I'm baaaaack.

I'll have pictures shortly. In the meantime, let me share this story with you. It's not from my trip, per se, but it is entertaining nonetheless.

In my second week of vacation, I get a call from my sister at 9 a.m. Spain time (3 a.m. here in the States). At first, I thought she had gotten into another car accident. (She tends to have them while our mom's on vacation.) Thankfully, that wasn't the case, though the story is still a bit disturbing.

She was calling because she had just gotten home after a few days at a work conference, and had gone to her basement apartment to find poop and pee on her bed. Yes, poop ... and pee ... on ... her ... bed. In the words of my brother after my sister called him, "What the?"

Turns out a stray cat had somehow gotten into the basement, but couldn't get back out, so the poor thing was stuck, with no food, no water and most likely scared out of its mind for about a week. Horrible!

The cat tried to eat our bird, which, thankfully, survived to tell (or chirp) the tale.

In the end, my brother came over and the two of them were able to get the cat to leave the house. They wanted to feed it before it went, but the cat took off -- no surprise there. I'm sure it was itching the get the heck out of there.

Well, that's the story. What are the chances? I tell you, this kind of stuff only happens to the Diarrhea family.

Anyway, I'll have pics of the trip soon. No exciting stories, I'm afraid. Just did a lot of beaching, eating, sleeping and a bit of shopping. All in all, a nice, relaxing vacation ... just what I needed.

Well, my friends, I am off to the Iberian Peninsula. I shall report back if anything major happens, like hooking up with a gorgeous European hottie. In other words, we'll catch up when I return.

Happy July! :-)

So we're having a walking contest at work. There are 15 teams of 10 people, each of whom wear a pedometer all day. The team to walk the farthest distance (the goal is from NY to LA) wins.

I've had mine on for three days and walked 9.83 miles so far. Not too shabby, eh? I plan on really kicking arse in Spain -- which shouldn't be too hard, considering I won't have a car...

Now I just have to fight the urge to just sit on the couch and move the pedometer up and down with my hand. Sure would be a lot easier than actually moving.

Woo hoo! "Grey's Anatomy" and "24" were the top nominees for this year's Emmys. Nice to see the academy's taste is as great as mine. Now, if only we could get Lauren Graham ("Gilmore Girls") and Kristen Bell ("Veronica Mars") a nom, the world would be a better place.

Ah well, we can't have it all, can we? And I'm already asking for Italy to get creamed in the World Cup finals, so I'm not going to push my luck. Hee hee.

Oh. My. Gawd.

I cannot believe Portugal beat England. And Brazil lost to France. Holy f'ing Christmas!

Of course, I'm rooting for Portugal, seeing as how Spain royally f'ed it up with their premature elimination. Suckers.

Oh, well. Goooo Portugal.

You can do it if you try
V-I-C-T-O-R-Y
Go Portugal
Yeah, yeah
Go Portugal

One more week until vacation! Yippee!