My phone tells me it’s only 10:09 here in Spokane, but my body – which has been moving for 19 hours now on about four hours of sleep – knows otherwise. “Tired” hardly does justice to how I am feeling right now, and I’ll be asleep as soon as I shut the light.
While I get some shut eye, discuss among yourselves… should I steal the leopard-print chaise from my hotel room:
Or the life-size gilded baby hippo from the foyer:
Why yes, there is something of a safari animals theme going on here. How did you notice?
Que sera, Sarah 
Y.E.S. BOTH !!!! And, the pillow and zebra print 😏. You must be nuts about that hippo. It probably would spook Harper and Carlson though! What nice surroundings and, then, an Alaskan Amber — heaven… Enjoy!
I was too late in Spokane
So I caught a ride through the Cascade range
I saw the sun dying in Olympia
running down on Capitol Lake
(As soon as I saw Spokane, I was immediately reminded of these song lyrics…hee)
And I put money down on you stealing that hippo….
Totally slip the chair in your luggage…
Would you please steal the Star Wars bedroom stuff for your nephews???
When you posted the photo of the hippo previously, I *knew* you had to be thinking about stealing it.