Random updates

First things first...thanks be to God for relief from the sweltering heat. I hope I don't see this again anytime soon:





In other car-related news, mine recently flipped over to 100,000 miles. It happened as I was returning from my visit to dear little Annika. Note the speedometer; I pulled over to take the pic. Had to circle a parking lot a couple times for the last tenth of a mile or so, but I wasn't cruising along at 75 whilst simultaneously wielding a camera.





In the true spirit of randomness, check out these cute cows from the Iowa Welcome Center at Lamoni, where we stopped on our way back from visiting sweet little Dayla (and her parents, of course) in Kansas City.





Meanwhile, Sami survived the trip to and from my parents' house during my vacation, but she wasn't happy about it. She spent much of her time in Iowa hiding under my bed. At least she doesn't look particularly tense.





And here she is checking out some daisies I had in the apartment. Nice little snack for her until I deprived her by making them inaccessible. She has a rough life.