7:30 a.m. – Alarm goes off—snooze.
7:40 a.m. – Alarm goes off again.
7:41 a.m. – Brush teeth.
7:46 a.m. – Dress.
7:52 a.m. – Trip over squirrel in the loggia.
7:52 a.m. – Squirrel stares and laughs at me.
7:54 a.m. – Stalk squirrel through loggia.
7:57 a.m. – Stalk squirrel across South lawn.
8:03 a.m. – Stalk squirrel to ARH—discover squirrel nut stash.
8:05 a.m. – Squirrel leaves nut stash. Destroy it.
8:11 a.m. – Late to art.
10:52 a.m. – Squirrel standing in the middle of the path in front of Bucksbaum—is this the same squirrel from earlier?
10:53 a.m. – Squirrel stalks me to ARH—probably the same squirrel.
11:00 a.m. – The Presidency.
11:07 a.m. – Scratching at the window. The squirrel is watching me.
11:08 a.m. – Ignore the squirrel.
11:50 a.m. – Leave ARH.
11:51 a.m. – Squirrel trips me again. Decide to be the bigger person and let the squirrel go.
11:56 a.m. – Outtakes. Leave JRC.
12:01 p.m. – Spot squirrel. I’ve learned his markings.
12:04 p.m. – Squirrel ran ahead of me and is waiting at the entrance to the South loggia.
12:05 p.m. – Try to grab squirrel. Squirrel escapes.
12:11 p.m. – Bagel for lunch.
12:55 p.m. – Leave Read.
12:57 p.m. – Squirrel follows me to Noyce.
1:00 p.m. – Stats.
2:05 p.m. – Leave Noyce.
2:06 p.m. – Squirrel is waiting for me.
2:06 p.m. – Pretend not to see squirrel. Squirrel is lulled into false sense of security.
2:07 p.m. – Squirrel is following me closely while I continue to feign ignorance.
2:10 p.m. – Turn around quickly and try to grab squirrel but squirrel escapes again.
2:11 p.m. – TEARS OF RAGE.
2:12 p.m. – Scream about how I know someone who makes iPod cases out of chipmunk skins and he can probably do the same with squirrel skins!!! The squirrel can hear me, I know.
2:15 p.m. – Back to Read.
2:30 p.m. – ANTM [America’s Next Top Model].
6:45 p.m. – Leave for dinner. He’s waiting for me.
7:37 p.m. – Sunset.
8:12 p.m. – Moonrise.
8:34 p.m. – Squirrel falls asleep.This is my opportunity. Urge to destroy at war with reason.
8:37 p.m. – Squirrel wakes. Squirrel leaves.
8:40 p.m. – Eat snack in my room.
8:58 p.m. – I’m exhausted.
9:03 p.m. – Bed.
10:11 p.m. – Hear scratching at the window.The squirrel left some nuts outside my window. Peace offering.
10:11 p.m. – Back to sleep.
