wandering

yesterday was colby's first adoptiversary. to celebrate we brought him to the "puppy store" and got him some goodies. the day before i'd taken him back to the shelter we got him from for a visit. they were thrilled to see him and he was absolutely ecstatic to see them. i told them that i was working at a shelter myself and applying for vet tech school. i gave them hugs and a donation. then we went to my shelter and he got microchipped. i hope it's never necessary but a good thing to have just in case. i watched the phoenix lights documentary about some strange lights that have been seen in arizona. i'd seen it years ago but after seeing my own strange lights i was reminded of it. now after seeing it again i know these were the same kind of lights i saw. what are these lights so many people have seen and even documented? i don't know if we really want to know but i'm certainly intrigued. the weather tunred back to winter this past week. we even got some flurries the other day. i think i'm one of the few people who actually enjoy winter but i'm always excited to see spring emerge. i'm really looking forward to what this year's warmer months will bring. a trip to florida and a whole new experience up north. i can't wait to have some time off work as well. my mind's been wandering today...

expensive

i couldn't even sleep until seven today. gareth came to bed about an hour ago and that got colby whining at the door. i got about nine hours of sleep so i can't really complain. i'm just looking forward to the day we both have normal jobs with normal hours. we found out gareth's store is going to close in april. it's pretty convenient since he was planning on quitting around then anyways. and now he gets severance. i finally got everything for my school application. just putting the finishing touches on my essay and i'll take it to the post office in the next day or so. we've had a glimpse of the coming spring this week. i spent one of the warm (but windy) days cleaning out my car. it had passed inspection but some small things ended up costing almost four hundred dollars. colby's vet visit was almost three hundred. there goes my tax return. gareth took me out to dinner for valentine's day sunday night at olive garden. my favorite. and i got some more chocolates from him on monday. i'd just opened the ones i got for christmas. good thing i like chocolate. not a lot else going on here. yesterday and today are my days "off" volunteering. maybe i'll bathe colby before the day is through. that's about it since gareth will be sleeping until he goes to work tonight...

strange

my mom finally got her wound vac off yesterday. it's healing nicely and doesn't look like she's going to need the other surgery. we're all very thankful she's finally had some good luck with the situation. i got to see her yesterday when i went back home for my dentist appointment. i've made this week my annual appointment week. colby's got his shots this afternoon and i'm going to get my car inspected. along with an overdue (no it hasn't been a year) oil change. it's nice to have a few days off this week even if i'm busy doing other things. i did my taxes the other day and will be getting a big chunk back from federal. i hope to put some of that away. it's been hard for me to save anything lately. i saw why while doing my taxes. even though i work more than ever now i'm making a lot less than i used to. isn't that ridiculous? i'm glad i have gareth to pick up the slack. so that gave him the authority to say no again last week when the dog i had wanted to bring home a few months ago came back to the shelter. apparently she had too many issues for the owner to deal with. the only issue i could see is that she came back overweight. gareth's promised me that if we get a place big enough, have jobs that pay enough and a schedule that gives us enough time we can get another dog after we move. i'm sure she won't still be around then but i understand where he's coming from. it's just sad to see her again and know i can't have her. isn't she adorable? something else strange happened the other day. i really think i saw a ufo. i've been checking out other videos from around the same time and there was definitely something strange in the sky. i don't know how no one else in r'mond saw it. i know it's not the best video but it was amazing to see in person.