely cool, and a car would have been a dream car of mine the last time I was car shopping.  I really can't believe that I own something so nice.

This morning I woke up early and just wanted to go out for a drive.  The destination ended up being the beach, as seen above.  I mean, you really couldn't ask for a more beautiful Florida day.  I took this picture at about 9am and it was already getting warm enough that jackets were being taken off and convertible tops were being taken down.  By 11 I had to stop at CVS and get sunscreen. The walk on the beach even included a dolphin sighting.  Several dolphins in fact, and they wished me happy birthday.  True story.

 So after a morning of cruising and breakfasting I met up with my brother for an afternoon of cruising and wandering around the outlet mall.  When we got back to his place this is what we found in the backyard

When I got too close they ran away but it was a family of raccoons!!!  They were wishing me happy birthday too!  I swear.

Couldn't have asked for a better day : )