Leavin'...In A Honda...

About to embark on our yearly trek to the outskirts of Philadelphia for Thanksgiving weekend. It'll be a nice 10 hour drive that will end with Cory's aunt making us a delicious breakfast.

Hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving!

Dog Day Afternoon

I would like to start out today by telling you a quick story. My family has always had a lot of pets. When I was younger, we usually always had 2 dogs. About 14 years ago, one of our dogs, Muttly, passed away and we were left with just one dog, Roy. My parents were thinking about getting a new dog and told me that we could get a border collie. My dad had told me all of these great things about border collies and I was really excited to have one.

At the same time, the local fire station was having a coloring contest. First prize, a dalmation puppy. My mom let my youngest sister Kyle enter this contest, even though me and my other 2 sisters told her not to. My mom's famous last words, "Oh, it's not like she'll win."

Win, she did, and so began our time with Max.

Max passed away a couple of weeks ago, and it was very sad. That dog was a part of our family for a very long time, and he definitely had a unique personality.

My parents were dog-less for the first time ever, in my entire life. My parents hate being dog-less. They LOVE animals, seriously. So, this past weekend, my dad called me and asked if I wanted to help them pick out a new dog. And I finally got to pick out my border collie (well, border collie mix, but whatever).

This is...well, we haven't named him yet.

We got him from the Humane Society and he is a year old, and is already named Abe, but we can't decide if we should keep his name Abe or change it because he doesn't answer to Abe, anyway. We have been tossing around names like Harvey, Henry, The Amazing Crepso, and Zeke, although all of my sisters and I have vetoed Zeke and only my mom really likes it...

This dog is so sweet and well behaved. We were having a hard time deciding between him and another border collie mix who was a puppy, but this dog won me over, big time. And now I am going to go take him to the park.

But before I go, today is my dad's birthday.

Happy Birthday, Dad!!

Let's Play Good News/Bad News

Good News: Holly's second baby was born on Thursday!! His name is Wyatt Thomas and he is super cute and not funny-looking like some other newborns I've seen (and of course I'm not talking about any of my other friends' babies when I say some of them were funny-looking newborns. Ahem.). Both Holly and Wyatt are healthy and doing well. Kyle and I went to see Holly and Wyatt at the hospital yesterday and her son Johnny kept kissing Wyatt and patting his head. Adorable. Lauren and I are going back up there tonight.

Bad News: My parent's dog (our "family dog", if you will), Max, passed away the other day. Max was a dalmatian that Kyle won in a coloring contest at the fire station when I was in junior high. He was 14 years old, which is old for such a big dog. Max was also a very good dog. Sometimes he would nod out while begging for food at the table, and when he was a puppy he would run so fast at me when I got off the bus everyday that he wouldn't be able to stop before he'd hit my legs and knock them right out from under me. Every time. And I taught him how to catch food in his mouth so my mom wouldn't know I was feeding him Doritos and/or carrots. He knew the upstairs was off-limits when I lived at home, except for during thunderstorms, when he would show up at my door cause the thunder scared him. Sara says he is getting lots of puppy love in doggy heaven. I hope so, cause he didn't get out to many dog clubs in this life, so bitches were scarce.

Good News: I got to be back in downtown Toledo for the day yesterday, in a law office with a great view. Toledo is very pretty from high up.

Bad News: I did not mention this in my blog before, but I am currently unemployed and have been for a few weeks. My position was eliminated due to lack of work, which was not too big of a surprise, given the current economy in this city and the poor state of the industry in which I was working.

Good News: Cory and I are thinking of using this opportunity to finally move out of state like we have always wanted, since we now don't have much holding us back. So far, our two top considerations for a new city are Atlanta and Las Vegas. We have already started getting rid of excess belongings, etc. I will keep you posted.

Bad News: My car stalled out and left me stranded in the middle of Alexis Road today. Only one person stopped to see if I was OK and to offer assistance, and he was a very elderly man. Because it was cold outside and slightly damp, I told him that my dad was on his way and thanked him. I didn't want him to get sick or overly strained trying to help me push my car into a parking lot. A young woman with an emergency light on top of her SUV blared her horn at this nice man and threw her arms up at me in anger as she sped past once I had convinced the man I had help on the way. It's a good thing certain people get into public service.

Good News: My dad did come and save me yet again (this is the second time he's had to come and rescue me from a stalled car in the middle of an intersection, seriously), and since my mom is out of town, I am driving her car for the weekend. I am hoping to get a tow truck to take my car to my mechanic soon...hopefully that doesn't take too long...

Good News: LOST has a premier date set! January 21st! HOORAY!

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