My friend let me turtle-sit for her while she was at the Kentucky Derby, and, as is usually the case, things got silly.

Her turtle’s name is Kurmasa (aka, Kurmy), which is the Sanskrit word for tortoise. My friend owns a yoga studio in town, hence the homage to Kurmasana, a particularly tortuous yoga pose (tortuous for me, at least–hello, hamstrings!).

Moral of the following story: This is what happens when you let me petsit.

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