Miss Lucy

Hello!  This month has been a little bit of a roller coaster.  I'm many of you know, but my sweet little niece has been in the hospital for an extended stay.  There are several tests being run all the time, and the doctors think they might finally be close to figuring out the problem.  So, fingers still crossed, and prayers still going please.  Thanks!


In happier news, have you heard about our new baby?  Jay and I are parents now!  Well.... we're puppy parents at least.  Earlier in the week, I was at school and saw a commotion outside of the school.  I went over to see what was going on, and I was surprised to see a little puppy playing with the students!  I asked if she belonged to any of the kids playing with her, and they all said no.  Another teacher and myself continued asking students if she belonged to them or if anyone knew where she lived, and the answer was always no.  I called Jay and told him I wanted to bring her home, and he reluctantly agreed, as long as I clean up her poop and she stays off the couch.  :)  Hooray! 

A friend of mine offered to house her at his house until the end of the school day, so we took her there for the day.  After school, I picked her up and took her to the vet to see if she was chipped.  There was no chip for her, so I was happy!  Lucy got a bath, a bunch of toys, and a collar, and Jay and I got a fun puppy in the house!

Sure... she's had some accidents, but she's only four months old, so that's to be expected.  Yesterday, though, she only had one, and today she hasn't had any!  Progress?  Fluke?  Don't know, but we're hoping progress!  We've found out that she loves to play with my parents dogs, and that she also loves to play fetch and chew on her Nylabone.  Right now, she is passed out on the rug.  Super cute.

We're still house hunting, and we're both pretty tired of it.  We know the right house is out there, we'd just appreciate it if we could find it sooner than later.  *Remain positive*

So far in 2012...

My second semester of school starts tomorrow.  We had a teacher work day today, and tomorrow all the kids come back.  I'm not yet used to the regular world--I'm not sure I'm in the real world, so I'm calling mine the regular world--because my brain is still in vacation mode.  What I mean is that in the "real world," which is what I'm calling the place filled with people not involved in some sort of academia, there is no winter break (how tragic!), and in the "regular world," there's a short winter break.  However, in the college world, winter break is much, much longer, and that's certainly the best kind of break.  Alas, I'll just be happy to have any break at all.  :)

Do you or did you ever wonder what teachers do on work days?  Would you believe me if I said we didn't do anything productive at all?  Or if I said that we spend the whole time talking about what we did on our breaks?  Would you?  Yes?  Then I'd definitely shock you if I said we had a staff meeting, planned out the upcoming days (or weeks!), straightened up our rooms and made copies, right?  Cause that's what we did today.  Does that spoil the mystery or romanticism of it?  Sorry.  I suppose.  Can you believe how many questions I asked in this paragraph?

House hunting is still the suck.  We're tired of looking all over the internet and all over town, tired of being disappointed that the reality doesn't match up to the expectations created by the pictures, tired of living in an apartment under noisy neighbors and with neighbors who can't figure out that the trash bag goes in the dumpster not next to it, tired.  *Sigh*  But, look we must.

Jay started a new work schedule yesterday/today.  Instead of five eight-hour work days a week, he now works four ten-hour days.  He proposed this schedule to his bosses, and they've allowed him to pilot it for the first semester quarter (oops!  businesses in the real world don't have semesters!).  Today was his first day of this new schedule, so we'll see how it goes.

Yesterday we both had the day off, so we ran some errands and ate lunch together and went shopping--Jay finally got rid of his homeless  man shoes and bought some new ones!  Huzzah!  No more hole-riddled shoes!  (Thanks, Diana, for the great birthday present!) 

Happy new year from ours to yours!