Miracle

Foxy had four beautiful babies tonight. I got to share the experience with my husband and some of my dearest friends. It's amazing how puppies can make you smile.

Ice

I was joking with my mom a while ago that my dad could sell ice to an Eskimo.

So I'm almost done with my business degree (FINALLY). A few years ago, when I was going to school for nursing (one of my many majors), I actually thought about going to PA school. So a few nights ago, my dad (who is also a PA) and I were chatting on Yahoo! Messenger. I can't really remember what started the conversation, but he got me (the Eskimo) thinking about going to PA school (the ice) again. I was surprised to find out that it doesn't really matter what my degree is in...there are a few requirements, but not many (besides the 4,000 patient care hours, which will probably consist of wiping a lot of asses).

So Dad, thank you for being a really good salesman...I'm actually really excited about the idea. I just gotta remind myself to focus on finishing my BS first :-)

Foxy

So...For all of the people that are on my mass email list, you know that I adopted a dog about a month ago (Uncle Tim, both of your email addresses didn't exist...Can you email me?).

Anyway, for those of you that somehow didn't get that email, I'll give you the quick version. Two of my best friends and I went to Poland to go pottery shopping, I found a dog with two of her toes recently cut off, bawled my eyes out on the phone to my husband, and begged him to let me bring her home. We took her in that evening to the emergency vet, and scheduled a surgery to fix her foot. We named her Foxy.

So fast forward four weeks....Her foot is fine. However, my friend noticed about three days ago that Foxy's...umm...what do you call them in dogs anyway? Well, her tits were getting big and filling up. We researched canine pregnancy and I was pretty convinced that it was something some dogs go through called a false pregnancy. So today, I noticed how fat she has gotten. And every time she goes outside, she pees every 10 seconds. I recruited a friend to go see the vet with me and had an ultrasound done. She has three FREAKING puppies inside of her!!! I adopted a pregnant dog!!!! It was so great to see a living...well...thing inside of her...but I felt like I was going to throw up. I have at least three more lives that I'll be responsible for (at least for a short while). This is one of those times where I remember that I'm actually an adult. I'm responsible for what happens to her and those puppies...and it scares the crap out of me.

The doctor asked me if I was interested in terminating the pregnancy. No matter how sick I felt, I couldn't ever make that decision. So look for updates about our new additions. They are due in about three weeks.

Reason

I read something the other day that inspired me, so I thought I would pass it on:

"To love justice, to long for the right, to love mercy, to pity the suffering, to assist the weak, to forget wrongs and remember benefits - to love the truth, to be sincere, to utter honest words, to love liberty, to wage relentless war against slavery in all its forms, to love wife and child and friend, to make a happy home, to love the beautiful; in art, in nature, to cultivate the mind, to be familiar with the mighty thoughts that genius has expressed, the noble deeds of all the world, to cultivate courage and cheerfulness, to make others happy, to fill life with the splendor of generous acts, the warmth of loving words, to discard error, to destroy prejudice, to receive new truths with gladness, to cultivate hope, to see the calm beyond the storm, the dawn beyond the night, to do the best that can be done and then to be resigned - this is the religion of reason, the creed of science. This satisifies the brain and heart."

Robert Ingersoll

Yay

Scout went to the promotion board today and passed! For those of you unfamiliar with the military, when a soldier wants to get promoted from Specialist to sergeant (E-4 to E-5), he or she has to go to a board and answer certain questions about the Army. Well, he passed with flying colors! I'm so proud of him and just wanted to brag. He should actually have the title of "Sergeant" in about two months. Yay Scout!

Ebay

I love Ebay. In the last two weeks, I've won five items or so. One of the items was a 1984 Mark McGwire Rookie card (for my husband, of course). Another is a book about sex written in 1913 (I have this thing with old school sex theory). But most recently I got my vintage apron patterns in the mail! Squeal!!!

The patterns are complete and perfect. They smell good...It sounds weird, but they smell old (and I love that smell). I can't wait to actually use them.

I have three unfinished quilts, a pair of Christmas stockings to knit, and about 72 other projects I want done in the next year. I take on projects all the time, and then lose my steam. I guess the quilts will have to wait though, because I can't WAIT to start on one of these aprons.

Neil

I met Neil today! For those of you who don't know him (I haven't blogged about him yet), he is Sarah's friend. He is a 1st Lt that was down in Iraq with 2/63. Sarah always has funny stories to tell me about him, and I've been dying to meet him. I've been following his blog...he tells humorous stories about his soldiers chugging corn syrup and blowing stuff up. Well, he came into Quartermaster today to pick up his equipment, and I attacked him with a hug. He had a "what the hell" look on his face until I told him who I was...and then hugged me back. We had a few laughs, and he was on his way. Sarah, he was even cooler than what you made him out to be. Welcome home, Neil.

You guys gotta check out his website.