Thursday, June 26, 2008

what a day..

so last night was probably one of the worst experiences i have had in a very long time...larry -- aka big pig -- has been sick since monday. It started out monday evening with him vomiting approximately five times -- him going to bed -- vomiting in the bed and once more the following morning...jon was pretty upset so we made an appointment at the vet and dropped him off...

GREAT NEWS --
the vet reported that even though he was pukey all his tests came back showing he was a very healthy bulldog...we were so happy knowing that it was just something that upset his little belly....

unfortunately, yesterday was a different story...after i got home from work i took the dogs out and larry had the runs...which sucks cause i have to wipe his booty...this happened one more time and then jon got home and i passed the duty off to him (im so loving, arent i??) right before bed jon took the dogs out again and came back telling me that larry was now bleeding from his butt...i got worried, but he has had that problem before and he ended up getting better the next morning...so i suggested we lay him down and if it got any worse we would take him in the next morning...

well, morning came a heck of a lot earlier than we expected...larry woke us up at 230 in the morning with a look of urgency...jon took him out...and when jon came back to the front door asking for toilet paper i knew something was wrong by the sound of his voice...i opened the front door and there was a trail of blood down the hall way...i was terrified....we both started looking up vets that we could go to at that moment...and ended up down in lynnwood at about 3 in the morning...

after about an hour there we were told that he was fine and that it was likely just a "bug" and were sent home with some more antibiotics and told to watch him -- the thing is -- hes not acting like anything is wrong...hes being larry...a hair tossing, licking, loving bundle of joy....


on a happier note -- he has been fine all day...so keep your fingers crossed that he stays that way...

i also realized something -- as we drove to the vet last night i began thinking what our lives would be like without him -- and honestly -- even though he drives me crazy -- i love that damn dog with all my heart and i would have paid anything to make sure he was okay...he is a part of our family and it absolutely kills me to see him in pain...


At work today i also had a pretty good day -- I had my interim review -- and my boss told me that i need to stop under estimating and being so hard on myself...he said that i have exceeded all his expectations and he couldnt be happier with the work i am doing...he also said he sees me going places...normally i wouldnt be so open about this -- but im currently taking a dale carnigie course (i graduate next week) and one of the things we are supposed to work on is being proud of the things we accomplish...so i thought i would share this with the world -- especially since i have been thinking about it all day... the funny thing is -- before i went into that review i told jon i was gonna kick its butt -- and he laughed and said okay (not in a mean way...but just kinda like okay nichole, good luck with that) and when i told him what my boss said he couldnt have been more proud of me...so i would also like to say thank you to jon for believing in me and helping me achieve my dreams -- i love you baby!!

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

welcome to washington...

this last week was a huge week for jon and i (mainly jon) -- a friend of his from like forever ago made the big move out here with his girlfriend and is now working at boeing with me -- in my group...which is awesome cause we can carpool :)

both sean and his soon to be fiance have teaching degrees but decided to venture out and see what the rest of the world has to offer -- they left on friday, june 13th from michigan and drove the entire way here in a u-haul with a car pulled behind -- pretty much amazing -- and they made it here by monday afternoon.

they spent the time while jon and i was at work getting used to their new environment as well as finding an apartment and rachel looking for a job (if you know of any teaching or daycare positions, im sure she would be open to applying - although i think her heart is in teaching..

we spent saturday evening with sean and rachel -- and headed down to mukilteo for some dinner and drinking (no, i didnt drink, i was the dd for the crew) -- i had a lot of fun, it had been so long since jon and i ventured out and just had a good time with great people...we got home at like 2 -- and didnt get up until 11 the next day (thats pretty much amazing for me since i am generally in bed by like 10 and up by 8 on weekends)

sunday i convinced jon that i needed some new clothes since im limited to the 4 shirts i have (all the same, just different colors) -- so we jumped in the car and made the trip to seattle...HOWEVER, i didnt find anything and i was quite disappointed -- sucky...and by the time we got home i felt like poopy and rested until the next morning...

all in all - it was a great time though and im looking forward to the fun experiences we will share with this couple

[ps. i get to see my yessy tomorrow for dinner!!]

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Its been quite some time...

So…its been a while….thats for sure….and ive only made one entry on this thing…but i am going to make an effort to start using this…especially since my wonderful yessica decided to make a new one…

Its now the end of june – and a lot has changed, or rather happened…jon and i celebrated our two year anniversary (time flies when your having fun, right?) – i made the decision to head back to school, jon finished an entire year of college and made the decision as to what university he wants to attend – we found a house…to buy….and close july 15th – and the biggest change – we are having a baby…but not just a baby, we are having a baby GIRL! (im still pretty much in shock over that, i thought for sure we were having a boy, simply because boys run in jons family…but i guess we are just special)

Anyways – that’s where things are right now…and i promise to keep this up this time…haha…and don’t be afraid to call me out if i don’t…