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Well, my day got off to a lousy start. As I was waiting to turn into the university driveway, I saw a squirrel get run over :( Improved a bit when I got my Canadian History paper back, with an 85% grade. Not too bad. Now I'm sitting in my 'private office' listening to a radio adaptation of Emma by Jane Austen. Can't do anything outside because we're supposed to get a big thunderstorm later today. Fortunately I don't have to go outside until my last class is done.

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It's been raining on and off since the afternoon. I like rain. It's fun to watch or listen to, and it's okay to walk in as long as it isn't too windy.

Pepper's continuing to get better. She's starting to hiss at our youngest girl, TigerLily. This may seem like a bad thing, but since TigerLily's been chasing her almost since she moved in, it's a good thing--she's finally standing her ground against the little cow.

Spent most of the day when I wasn't in class reading. It's a great mystery book called "In a Dry Season," by Peter Robinson. A boy is playing in an abandoned village that's spent the last fifty years under a reservoir that's all but disappeared because of the dry summer. He falls through a rotting roof and lands on top of a partially-buried skeleton that's been there since just after the Second World War, leading to a criminal investigation. The story jumps back between the points of view of the two police detectives working on the case, a young woman who knew the victim, and a woman who is somehow tied into the War-era narrative (right now we're supposed to assume that it's the narrator of the War-era section, but it's only half-way through, so that could change at any time). It's incredibly well-written, and has a great plot to it.

So, that's my day. Good night!