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well, that sure helped! i had a lot of frustration to vent, so i grabbed the headphones and the dog and decided to myself that i would walk to the beach and sit and play with the dog and watch the waves and relax. just as i was getting out of my neighborhood i ran into liz, so i had her come with me. and we did just that. we walked to redondo and let peabody run loose, and he had a hell of a time running around all crazy-like. i mean, it was like he was young again! running around splashing in the waves, running back and forth under the boardwalk, trying to drink the salt water... it was so cute. and even later when we were actually on the boardwalk, he would run back and forth and because he's all old and clumsy, every so often his back legs would fall through the cracks and his butt would drop. it was the funniest thing ever! and then he'd get back up and keep running. and the sunset... you should've seen it. there were some gaps in the clouds, one where we could actually see half the sun as it dropped (so the half we could see kept changing). and then there was a gap a little further up with all the pink and orange hues. and then there was that trail you see in movies, with the line of light on the water, only it was pink. so after all that exhausting fun, we got lazy and didn't want to walk back so we borrowed nick's phone and my dad picked us up. he took me to fred meyer after we dropped off liz and this cool lady gave me a coupon for diet coke, 4 12-packs for $10. and we bought an assload of diet soda, enough to last us at least a week, and i convinced my dad to buy oh brother, where art thou? too... the cool lady was like, "you are such a dad." and then i got to drive the van home! so all in all i'm feeling much better.