I helped rescue a tortoise today. On our way to my parents LB and I saw it walk across a sidewalk, and after a person from a nearby garden said they didn't know of any neighbors that had tortoises I first called my friend F the biologist, who identified it as a non-native Hermann's tortoise, and then animal rescue. They told us they'd come pick it up so we took it to my parents and watched it walk around the garden for a bit, very cute. The people from animal rescue were here within the hour and said that it seems to be around 10 years old and mostly healthy, apart from some malnutrition issues. I was glad they came even though it was a bank holiday.
(It reminded me a bit of a large toad L and I saw a short while ago, that was also very cute.)

Yesterday friends and I drove outside of the city for a bit to watch the Perseids. I saw the largest shooting star I've ever seen in my life, very cool. And some normal and smaller ones, too. As soon as the moon got higher it was a lot harder to see anything, I'd underestimated just how much of a difference that would make.

A silver lining, I guess, of having a chronic skin condition is that at least I get extra warning signs from my body when my stress levels increase, sometimes that takes me a while to notice. I had a very low energy week, and the temperatures certainly didn't help. The bank holiday today was very welcome; apart from visiting my parents I mostly spent it lying in bed reading. I have more classes this weekend and then the weekend after that, so I need every extra day to relax that I can get.