Diva Las Vegas Baby

There are quite a lot of friendly people here in Las Vegas, and I just wanted to say that I really appreciate that. There are the people who just smile and say, "hi" because it's a new day and that's what you do, people who strike up a conversation with me because I am pregnant and they want to know when I am due and genuinely share in the excitement of a new baby. There's the community of dog walkers in the complex who know Brooklyn and my husband better than they know me - anytime I end up walking Brooklyn and meet up with a fellow dog-walker, they know Brooklyn well before they know who I am, asking me, "Is that Brooklyn?" - I guess she looks different without my husband attached to her leash! Brooklyn is still a very popular pup. Me, on the other hand, not so much, lol. And these are the things that add a delightful touch to the daily grind (which is hardly a grind for me - I am enjoying the laid-back lifestyle we've got going here in Vegas)

Brooklyn getting her beauty sleep. Happy 2nd Birthday, Brooklyn!! October 3, 2008

The cricket is the cockroach of Las Vegas - that is from the perspective of a New Yorker. Crickets are everywhere and somehow they even end up inside, be it the inside of the apartment building or in my apartment - not too often, but nonetheless, sometimes, there they are. And sometimes they are alive and sometimes they aren't, and when they aren't, that makes me nervous - did I unknowingly step on a live cricket with my bare feet? Or perhaps they met their unfortunate fate in the jowls of Brooklyn? At any rate, what is funny about this is that I don't freak out about seeing a cricket in my apartment, as opposed to how I HATE seeing cockroaches indoors, or outdoors for the matter. Cockroaches are nasty whereas crickets are outdoorsy and natural, so I don't have the same aversion to them, which makes NO SENSE at all, both are insects that shouldn't be in anyone's apartment. I guess it's all in the perspective.