They provide countless hours of entertainment, and they’re just so damn cute!
This is my dog Missy by the way 
This is why I love dogs
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5 Happy Moments from last week
My top 5 happy moments from the past week:
- Being blessed with the presence of friends and family for my birthday dinner on Friday night. I tried to explain to them just how much I love them and was so grateful, but could feel myself about to cry so just did a “thanks for coming, you’re all awesome” 5 second speech.
- Seeing Brisbane Roar dominate the game against Gold Coast United, winning 4-0 (GO TEAM!) then being presented with the minor Premiership plate.
- Putting up my brand new bookshelf/desk from Ikea in my room, and taking another step towards being organised
- Seeing my dogs, they are forever bringing a smile to my face
- Being wished a Happy Birthday from Mat (my ex, and this truly made my day; purely because it confirmed that we can still be friends, and that’s more important to me than anything else. I spent 11 years of my life with this man, I don’t want to just throw it all away and feel bitter about it all).
So, what’s your top 5 moments for the week?
February is going to be fun albeit busy
Exciting news everyone! Regardless of what happens to you, the world keeps spinning and time keeps ticking along. Pretty incredible huh?
It looks like my life has finally reached the rebuilding phase.
Living arrangements: While I love my mum to bits and thank her for letting me live here, it just doesn’t feel like home to me. So when the opportunity came up to move in with a friend from my past life, netball, I jumped at the opportunity. A huge benefit is that I will be living with young, single women (my friend + another girl), both without families or husbands, boyfriends etc. Basically, women at the same stage of their lives as me, and someone I can relate to. I can have the experience of housemates (which apart from my family and Mat, I have never had) and enjoy time with friends as well. I know this carries many risks at the same time, so will do my best not to sour any relationships.
At the same time, these girls own cats, which meant that bringing my dogs was out of the question. I spoke to Mat about it before committing to the move, and he agreed to care for them for the next 6 months while I continually visit during the week (same arrangement as we have now). 6 months will give me the time to truly move on, and find a place suitable for my dogs and I.
Car: the hunt is on for a new car so that I can give Mat the truck back. Downsizing to only one car to save money before we split up sure looks like a silly idea in hindsight. It also seems like I am a bit fussy in what I want, but I have some time up my sleeve and I have the luxury in being able to not rush into anything.
Social life: thanks to my sister and friends I have been out and about recently. I saw Brisbane Roar win against Wellington Phoenix on Australia Day (WOOHOO) and went to the surf club last night with friends to enjoy some dinner and watch the karaoke. No way in hell was I getting up on stage though! The surf club also resulted in a little secret activity I’m doing this morning, which I will share with everyone once I know the outcome. In other news, I start with a running club this week!
So as you can see it’s all pretty much happening at the moment. With my birthday only a few weeks away as well, it seems like February is shaping up to be a fun and busy month!!
Project 365 (2011): 3/365 – Missy in the backyard
This is our pup, Missy, one half of the terrible two that lurk in the backyard at home. She’s posing with her favourite ball and wondering why I am insisting that she sits still, rather than throwing it for her. Typically, she didn’t sit still for long but it was long enough that I got the shot.
Last night we met Eddie the echidna
Last night seemed like any other normal night. I did copious amounts of study, my brain exploded in a fiery mess, and I decided I should go to bed. A couple of hours later, Mat and I were awoken by the incessant barking of one of our dogs. He has a couple of different tones of barks, so we can usually tell what’s wrong. It’s either “someone’s out the front walking past, I’m just warning them I’m here”, “Missy piss off” (our other dog), or “OMG GUYS GUYS GUYS THERE’S SOMETHING CRAZY GOING ON OUT HERE YOU HAVE TO COME OUTSIDE IMMEDIATELY OMG”. Usually it’s just a possum, and then we spend the next 15mins stopping him from ripping it to shreds while we lecture the possum on being so silly, and didn’t it know there’s a crazy psycho dog that lives here and loves possom stew?