thanks

my xmas was really nice. i'm writing this on my new laptop. thank you dad. i got a lot of great things. and got to hang out with my family. made it to xmas eve dinner at my sister's. she made the best veggie lasagna and had a bday cake for me and my brother. colby got to play with their dog and had a great time too. we woke up early and waited patiently for xmas to start. had a delicious brunch and opened everything just in time to leave for work at the kennel. it didn't start snowing until the last few hours we were there. it's still snowing. i had today off but poor gareth had to go to work in it. colby's had another blast playing in it. he's such a snow dog.

snow

it has been a busy week but i started feeling better pretty quickly. i didn't miss work (i never do) even on our snow day. we got a few inches and i had to work at the kennel. ended up shoveling snow there for about an hour and teching that night. it was absolutely exhausting. the next day was my bday and it was a relaxing and fun day. i got an expensive haircut at the salon where i got a free haircut earlier this year when i donated my hair. then i got my first massage. it didn't help with all my back and shoulder pains as much as i'd like but it was nice. we went to maggianos for a fancy dinner then went to see tron. we both really liked the movie. i'm almost finished with all my christmas preparations. i gave gareth his presents last night. sandies, a scarf and his annual photo album. colby had a blast this week in the snow. i have to take him with me to xmas now since we're both going to be out of town but i think he's going to have great time. i'm really looking forward to spending the holiday with my family.

sickness

i finally succumbed to sickness. i was home all week with my mom and felt fine but the day i came back for work i woke up sick. it was nice to be home with my mom and i'm glad i wasn't sick there. i spent the week starting the application process for the vet tech program. just to find out last night they completely redid the website and the process for applying this weekend. so i have to redo some of the things i've already done and figure out a new way to do other things i was in the process of doing already. i'm really frustrated but think i can still do it all right. and i'm going to call them tomorrow about one thing i don't think i can. ugh. after work yesterday i went to the volunteering activity i'd committed myself to at petsmart. it was the santa claws photo shoot. hence the silly pic here. it was fun but i'm glad to have the day off today. not looking forward to the busy week ahead. i hope i start feeling better soon.

someday

it's officially december. this year has really flown by. a lot of things to be thankful for this season. unfortunately my mom wasn't feeling up to making it to thanksgiving dinner. so i went to see her at the house before i went to our dinner. she's doing better every time i see her. dinner with the rest of my family was nice but short. i had to leave early to make it to work at bbuster that night. but it was an easy shift that i got paid time and a half for. it was crazy working at the kennel this weekend. there were seventy dogs there to take care of and clean up after. it was hard work and i'm glad there were two techs on a shift. i'm going to be working my own shifts there this week. but i'm told i won't be getting a raise until at least next month. i took kitt to the vets at the beginning of last week. she'd been throwing up a lot lately. she did have an overgrowth of bacteria in her gi tract. the same thing that colby had last time i took him in. so they gave her antibiotics. but she wouldn't take them in her food so i had to squirt them down her throat. which she didn't take well. i gave her the last dose today. she's thrown up once since she started taking it. she'd lost three pounds in the last six months. which means she's not obese anymore. but there could really be something wrong going on. we signed up for pet insurance last week. twenty five dollars a month each for both of them to cover accidents and illness. after this past year we're not hoping to need it but think it's a good idea just in case. i got a chance to catch up on my pics this week. the new harry potter movie was enjoyable. nothing special by itself but it left us excited about the final one this summer. it will be nice to someday sit down and watch them all.