up

it's been another stressful week. they're still having people come by to look at the apartment. but we haven't been harassed anymore about it's presentation. our future housing situation is completely up in the air right now. apparently gareth's aunt is a landlord who frequently purchases townhouses and rents them out. so right now she's looking for a place in centerville for us. but that wasn't so clear cut a week ago when we went up to sterling to look at houses. we found a great place with a nice yard but the trip was pointless because she doesn't want to buy in sterling... so we're giving it until we get back from florida to decide if this is actually going to happen or if we should be looking at rentals again. and we have no idea where to look ourselves at this point. i should have gotten my acceptance letter from the school by the end of last week and i didn't so now i'm waiting for my rejection letter by the end of the month to see if i've been wait-listed. if not i think i'm going to wait on school for another year. to find a job to qualify for the online program by june 15th is not only going to be hard to do but also not what i really want to do. so i guess once we figure out where we'll be living i'll just look for a job in that area full time and wait until next year to go to school. we've had pet issues this week too. kitt started peeing everywhere a couple of evenings ago and had bloody mucus in her urine. so we took her in right away and she got a shot of antibiotics and pain-killing pills for a possible uti. we're waiting to hear back from the lab the sample was sent to to make sure it's not something worse. hopefully she'll be off the pain killers by monday when we leave for florida. budd probably won't be as lucky. she got a cut on her chin over the weekend and it was getting worse so we brought her in this week. she was prescribed a scrub and ointment and needs to be out of her water tank for most of the day. she laid an egg in her dry tank last night. i had no idea she had more eggs... so she'll need an x-ray soon to see how many more she has. she'll probably need to board at the vets anyways while we're gone so her wound can be tended to. that's an expense we weren't expecting. we're hoping we don't have to cancel our trip again this year due to injuries. every thing's really up in the air at this point. and i don't like it.

together

the stress of the summer has begun. they started showing our apartment last week. that means if we aren't able to be here to take colby out we have to put him in his crate the whole time we're gone. he must have been ok the one time we were gone and we've been here the other times they've come. including the other day when they called to say they were coming when they were on their way here. so we took him out but didn't really have a chance to pick up the place. and when the landlady called to say they were coming next she said to make sure to have the place picked up including no dirty dishes in the sink. she even said she knows there's not much we can do about the mess since we have so much stuff here but to make it as presentable as possible. this was reiterated in an email sent to all tenants saying if apartments weren't presentable we would be charged to have them made presentable. wow. sorry but i'm frustrated. we do have a lot of stuff but i'm a very clean and organized person and i've never thought of our place being that bad. they must have forgotten how disguesting the place was when we came to look at it. anyways. gareth's in nova today to look at two places. one i really like and one he really likes. we'll see if anything comes from it. as long as we're all together : ]

patience

it's another nice day out today after some weird weather this week. i think i'll take colby to the park before wellness this afternoon. i haven't had a day "off" in over a week now. and i won't have one until next week. at least these are volunteer days and i got to sleep in today. yesterday at snip there were only three cats so i got out in just two hours. just in time to meet up with my dad who was in the area anyways and have a nice lunch together. this is gareth's last week at work. and tomorrow's his bday. we should get to spend the evening together at least. i can't wait to give him his present. seriously i tried to give it to him last night. he has much more patience than i. i finally finished the book i got from his parents for christmas yesterday. animals make us human by temple grandin. now i've started on the daily coyote. an artistic account of a girl who actually raised a coyote pup. it's a good one so far. not many movies worth mentioning lately. i did get to see the original tron on blu ray that was just released. it was pretty cheesy but interesting to see how the whole story began. and anything with the dude is worth the watch.