This is how much I love my friends

I am a member of the Sacramento Zoo. I like to take the babies there and stroll around. We have seen some pretty cool things at the zoo, in fact, I was once lucky enough to catch a Geoffrey's Cat pooping on video tape. Amazing, I know. But I digress...

As a member of the Zoo I am the recipient of a monthly newsletter. In this newsletter I learned about something wonderful... Zoovies. That's right, kids movies shown right in the zoo for all to see. Good times. But wait, there is more... on July 20th they are showing Charlotte's Web. This is not the cartoon version mind you. We are talking live action, real people and, most importantly, talking animals. A talking pig on the big screen. If that doesn't scream "Oscar" I don't know what does.

I was so excited I responded out loud... in my house... alone. I quickly opened a new window for my Google Calendar. And then, it hit me. July 20th is day numero uno of Ropsheyer Vaca. For those of you who don't know this is the inaggural trip for the Ropsheyer family. What is a girl to do? Do I let them down? Do I come up with an excuse... typhoid, dysentery... anything! But no, I love my little Ropsheyers. I cannot miss a vacation with them... even if it is speaking four legged creatures that I will leave behind. To Charlotte and her friends I say, "We'll have to do it some other time. For even though I feel as close to you as a connoisseur of fine film can, my family is more important." Au revoir mon amies.