Since I quit my job at opinionology and started watching my sister-in-laws kids while she worked during the week...still didn't give us time for a dog, and by this time we both were puppy hungry....bad. We would literally have to go and play with someone else's dog just to get it out of our systems. We figured that we weren't going to get a dog for a long time, and I was thinking that it wouldn't be at least until I was done with school or when we started having kids. I finally got a job on campus working in the bookstore as a cashier, and when you are on track you can't work more than 20 hours on campus. So I am only working M-F 11-2 or 8-11 ( they said I was working the 11-2 shift, but I got my schedule and it says I work 8-11...so we will see once I get it straightened out!) Regardless of what time I work, i'll still only be working three hours a day, which is good because I can be home with a dog.
We knew that getting a dog would be a huge responsibility and since I got this job we started talking about it more, and with me taking online classes it all works out. So saturday we went to the Idaho Falls animal shelter just to look. We didn't actually intend on getting a dog. We both agreed we wouldn't get a dog just because we thought it was cute. We had to absolutely be in love with it. After playing with different dogs we came across Jake. An 8 month old mountain cur (yeah, we haven't heard of it either, it's basically a lab.) They are hunting dogs and really don't get any bigger than a lab. They hunt just raccoons and squirrel, and sometimes they are used to hunt bears and wild boars. He was already house and crate trained and knew some basic commands when we got him. He LOVES to lick and is seriously such a sweetheart. He is still scared that we are going to abandon him so he sticks by our side where ever we go. He is a cuddle bug and not to toot my own horn, but he is a mommas boy :)
We couldn't be more excited to have him as apart of our little family. He has definitely taught us a lot in the few days we've had him. It gets really frustrating at times when he is stubborn, but at the end of the day we still love him and are happy we have him. So there ya have it, the story of our new member of the family, and since having kids isn't something were even thinking about for a while we thought getting a dog would give us something to keep us occupied. :)
School started today and seriously, I did NOT miss it at all. With that, taking care of Jake, doing things around the house and taking care of Tyson who is home sick from work, i've definitely passed my stress limit. And with work starting next week it's only going to get more hectic. I can do it though. And once Tyson is feeling better he will be able to take care of some things when we gets home while I do school work. Seriously though, I cannot wait to get out of here and vacations at home with my family in Florida for a week. It will be nice just to do nothing and just spend time with everyone that we miss!
Well, as exciting as our married life is, that is our update on life for the moment! haha Happy Tuesday :)
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