Brava, askye! That's how growth happens, exactly as you described.

Congrats to askye and Brenda!

New fosters have landed. Yes, I have two this week. And both are small dogs. I have never been a fan of the little dogs, especially the ones who are so nervous they look like they are going to shake out of their own skins.

Well, these two are just big enough that I figured I'd be ok with having them for a week. Jessy is 8 months old and Crowley (love the name) is 4 months old. Crowley stole my heart when I first met him and my gut told me he was going to be my foster fail. He is so adorable. But now that I have them home, Jessy is making a case for herself. She is already nestled under my desk after wanting all the loves. Crowley is much more into chewing on the hoof he snagged out of Jack's toy box.

Will have to see how the week goes. They have yet to meet Noodle or Jack. Jack will be here tomorrow and who knows when Noodle will decided to see who these new creatures are.

I posted earlier about my professor living in Tampa Bay. He just posted provisional grades for this week's assignments that will be updated when he is able to actually grade our work. Not sure how that is going to work, but based on the provisional grades, I have a solid A.

Grades aren't due until Wednesday, so I'm not quite sure how this is going to work. If he can grade our discussion and final paper, before Wednesday, he can update the grade. If he can't, I don't know what happens with the provisional grade.

Eh, I'm just going to finish this paper and get it turned in.

I hope it works out Suzi. With the grades and the foster pups meting Noodle and Jack.

So I was sleep deprived most of the day (this happens when E sleeps over) and I went to the combo birthday party and also I guess it was kind of like a farewell party for M's niece who is leaving for Air Force bootcamp next week. She also got engaged but this wasn't really an engagement party. I have no idea how many people were there it was kind of hard for me to keep track but at one point ther were about 15 adults and a dozen kids. Not all in the same room and some weren't there the whole time but he has a brother and a sister and 6 nieces and nephews. He and his family are much more outgoing than mine too. Everyone was nice but I had to find some quiet places a few times. M was really cool with it and checked in.

And in Hurricane news most of the schools around here except our county are closed. Don't know if they will change their mind but the forecast is for strong wind gusts and rain tomorrow and Tuesday

I hope they close tomorrow, askye. And I'm glad you are taking care of yourself, finding the quite when you need it and then re-engaging.

Noodle came in my office while Kelly took the dogs out to potty. She was still here when they came back up, so first introductions have happened, with a fair bit of hissing and barking. Next hurdle will be seeing if the dogs can fit under my bed, which is where she hides usually. I do have a crate for them to sleep in, so she will have peace during the night and I'm working on getting a baby gate for my door, so when the dogs have the run of the house, she can have my room.

oh and there is an yarn and art supply store that opened up and they have stitch n bitch nights as well as classes. So I checked it out yesterday and I'm going to try to do one of the drop in stitch n bitch things.

I'm going to try to do one of the drop in stitch n bitch things.

Oh...I'd love to do that. Go...have a blast. For me, it is going on the list of "after I graduate" stuff.

Puppies like carrots.

CJ just got home from work, came in my office and flopped on the floor, face done. He then became the bottom layer of a puppy pile. Crowley and Jessy jumped all over him, trying to get him to turn over. He giggled, which was a delightful sound to hear from my 21 year old child man. When he finally sat up, Crowley demanded his attention while Jessy came to me for attention. He thinks I should adopt Crowley. We will see, we will see.

Going to get my innards scoped. Wish me an ulcer!

No, seriously. Because that's a definitive diagnosis that's easy to treat. So, go Team Ulcer!

Also, when I am finished, I am going to EAT THE WORLD. Holy moly, I am starving.