back to work!

i went back to work on wednesday and we hit the ground running with a college admissions bootcamp for the senior class.  i may have learned as much as the kids.  i was THAT GIRL checking her text messages all day, though, because BABY RYAN ARRIVED!  our group of atlanta friends loves to send epic group texts, and when mike texted at 3am to say he and kelly were headed to the hospital, a flurry of texts followed, with updates from mike a couple times during the day.  baby ryan was born at 1pm and looks pretty smushy and adorable.  i need to video chat with him pronto, but i guess i will let his parents get their feet under them first.

thursday was ruby's first day home alone while i was at work, and boy was she happy to see me when i got home after 9 hours.  we had 45 minutes of fight-loving, which is where ruby alternates between snuggling and purring loudly...and trying to bite off my fingers ("playing" with me).  pretty adorable.

friday was another work day, with more new faculty meetings and deans' office meetings and student parking organization (one of my duties this year), capped off by me discovering at 3pm that we are 20 spaces short after promising all the juniors and seniors they could park on campus.  oops.  to be continued...  i got an iphone 5 from work (!!) and am making the transition to my new houston number and fancy phone.  ruby discovered the loft in my apartment and gave me several heart attacks as she navigated the stairs (good thing they're carpeted and her claws can hold her up in them because she definitely tried to fall off).  she also discovered that she can go behind the washing machine, into a space that seems too tiny for a kitten.  i guess she knows what she's doing, though.

today was waking up at 6:30 because the kitten did...playing and snuggling with her to make up for leaving her alone so much...a yoga class...a pedicure...and more playing and snuggling.  weekends are the best.