Summer Chaos

So, it's been a while.

Things have been pretty intense out here, with people moving in, people moving out, things moving around, etc. etc.

Laura and Bryce have (mostly) moved out this weekend, taking all their things with them, so the house is starting to look pretty naked. Geoff and I have acquired some furnishings from Craig's list which were incredibly cheap (thank you, Craig's List,) and are very unique, since each one is from another place. I enjoy that. Slowly, we are reorganizing our lives here, and are preparing for the arrival of our puppy, who comes home from the vet tomorrow afternoon. (I will get to that soon.) We've also been dealing with the painful chaos of switching over the utility bills to our names. What seemed like an easy 1 or 2 step process, ended up being much more expensive than we'd expected. Since I have no credit, and Geoff has a little, we were not able to waive a

ny of the "deposits" for starting a new relationship with each company (ie. Water & Trash, Electric, Gas, Cable/Internet.) So, I'm not going to get into nasty details on this journal, but let's just say each one decided to charge us a good amount of money to insure we would keep up on our payments. It's sort of like renting a little apartment with each utility company, if you think about it. Needless to say, we don't eat out anymore, and spend our money on only what is essential for survival (haha). No but seriously.

Anyway, as far as the puppy goes, we have some bad news and some good news.

Bad news is, we are not taking Bandit home.

Here's Bandit's Story.

So, we were supposed to take him home on Friday, but things 

changed. Our neighbor, who had been fostering him until he was to go to us, went away for the weekend. So, she gave Bandit to another Humane Society foster to look after for a couple days. When she came home, the foster wouldn't return her calls. A few days later, she found out that the foster had given him to yet another foster, and between the two of them, they decided that our neighbor was not fit to decide who Bandit went to. They told her that the Humane Society didn't adopt to "renters" nor did they "hold puppies" for anyone. Obviously, our neighbor was more than pissed, and made it known to us. No one cared about the puppies at all while she was raising them alone, until now, all of a sudden, some other people decide they know better. She informed us she was going to meet with the president of the Humane Society that night, and if things didn't get resolved, she was going to quit. Unfortunately for both of us, things didn't go that well, and she is now with another rescue agenc

y that does much more efficient and proactive work with animals on death row, and the people actually respect each other. So, we lost Bandit. 

The good news is, after some mourning, (which I personally am still working through,) we decided to look at puppies at our shelter in San Bernardino. It was our original plan to rescue a pup from there anyway, and we did end up finding one we really loved. Tazz, (like the Tasmanian Devil,) as we've decided to call him, is a black lab / pit bull mix. He is 3 months old, and is black with a white chest and white little paws. I am glad we chose the black dog, because as strange as it sounds, black dogs usually don't get adopted. Part of it is that since they are so dark, people can't see them in the kennels, but otherwise it is just a mystery that more often than not, the black dogs/puppies are put down because no one will adopt them. I like to think we saved him from the animal co

ntrol center. He is very precious, and energetic, and I will have to take a lot of photos to show you guys. As per the adoption requirements of the shelter, he got his microchip surgically planted in his neck so that if he ever gets lost, he can be scanned and we, his owners, can be located and contacted. Tomorrow, we pick him up from the vet, where he is being neutered. Then, he will be officially welcomed into the house. His crate is full of blankets and a pillow I got for him, toys, treats, a bed, and a puppy play pen, are all at the ready! Here is the only decent photo we have so far, but I'm sure there will be millions more come tomorrow.

I have a gig this week at a surprise anniversary party for a family in Riverside. They rented a full bar, and I will be the bartender on site! I'm very excited, and can't wait for this opportunity. 

This is really all I have the energy to update on right now... I'm giving this job searching thing all I got.

It's awesome having Liz here.

Even though I've been super stressed out, I'm glad to have a friend to play with.

Everything will work out eventually... we're just hitting a hard patch.