Days Go By

This weekend was another weekend closer to Justin moving here. Yippie!!!!!!

Not to mention the AGGIES WON!

Friday I made up a missed day at my elementary school. Justin arrived on Friday night. We went to eat at Cotton Patch and then came back to the house and just chilled for a little while. We decided not to stay up too late since we had to get up super early the next morning for the 11:30 game. Saturday was a whirl-wind fun packed day. We got to campus and waited to watch step off. The Knight's family friends were at the game and everyone was soo happy to see each other. They seemed to pick up right where they had left off. I hope one day I can have friendship like that...We spent the day at their tailgate and had some amazing food and a good time was had by all.

Today Justin didn't leave for quite some time. It was great. Last weekend he had to leave early and get back to the office where he spent all Sunday and Monday so for him to be relaxed and not worry about the time according to the job was great. It was music to my ears when he said he needed to leave to go pack. He can leave if he is going to pack to move here!!! : ) I told him earlier it is almost finally hitting me he is moving here and will be here before I know it. I cant believe this day is finally coming....

Stories from 4th Grade

Life has been rather hectic. I have yet to share anything about school. We have been in classes for over a month and I have yet to report anything. Mondays and Fridays are AMAZING. I had originally planned on subbing those days but with everything going on with me I have had to put that on hold. Thursdays I am on A&M campus all day. It is a very long day. I have just spent Tuesday and Wednesday at Elementary School so its rough to get up to go sit in the classroom. I am with three amazing girls in my group so they make my day go by faster. I have social studies at 8, math at 9 then a break till 12:45 where I go back to Reading and Science. I feel like most of my classes are kinda pointless at this point. I hate being in a classroom then going to sit in one where we count to 50.

Tuesdays and Thursdays...well see maybe this is why I have yet to blog. I dont really have any desire to write about it. I am in a fourth grade class where we do Math & Science. Most days its one or the other. But I will post some cute stories...

I grade math homework during her lesson and this is what I come across...
6. Write a word problem using subtraction.
Brent has 128 girlfriend. 27 of them dump him. How many does he have now?
Later that day on our way to lunch I ask him about his problem. Telling him I liked his word problem on his homework today, does he really have that many girlfriends? He looks up at me. Brent is my dad. I laughed for quite some time.

After lunch is their bathroom/water break. I monitor the girls restroom while they stand in line. This was my first day back since last week and all the girls start asking if they can have a hug. I said of course. One after another until I had hugged every girl in line...the last one said.."We all LOVE Miss. Hardy" -made my day

On the way to lunch I walk at the end of the line and make sure they keep their hands to themselves, stay off the wall, etc. Today there was three young men (high school- maybe) and a woman coming to eat lunch with one of the girls in my class. One of the guys asks me, "Hi...you work here" (Granted I am wearing a jumper and a cardigan...really pulling off the whole teacher look). I respond, "Kinda...student teaching" (didnt feel like explaining everything to him) Then I quickly walked away....next thing I know one of the girls in the class...."OOOOOO Ms Hardy flirtin...Ooooo.... I can soooo hook you up with him" No no girls...get in line get your food. Continuing through lunch..."Ms. Hardy, for real I can sooo hook you up! I hooked my mammma up with this man..hmmmm mmmm he was soooo fine. I wanted to keep him for myself but I gave him to my mamma but hmmm he was fine. So I can totally hook you up with him" All the while this guy is sitting at the table behind us. 4TH GRADE! I was humiliated and quickly quieted her down.

I guess that is enough for now...I am sure I will think of some more stories later...

I dont know what is wrong with me. Normally I am so chatty. I could talk anyone ears off...I must just be out of it today. Maybe Im just tired.....

More Tests

This doctor appointment I am not looking foward too. I have to have two more tests. The Tilt Table Test and the Cardiac Event Monitor for a MONTH!!!

Here are the details of both:

Tilt Table Test:
The tilt table test is designed to find out the cause of syncope or fainting spells. During the test, the patient lies on a bed that is tilted at different angles (30-60 degrees) for a period of time to help the cardiologist determine the cause of the fainting spells.

You need to have an empty stomach during the test. Do not eat or drink anything after midnight the evening before your test.

Before your test begins, a small needle will be inserted into a vein in your arm. This is to allow doctors and nurses to give you medications and fluids during the procedure if necessary.
A physician's assistant or registered nurse will prepare you for the test. A cardiologist will monitor your test. In order to monitor your vital signs and your reaction to the test, you will be connected to three monitors:

Electrocardiogram: Your chest will be cleaned with an alcohol pad to remove skin oil at the areas where the electrodes will be placed. Men may need to have some chest hair shaved in order to help the electrodes adhere to the skin. Wires will then be attached to each of the electrodes in order to record and monitor your electrocardiogram (ECG) before, during the test.

Oximeter monitor: A small clip will be placed on the tip of your finger to checks the oxygen level of your blood.

Blood pressure monitor: A blood pressure cuff will be placed on your arm to check your blood pressure intermittently throughout the study.

You will be awake throughout the entire test. You will be asked to lie quietly and keep your legs still. The table you are lying on will be tilted at different angles. You may feel nothing at all or you may feel the same symptoms you feel when you experience a fainting spell. The test may even induce you to faint. Remember, you are being monitored and the doctors and nurses are in the room with you. It is important to tell your doctor or nurse all of symptoms you feel during the test. As part of the test, your doctor may give you a medication. This medication may make you feel nervous, jittery, or you may feel your heart beat faster or stronger. This feeling will go away as the medication wears off. The test will last 1-2 hours.

Cardiac Event Monitor:

The Cardiac Event Monitor is used to detect abnormal heart rhythms. This small device records the heart's electrical activity (rhythm) at the push of a button. Patients trigger the device when they first begin to feel signs (an "event") such as:

Dizziness
Weakness
Lightheadedness
Heart racing and /or fluttering

The monitor stores the heart rhythm. Later that rhythm is sent via the telephone to the doctor for review. This test allows for on-demand heart monitoring outside the hospital/clinic setting when symptoms are noted and as you go about your normal routine. The test results help guide your doctor to choose treatment options to meet your specific needs.
The monitor, about the size of a deck of cards, is clipped to your waistband. This monitor is connected to a set of wires which attaches to two electrodes worn on your chest (like an EKG). The monitor can be worn for up to 30 days. It is removed during bathing.

Pregnant!

It is true.

Lexie (Pip's mom) is pregnant again.

She is 6 weeks along and has the babies at 9 weeks.

So if anyone needs a puppy by Christmas time....there will be some.

I think she just has two again...but we will see in three short weeks.

This is what she looked like 2 weeks before giving birth to Pip & Carter. She already looks like that now. Who knows? Maybe this time she will have three....

Holter Heart Monitor

This is me right before I got the monitor. Today was a big day, but a good one at that.This morning I went in and they did an echo cardiogram. Really neat. It is a sonogram for your heart. It looks just like what you would see your baby on although you see your heart beating instead. It was really neat. She took pictures and videos at all different angles and then turned on something that showed you all the blood moving. That was neat too. It was red & blue and showed you were the oxygenated blood versus the un-oxygenated blood was and if they were interfering with each other. The last thing she did was turn on the sound. That was neat, but odd. It was the sound of your heart beating but also you could hear the blood sloshing around going in and out of your heart. I felt bad for the little valves- always having to work. No wonder they get tired...

After doing the echo cardiogram I met with the doctor who doesn't hear anything from listening to my heart and her doing the exam but she wont know if there is a structural problem until after the echo comes back. Also, the EKG is just a little snap shot of what your heart does all day. Therefore I was placed in a Holter Heart Monitor. I have to wear it for 24 hours. As of right now I have 10 hours and 55 minutes left. Here is some information on them, and a picture of the exact one I'm wearing.

HOLTER MONITOR DESCRIPTION:

Holter monitoring is a painless test which provides a continuous recording of heart rhythm during normal activity. This electrophysiologic test is used to assess and document cardiac rhythm disturbances, and to monitor the effect of antidysrhythmic and pacemaker therapy. The monitor is usually worn for 24 hours (or longer) to obtain a recording. The Holter monitor can record heart rate and rhythm when you feel chest pain or symptoms of an irregular heartbeat (called arrhythmia). The doctor can then look at the time when patient noticed these symptoms. Reading this printout will give the doctor an idea about the nature of the heart problem.

I took pictures but don't think I will be posting them considering it is my chest. It is extremely itchy and awkward. I have tape all over my chest.

Aggie Ring Pictures (just a few)

More to come later...its late but I just wanted some pictures up...

Pictures From Kingwood

My mom has been here since I got the news about my heart and brought with her pictures of what our neighborhood looks like. The house next to ours lost a huge tree and across the street did also. Thank God the wind was blowing the way it was or our house would have been a goner.
Across the street they lost one of their big trees also...This is my driveway you see and our neighbors side yard.This below is the side of our house. It missed our windows by inches
This is our fence. Mom has been wanting a new fence along the back anyways...Thank Ike. : )

I'm Your MVP

So I am sure most of you have heard by now about my oh so wonderful week so far....(it can only get better right?). but for those of you who have yet to hear I'll give you a quick re-cap.

I have felt sick since Thursday morning. I have just felt congested, nauseated, had a migraine, stomach ache, and extremely sleepy. I slept for most of the weekend blaming it on the hurricane. Sunday, however, I was tired of being trapped in the house. I was all dressed up and was so excited to go shopping. However, I went outside and turned on my car only for it not to start. My battery was DEAD. I was fuming and frustrated. I still felt awful but now I was mad that my car was dead. I called my family but since the hurricane no one's phones were connected or working. So I called Justin, and then called Kason. Kason came over and jumped me and we went to Advanced Auto Parts. They said it was my battery that was dead but they could fix it in about 20 minutes. I stood inside and talked to what I now know as the manager. I stood inside and chatted for a few minutes when suddenly I felt awful. I told him I was feeling dizzy and was going to sit down outside (on the curb). My plan was to walk to my car and sit in my car until it was ready but I couldnt make it. I only made it to the door before my eyes went black. I sat on the curb where I became unable to move. My body felt like it was slowly shutting down. I became unable to hold my head up. I tried to call my friends but I was unable to hold the cell phone. My body felt like it weighed 800 pounds. My cellphone felt like 900 pounds! It was super scary. The manager came out and gave me some water and asked if I was alright. I could see ants crawling on me and me not being able to do anything about it was horrible. It was like I was in a dream. The manager eventually asked me if I wanted to go sit in his office for awhile and I remember putting my hand up for him to help me stand up and then that was the last thing I remember until I was awake in his office. I continued to try and get in touch with someone but NO ONE was answering their phones. I called Justin and was crying by this point and he said he would call Taylor & Eric. 15 minutes later I had been walked to the car by the manager (who had given me his card, his cell phone, his wife's name, etc.) where I had just sat down as Taylor & Eric came to my rescue. Eric drove my car home and I rode home with Taylor. The second I got in the car I started balling. I have passed out before but never like this. It was so scary. I really thought something horrible was going to happen and I had no way of getting in touch with anyone and was all alone and super humiliated.

Monday morning I got up and made a doctor appt for 2:15. I got yelled at by the doctor for not calling 911 when it happened. I started crying. I was a mess. I really am just scared. She came back in the room and told me they were gonna do a complete blood work and that my heart sounded funny so we were going to go ahead and do a EKG. I have had an EKG before (9th grade, my heart always beat funny) but it came back completely normal. I went downstairs got my blood and just wanted to cry. I just knew my blood work was going to tell me I was dying of cancer or something horrible. I go back upstairs and the doc tells me my blood works looks basically normal. My white blood cells are low but nothing to be concerned about. I told her my fears and she told me that my heart is what I should be worried about....(great, thanks lady!).

They ran the EKG and she proceeded to tell me that it looks like I have an enlargement of my right chamber of my heart. (Great, just what you want to hear when you go in because you passed out, thinking your anemic and they tell you that you have an enlarged heart...perfect right!?) So I left the doctor crying still unable to get a hold of any of my family. Finally on the bus I was able to get ahold of them where my mom continued to tell me she wasn't going to freak out or cry (in between her sniffles) and was in my driveway 3 short hours later. : - ) I have since been much more keen to every abnormal heartbeat or breath I take. It is just scary.

My mom & aunt think I have what my aunt has: MVP- mitral valve prolapse. (hence me being your MVP). The symptoms are as follows: (tell me if this doesnt sound like me???)

Mitral valve prolapse is the most common heart valve abnormality. (great, they will know how to treat it)
Signs and symptoms of mitral valve prolapse include: fatigue, palpitations, chest pain, anxiety, and migraine headaches.
Echocardiography is the most useful test for mitral valve prolapse.


So I have hit a few speed bumps in my life in the past three days. So keep me in your prayers & I'll keep you updated. Sorry I know this is a long one...more to come on my first day of placement at a later date...

P.S. A BIG BIG THANK YOU to Kason, Taylor & Eric-

once again my KNIGHTS IN SHINING ARMOR came through for me...

Gave me chills...

watch....

The Zoo & Ike

As of Thursday night another dog joined our zoo. Manga is his name. It means "disobedient solider" in Greece. If you are wondering where Manga came from...he is my stat professor's basset hound from this summer. He and his wife are going to California for the weekend to get her a new car. They will be returning on Sunday. Having three puppies (Manga- almost a year, Pip-6 months and Drake-11 weeks) has been quite a handful during this hurricane weekend. Its awful because they cant go outside and play so they are playing inside and they just so happen to choose my room to play in. : ) figures right? Friday night we all were standing in the front yard and it really did look like a zoo. I'll break it down.

Our house: Pip, Manga and Drake (mutt, basset hound, lab)

Next door: Wehner, and Rock (wiener dog and English bull dog)

Next to them: Autumn, Harley, Chance (Australian shepherd mix, husky mix, lab)

End of street: Cobb, Max, Haven (lab, poodle mix, lab)

The Girls: Shiloh (Great Pyrenees)

all together a grand total of:

12 dogs in 5 houses
Thank god for no cats. : )

Yesterday I prepared myself for Ike....

flashlights, lanterns, lighter & candles, and don't forget the disinfecting wipes

Enough water to last me awhile...hopefully

Yet as I sit here writing this... it is just rainy and windy. no conerns but I am prepared if something was to happen.

8 days

I remember ordering my ring and thinking that 95 days seemed so long and far away

....now it has come down to the last week.

8 days.

I know that it is just one day

I will get my ring, put it on, take some pictures and then I will have it- but it is so much more than that....

I have worked hard and made some amazing memories over the past years.

Here is the re-cap...

Freshman Year

I lived in Spence dorm on the quad. Joined Delta Gamma and spent time with my DG friends. This is a picture of me and my twin in the sorority, Jessica at the Grab a Date in December 05

Sophomore Year

I lived in the sorority house with my pledge class. One of my favorite memories from college is being able to live in the house but my favorite memory of that year is meeting the love of my life. This picture is me and Justin- one of our first pictures taken together

Junior Year

Junior Year Chelsea and I moved into our own house on a local street where our other 5 best friends live across the street. Junior year we all turned 21 and had a fun year being together. We spent all our time together at either our house or the girls house. This is a picture from my 21st birthday with my baby.

Here it is...now..SENIOR YEAR

It is finally here. Senior year. I feel like I just moved into Spence and looked at the Quad where this picture was taken in disgust and people would spend all their saturdays here with the band- waking me up early on my Saturday morning- now I am one of those people. I am looking forward to this last year of college. Cant really believe its happening...This picture is the first game of my last football season with once again my favorite boy.

We will see where this semester takes me...

Kingwood & Cute Shoes

So since Sunday night I have been at home in Kingwood. After Justin left on Sunday afternoon I packed up and drove home. It has been relaxing and non-stressful.

Monday I spent the entire day working on homework. I had to do a webography for math and science. For those of you who dont know what they are, they are not very fun. You take the TEKS for a grade level and find websites that go with each one. Write a description, evaluation and a print screen. It doesnt sound like much and its not hard, just extremely time consuming.

Tuesday I got up and one of my mom's friends and one of my former teachers came over for coffee with my mom. I sat with them until I had to leave for my hair appt. I went and got my hair highlighted and cut. my word was "chunky" My hair was all one length and was bothering me. Now it has more layers. After getting my hair done I came home and mom and I went to Target. My favorite place. I got the CUTEST pair of shoes.

They are featured in INSTYLE magazine and were on the Today show this morning. Yet they are from Target and were only $25. Such a steal. We came home for about 30 minutes then had to meet Dad to turn in the equinox. (only a month and a half too late- no air conditioning story). So we turned the car in and went to Carababa's. YUMMY!

Today I was finally able to sleep in. Pip has a hard time adjusting to new places and likes to get up super early so today he finally slept in until 10:30 with me. I was tired. I already called in my rx, mom ironed some of my clothes, and now she is sewing a vest for me. All I have left to do is pack up everything and get on the road. Colleen is planning on coming over tonight. Jackson (her dog and Pip's dad) wants to play with his son. : ) We are gonna clean out my closet and get me ready for the professional world. I can hardly wait. I get my placement tomorrow and start next Tuesday...its finally happening....

"The First Day of The Rest of Your Life"

Today was a very exciting day! We returned to the house Justin fell in love with yesterday...hold on- let me back up.....
***Saturday was a fun day. We woke up early and went to the realtors office where we left to go search for houses. We looked at a few. I really liked one and Justin didnt like it or vice versa. Finally one of the last ones we looked at we both fell in love. Neither one of us thought we would like it but we loved it. It was mainted wonderfully and JUST what Justin needs. Perfect size, perfect location, perfectly maintained. After that house every other house we looked at just didnt compare. Saturday afternoon we spent the day at Taylor's contemplating the houses and just spending time together..***

Back to where I was...
Mr. & Mrs. Knight came up to College Station and we all went to the house. We met the realtor and Taylor at the house at 2pm. We went back through the house and looked at everything for a second time. We all did something to inspect the house on our own. My inspection was the bathrooms. I flushed every toliet, turned on every sink & shower, made sure all of the stoppers worked, checked the dishwasher and the kitchen sinks. After reviewing the house for almost an hour, we went back outside where Justin decided he would put in an offer. : ) AHH!! The big words- A CONTRACT. So keep Justin and the sellers in your prayers over the next week or two as the process is in the works.

CAN YOU BELIEVE MY MAN IS MOVING TO COLLEGE STATION!?

I COULD NOT ASK FOR MORE....

P.S. The blog title came from Mrs. Knight as she was leaving this afternoon-

Today is the first day of the rest of Justin's life.

so just like before- keep him in your prayers. His timing is perfect.

It Goes A Little Something Like This

Today has been busy and its only noon. I woke up this morning and took Pip to the vet where he got his second to last puppy shot. He is almost all grown up. Since he had to get a shot I took him to Petsmart afterwards to get him a new red collar (he grew out of the other one) and a toy for being such a good boy at the Vet. Mom said that he is a dog, he doesnt know that is why I got him a toy but I think he does. After Petsmart I stopped by Jamba Juice and got me and chelsea a smoothie. Once home I was worried about Pip because they said he might have an allergic rxn to the shot, but he got home and started playing crazy with Drake. They ran around the backyard until they were muddy and exhausted. I brought Pip inside and locked him in the bathroom while I prepared myself to give him a bath. He had a good time getting me soaked. After bath time he ran around and played with his new squirrel toy and now has retired to his kennel and is sleeping soundly.

I have made a mess of my room. I wanted to deep clean everything. So I took everything off my bed, emptied everything out of my bathroom, and have loads and loads of laundry I was planning on doing while I worked on some homework. However, now that I have bathed the dog and got gross outside I dont feel like doing any of that (hence the blog). However, I did get an email saying we have received our supervisor teacher and will get our placements on Thursday when we show proof of liability insurance. I am so excited. All day yesterday I just wanted to be in the classroom. I'm tired of sitting in the classroom, I want to be active in my own classroom!! I have officially chosen College Station to do my student teaching so it looks like I'll be here another semester! : ) Which is fine by me since Justin will be here....he is coming tonight and we are going to go with the realtor tomorrow morning at 10 to look at houses! I am so excited. In case yall didnt know, I AM THRILLED!!!

So this post has been totally pointless and me just rambling on about what I have done since I woke up this morning...soo interesting I know! I guess I'll go put clean sheets on the bed and get to cleaning the bathroom! YUCK! : )

P.S. Two days ago I gave Pip benadryll because he chews on his feet and the vet said thats allergies and to give him some benadryll and he should stop. So I gave him some Children's and within ten minutes this is what he looked like.....

Of course it didnt work out as nicely as I had planned. He slept till about 2 only 15 minutes after I went to bed and he started going crazy. I was exhausted and didnt want to listen to him cry and I had class in the morning so I just let him out in my room and went back to sleep. He was AWAKE ALL NIGHT! It was awful. I felt like I had a little baby puppy. He dug, scratched, cried, barked, everything! At one point I woke up just in time to watch his little body flying towards me as he jumped on top of me from the bottom of the bed!

Finally when I got up around 6:45 he went back in his kennel and went to sleep. I was so irritated. I picked up my books off the floor where I had laid them the night before when I was done studying and they felt wet...I smelled them...sure enough that little brat peed on 2 out of my 4 books ( on the binding- ALOT of pee) and all over my binder! I was furious but didnt have time to deal with it or I would be late. I put him in his kennel and left for the day. He has been very obedient ever since. I think he knows mommy was NOT happy.

My Dog is Oh So Smart...

So today at Wal-Mart I picked up a bone for my beloved puppy. He has been chewing on two inch bones but he basically devours them within one sitting so I invested in a 95 cent 4 inch bone. I gave it to him and he took it and started searching...I knew what he was doing....

He found his spot and began to dig. Only his digging was to no avail considering it was my carpet he was digging. I just let him continue laughing to myself. Only moments later, he dropped the bone from his mouth and then patted the carpet back with his back paws and walked away. Could this be? My dog really thinks he has buried his bone and no one can see it. I laugh and get in the shower.

Upon getting out of the shower I go over to my dresser and accidentally step on the bone. Pip's ears perk up and he looks from me to the bone back to me...back to the bone. I laughed. He really was concerned that I had found his hiding place. And by the looks of these pictures....its not exactly camouflage with my carpet....oh how I love my oh so smart puppy...

Pure Happiness

How I Feel Today:

beatific

blithe

buoyant

carefree

cheerful

delighted

delirious

ecstatic

enchanted

enraptured

euphoric

exhilarated

exuberant

exultant

felicfic

gratified

jaunt

jubilant

rapturous

thankful

appreciative

content

grateful

bright

cherry

chipper

happy

lighthearted

sunny

fortunate

lucky

providential

glad

happy

insouciant

lively

merry

rollicking

spirited

unconcerned

untroubled

upbeat

vivacious

festive

joyful

joyous

beamy

elation

dreaming

elatedness

euphoria

exhilaration

uplifted.

For almost two years I have been waiting for the day Justin and I would be together in the same town. I kept telling myself I could wait till January to be with him but now that it is happening before that I am absolutely beside myself. It is a indescribable feeeling. Every time I just think about it I start giggling and start crying because I am so happy. I feel like I have been waiting so long I didn't know how it would feel when it actually happens. This semester started out rough and though everything is not perfect and there are still obstacles I am facing, I am daily reminded that God's timing is always perfect and he always provides. Life is good and I am so in love~

Final Review 2007

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Last weekend 08-30-08

Addiction

So not all addictions are bad...right!?

I was laying in bed last night writing this blog in my head. Of course, it will have sounded so much better as I lay in my bed almost falling asleep writing a poetic blog. : ) Now it is just words on a computer screen which sounded so much better in my head.


I was thinking about how my project 365 is almost coming to an end (I mean I have 4 months left, but that's nothing when you think of the past 7 months I've already done) and I have decided I cant just stop taking a picture of the day once it hits December 31st. I must continue. It has become an addiction. Everyday I am constantly looking for things or people that could be my "picture of the day." I know many of you probably think it is lame and no one looks at it, but this past month being in Virginia and looking at granny's pictures, very few of them were labeled. It made me want to label and keep track of EVERYTHING I do. Even if it is as simple as washing a poor dog or one of the many pictures of Pip.

I have always loved photography. When I was younger my parents bought me a really nice photographers camera (right before they went digital). I loved it. I took a photography class on how to use the aperture, and shutter speed. At one point (still would love to do this) I wanted to become a professional photographer. This past year I have been able to dive back into my love of pictures. Life is captured in photos and I plan on continuing capturing life one day at a time.

With that said, though the year may be coming to an end in 4 short months, don't get too excited because the next chapter of Project 365 is "Project 365 Part II 2009."

maybe even for Christmas/Birthday I'll ask for a new big camera...a digital one : )

just a thought....

Second Chances

So this morning Carla and I were just being lazy and David my neighbor knocks on the door frantic and pissed off. His roommates friend dropped off a baby black lab puppy and said take care of it and never came back for it and his roommate hasn't been taking care of the baby either. So David is freaking out that the puppy is almost dead.

So knowing me and Carla we rush to the rescue. We are informed that Davids roommate has taken him to the vet, given him all his shots, and has heartguard and flea prevention just hasn't been feeding him or taking care of him other than vet visits. We get to the back yard (which is pure dirt- no grass) and the poor little guy is a mess. He is a black lab that looks yellow from the behind because of the amount of mud and dirt are covering him. He is bloated beyond belief because he hasn't eaten in days. So Carla & I take him to my backyard where we get him a cup of food and some water (both of which he devours) then turn on the hose. I have puppy shampoo for Pip so I pulled that out and we went to work. It was the cutest thing.

HE LOVED THE WATER. I don't think he had ever had a bath before. He just lay there and let us wash him up good.

Pip and him are already best friends. When we came inside it was like he didn't know what to do. I guess he has never been in a house. He already knows sit, NO, and come. He is a really calm Lab. He just lays around (we thinks its because of his lack of nutrition). He is adorable.

My proposition for Justin is I feel it is a wonderful house warming present. This dog is on his last leg and is still so young. : ) Justin says he is thinking about it...regardless if Justin takes Chance (his new name-*he didn't have a name before that* because we are giving him his second chance- Carla named him)- we have given him a second chance. I'm gonna go see if I can find a red collar (Justin's favorite color). : )