My First Piece of Mail!

Today was probably the best Saturday ever. I slept in late, lounged around until a little before 2, when my roommates and I tried to go to an open air market (even though we know everything closes at 2 for lunch, we still dawdled and missed the whole thing), I voted, then went to pet some puppies in Retiro park.

Yep, you read correctly, I voted today. Back in August I sent away for an absentee ballot but never received confirmation that my request was processed. As time passed I grew fearful that I wouldn't get to vote in this election; just to check, I emailed the county yesterday and they said my ballot was mailed the 19th. On the way to our failed market adventure, I peeked in the mailbox and saw a white envelope. I made a mental note to check the mail on the way home, sure enough it was my ballot. I can say that in this election I really didn't need to see the debates, my mind was pretty well made up when John McCain picked Sarah Palin. Clearly he is an idiot.

After I finished voting, I met up with my friends Theresa and Meagan to go to the fourth annual pet adoption fair in Retiro park. This is an event brings together organizations that help abandoned and homeless cats and dogs find homes and people looking for a pet. Little tents were set up along one of the main paths through the park with a few puppies in each pen. I tried to pet them, but was only successful a handful of times. Yes, the idea of homeless animals makes me sad, but this event was uplifting because many of the name tags on the pens said adoptado (adopted in Spanish). I was glad to see these little guys had homes. If only one of them could live with me...

One of my favorite pens was filled with 7 or 8 puppies, all of them about two months old. The first time I went to their pen (yes, i went back!) they wiggled and jumped around trying to get attention from the throngs of onlookers. When I put my hand in the pen the older, I assume mother of some of the puppies, dog came over and I got to give her a few pats on the head. Upon my return to take a photo, the pups had tuckered themselves out and were all sleeping. Hopefully even the iciest of hearts can be melted by their cuteness!