Happy Birthday, Pili Monster!

I should also write, "Happy Belated Birthday, Piko!" Her 2nd birthday was three weeks ago but I didn't have my act together. They aren't blood sisters. They're the same mixed breed but from different mamas. I still don't have my act together but, luckily, my PDA reminded me that it was Pili's 2nd birthday first thing this morning. I decided to take pictures of both pups to commemorate their birthdays.

Puppies+Early Morning+Old but Trusty Camera = well, this:


Hmm. OK. Let's try again -

Jeezus. Let's try one more time -

OK, I lied. One more try ... ONE more.

Well, it looks like we drug our puppies but I was running late for work at this point so this was as good as it got.

Everyone who knows us knows The Man and I adore (and may be even obsessed with) our dogs. They make bad days better and are big relievers of stress. They are freakin' awesome. Even though they can be smelly, gross, poop machines a lot of the time. They are still pretty great.

Work has been and still is crazy busy. And it will continue to be for a few more months. My friend is keeping a countdown for me and I have 57 work days left. Ugh. I work anywhere between 8-14 hours a day and I'm lucky if it's an 8-hour work day. But if I end up working 8 hours, I have to pay for it on the weekends and end up doing some data entry or paperwork Saturday or Sunday. Last weekend I worked both days. But you know what? I still like my job way more than my last one. This is just my least favorite time. I keep reminding myself how lucky I am that I get to work from home and typically get to set my own hours. That this is the time where I work really hard and it pays off later. But 57 days (not including weekends) is an awful long time before my least favorite part of my job is complete. A looooong time.

On the brighter side, though ...


BABY'S BACK. Welcome home, Gertie!!!!! Her right front headlamp and bumper were all sorts of bad two weeks ago and now she looks as good as new.


We are dreading to find out what my premium is now. But at least Gertie's back where she belongs and looking spiffy! And I just keep telling myself, "57 more days ... just 57 more days ..."