Chilly willy!

It's gettin' chilly again here. When is this winter gonna be over?? Golly golly golly...

Whoa - we're still here!

Once again, I've completely neglected this blog. Life has gotten crazier and crazier, in the most positive ways possible. So I'm going to give a very short summary of what's going on these days!

Charles and I are still doing just great - though this weather has gotten Charlie quite antsy. He's not a huge fan of snow, I've discovered. That's fine by me, because I'm not either! I can't wait for it to warm up and have all of this snow melt.

I'm dating the most wonderful, sweet boy I've ever met. I met him at work, and we hung out on New Years Eve, and since then it's just taken off. It all just feels right. I've never been in a healthy relationship, so this is all overwhelming and new sometimes, but in a very perfect sort of way. So that's taken up a lot of my time. He's not a huge fan of dogs, but he's very good to Charlie - whenever he cooks for me (he's a chef) he always brings enough steak so that Charlie can have some, too. It's really cute.

I've bitten off a bit more than I can chew this semester. I'm taking a grad course and although it's not particularly demanding week to week, there is a massive, MASSIVE project due by the end of the semester, which is just looming before me. So it's been an intense semester and it's only early March, but it's also flying by! I can't wait until summertime...

Sadly, my little Minnie dog had to be put down in February. She was not only very old, but her heart was just on its last leg. Apparently it was surrounded by fluid and wasn't working properly, and it would cut off blood flow to her brain, which explains all the "seizures" she was having. It was so sad - I was heartbroken that I couldn't be there. But we have her ashes and my parents are going to wait until I get home to spread them. She was such a good doggy, I've had her since the 3rd grade. She had a very good, long run.

I don't really have any other news. My parents recently adopted a dog from Golden Huggs! He's incredibly sweet - his name is Bo! He's SO cute and he's doing very well!

So all is well. Except that I need winter to be over with! Ridiculous weather.

Chase

Charlie's favorite pre-bedtime ritual is a quick game of fetch and chase around the house. I thought I'd record it for fun. Although it will be along night tonight as I'm parking myself on my futon and studying... the last push before Thanksgiving break is always ridiculous!

It sure is chilly!

There was frost on the ground yesterday morning - it's so hard to believe that it's already getting cold enough for frost and snow on the mountaintops. I can't wait for Charlie to see snow for the first time.

I've been doing quite a bit of online work for classes and Charlie absolutely hates it when I'm on my computer for too long. He starts pawing at my hands and the keyboard, or he'll literally stand over me with his belly in front of the computer screen just looking at me like, uhmm, so, can you get off now and play? He's getting so big and he's really in to wrestling or playing chase in the house. It's hilarious to see him run around chasing his kong when I throw it on a wooden floor - he slips and slides all over the place! It's really cute, and I probably shouldn't laugh.

Although the weather changes have also stressed him out a bit (or perhaps it's something else) he was quite needy the other day - he army crawled his way under the covers and all the way up so he his head was on my pillow with me. He's been quite glued to my legs, too. Last night he was particularly whiney and whimpery- it started to stress me out a little because I couldn't figure out why he was so upset. I took him outside two or three times in case he had to go, nothing happened. He just kept sitting up and staring around and whining! He finally curled up next to me and settled down, but I wasn't sure what was going on. He seems fine this morning, just a little sleepy. His eating habits and digestive track is all in working order, so I think he was just a little anxious last night. Changes in the weather, there was a skunk hanging around outside, my schedule changed a bit this week... it could have been any number of things! Who knows, but at least he's fine now, as you can see.

Having him around makes it so difficult for me to go to work sometimes, or to class... when we're not outside or at the dog park, we lounge around on my futon couch and cuddle. And when you wake up and it's chilly and you're warm and you have a furry friend stretched out next to you, man oh man it is the worst thing in the world to have to leave that!


Staring contest. I won, he totally winked.

Happy Halloween!

Eat, drink & be scary (and safe!)

Here is my costume this year:

In the spirit of Halloween...

...I thought I would take a break from the Charlie stories and share my pumpkin for this year!