packages

getting a package in the mail is ravishingly delightful. often times plain and obscure on the outside,it's luring mysterious presence waits to be clawed open. perhaps obligatory holiday chocolates from father's work establishment or a fanciful treat of stickers and floral from lindsey!whatever it may be, when the fedex man rings my doorbell, it's time for a goody. yesterday, i heard the ring, grabbed the package and brought it into the living room. bella wouldn't stop sniffing it and began tipping it over on it's squared sides determined to figure out the mystery. wahoo, i thought. YUMMY STUFF. after all,the nose knows. but then i saw it was addressed to the mother. the mother would never mail order sweets, that would be

excessive and extravagant

hmm so what could a 56 year soil scientist order in the mail? well, as it turns out, WORMS. I should have known. the stinkier the thing, the more my dog likes it. i recieved a phone call a few hours later from my mom saying that she was receiving ten pounds of worms for her redworm composting and that if i was home, to take them into the basement so they wouldn't get overheated. so much for creamy pecan prelines, worms it was!