The Last Few Weeks

So...

The last few weeks have been full of change and adjustment. Full of exciting, amazing, fun, sad, and interesting stuff.

Two Fridays ago was Chloe's last day in San Marcos, so we went out the week before and did EVERYTHING we had been wanting to do the last few months. We went to the Wild Animal Park, out to "On the Border" (Mexican food with GREAT margaritas!), went into downtown San Diego and explored La Jolla, Ocean Beach, Coronado, etc.

Then the week after that was finals week for me, so all I did was study and pack, pack and study. In the midst of all this, I adopted a dog named Toby. He's the one I wanted before, and it didn't work out with his first adopters so I went for it! My dad is going to watch him while I'm in Prague, so that worked out nicely.

Anyway, last Friday Chris took a one way flight down to San Diego and I picked him up from the airport, we went directly to the Uhaul place, picked up my truck and then went directly home and packed up ALL of my possessions in that truck. The next morning we got up at about 4:30am and packed up the mattress and stuff we had used the night before, loaded up my car onto the tow trailer, and jammed home. Between stopping to check the trailer, bathroom breaks, and stopping for Toby it took us about 8.5-9 hours to get home. That drive is a 7 hour drive in a regular car, so it took quite a bit of extra time.

So I'm back in Salinas now, and I'm not really sure how to feel about it. I miss living on my own, I miss not worrying about if my Dad's going to be on my case about every little thing I do wrong, and I miss having a job. I have to one here, but everywhere I've looked isn't hiring =[ I'm not really sure what to do, because as is I'm poorer than a church mouse and have bills to pay...

On another note, I still haven't gotten my loan money and I'm not even sure if I'm going to get it in time now, which would suck a LOT. If I don't get the money in time, I won't be going to Prague and I will have thrown away a ton of money used to get ready for it all... Plus, I'll be losing out on the experience of a lifetime and something I've wanted FOREVER.

I've now come to realize that I don't really have that many friends in Salinas anymore. I knew it already, but coming back only accentuated that fact. They've all moved away or are busy doing their own thing. Especially now that Chloe has left to go to Florence, Italy for a month this summer! She left on Tuesday and I'm sure she's going to have the time of her life, I'm just bored to tears now. I really have no reason to leave the house and don't see one coming along in the near future. But we'll see. I'm going to keep myself busy with projects that I've lined up for the summer... a lot of painting, staining, sanding, and re-doing furniture.

As of right now, life is ehh. Nothing too great, nothing too terrible. Hope it goes up from here!

Leon

I got a new foster last week... and in just a week he's managed to steal my heart. I want this dog more than anything. He is the epitome of what I want in a dog. Small enough, but not tiny, doesn't bark, already house-trained, loving but not needy, and the most perfect dog for me that I've ever seen.

One problem: Prague. I'll be gone out of the country for 4 months... and neither of my parents are willing to watch him when I'm gone =[

Unfortunately, I think I'm going to lose out on the perfect dog for me because I'm studying abroad. I won't give Prague up, but it's hard to give him up too. This sucks, big time. I didn't think I'd get attached when I started fostering, unfortunately I am now attached. And it's hard to let go.