I’ve always wanted dogs, but my parents never let me, we were strictly cat people. When Tom and I moved out of our parents house last April the first thing we did was get a dog. No, really, we were only living in our own place for a week before we went to the shelter and got Kratos (formerly known as Dumbledore). We were in a puppy class at the shelter that they required new owners attend, it just so happened that Kratos’s brother was in the class with us (the shelter liked to put their shelter puppies through the class so they would be better behaved when adopted). Well, he was there one week then gone the next, we were happy that he got adopted because he was the last one out of the litter and was there all by himself. The following week though, he was back again. The trainer told us that someone had adopted him and then brought him back because he was too hyper. They weren’t even four months old, what did people expect? With a few calls and a little bit of convincing, we became the proud owners of Helios (formerly known as Hedwig).

We got a lot of, concern from people when we decided to take on two puppies. I can honestly say that overall, we were pretty lucky. They were both incredibly lovable and were potty trained instantly. Having two puppies really wasn’t that much difficult than having one. The only issue we had was chewing, especially Helios. At the suggestion of our trainer, we decided to crate train them, which they took to immediately. We decided at the beginning of this week that we were sick of the cages. They still chew on stuff, but we decided to just take that risk and always keep them out of their cages. So far, they have been absolutely amazing and haven’t destroyed anything.

We did have a scare last night when Tom was going out on the front porch to smoke and Helios somehow darted past us and ran out into the street. We live on an incredibly quiet street so luckily there were no cars, but it was still scary because he could have just completely taken off. Luckily he stopped at the neighbors house and ran back into our side-yard / driveway. I don’t know what I would’ve done if we would have lost him.

In other news, I’m a little sad about using the “college” tag for possibly the last time, as well as seeing everyone updating facebook about getting ready to go back to school. I need a new tag to use, Life After College, maybe?

I did a quick Google search and found out that its common for rabbits to build their nests right in the open and that its okay to look at them (they aren’t like birds that if disturbed the mother won’t come back). So for right now I’m just going to keep an eye on them. I know for sure there’s a mother rabbit that as of the other night was perfectly fine and there is no need for me to intervene. Another cool fact is that the mother rabbit only comes back to the nest at dawn and dusk only nursing for a few minutes at a time. I might try to keep an eye out for her tonight to see what she does.

In other news, this means I’m going to have to actually start walking the dogs.

I really don’t have much to post about during the summer months because not much is going on. Its kind of strange to think of not going back to school at the end of August. I know the next step in life is to get a ‘real’ job, but it’s so terrifying to think of that. I have no idea how to even begin looking for jobs, what about if I can’t find anything around me? How do I go about applying for jobs in other states? It’s just so much stress to think of moving up in life. I’m one of those people that want to know and have everything planned out. I scout out bathrooms as soon as I enter a restaurant so I know where to go, I google what to except when going through airport security, I am not a go with the flow type of person.

I’d like to make an actual layout, but I have absolutely zero inspiration right now so I’ll just stick with this premade one for now. Its a little dark for my taste, but I really can’t find anything else I like.

I will say that so far, my basil plant hasn’t died and is actually doing quite well. I also have a jalapeno plant, thyme, and cilantro planted with it. I have no idea if all of that stuff is okay together, but so far so good. I’ve been looking online for a good natural way to remove pests, as something seems to be nibbling on my jalapeno plant. I can’t tell if its little bugs on it or if the rabbit / other critters in our backyard are coming up to it at night.

I’m going to attempt to come up with a new layout sometime in the next few days (or I’ll completely forget about it again) and try to start posting more.