Terrifying Tropical Trees

The last 7 times I've eaten a Snickers Pumpkin, it has given me some unpleasant gastrointestinal experiences. But maybe it won't this time.

When Other went out to confront this noisy cricket that was interrupting his reading, he came across a UPS-ed package from the University for me. After assuring him that the cricket "most likely wasn't sent here to destroy [Other]," I discovered that they had sent me my diploma. This surprised me, because I thought that the Jane-Dog-Eating-a-Library-Book incident of 2003, which as far as I knew hadn't been resolved, would result in the holding of my diploma for ransom until the book was replaced. Apparently, though Library Guy did me a solid. So it looks like I got to say for real "My dog ate my library book" (even though she didn't actually ingest it - it was more of a good thrashing) and escape the consequences. Of course, I may find out in a year that they're instead holding my transcripts hostage... But for now, I rejoice.