Llewellyn's Story: Part 1

Llewellyn was a puppy that my husband and I rescued about five years ago.  We had adopted Argos, our Australian Shepard/Beagle mix eight months before.  Though I previously had not been much of a dog person, or rather just wasn't interested in dog, Argos had throughly melted my cold heart just in time for Lew's arrival.

First our neighbors asked my husband if he and I would like another dog.  When he told me this I am sure I stood with my hands on my hips saying "no, no, no, no, no way."  But then one sleety winter Sunday in January 2007 I changed my mind.

I was sitting on the couch watching television with my husband and Argos enjoying what little time off I had from school when I saw Lew out our living room window.  Our neighbors had this tiny puppy tied to a fence with a noose and it was cold and sleeting.  The rope was not long enough and every time she tried to get out of the rain she ended up getting tangled on junk in their yard.

After an hour of sending my husband outside to untangle her every time she got tangled we both gave in to her.  Gathering up the cash we had gotten for Christmas my husband went next door and bought her for $100.

Once she was let loose in the house Lew and Argos became best friends.  Chasing each other and just general playing as puppies do.  The went out back and were playing in the fenced in yard,  a bath would later be required for both the muddy beast.

After that they were inseparable.

School, Bicycles, & Junk

Available free time has gone into the negative, the house is filthy, the grass dead, and the electric bill has once again increased.  Thats' right, school has started.  Brandon is in the second week of his second college course, math, his favorite.  Well he hates math but he is being a sport about the whole thing. At least we got the spare bedroom turned into a two person office, or as it is sometimes known the Nerd Headquarters or Central Ops.  It is really just where we do homework(and play PC games).

We still need to hang some art or something.

I have one class down and eight more left.  Eight left as in ever!  Bachelors degree is so close I can almost taste it, it sort of taste like expensive parchment paper. 

Though we are swamped with birthdays, weddings, and our own anniversary we have still been finding time to ride.  Brandon "finished" Olive and then took her to get the final touches by a professional.  Riding Olive is completely different than June Bug, but I'm getting more comfortable with the differences.  And at 25 I think I am beginning to understand shifting.  Better late than never. 

This is June Bug, my Schwinn.

This is Olive, my Bridgestone X0-5 frame with pretty much new everything else.

Our couple rides around the neighborhood have taken a turn for the strange.  There is a duo of young boys who will suddenly appear and follow us when we take our bikes out.  I have no idea where they come from or how they know we are out.  They want to race and want us to watch them.  I'm not very comfortable around strangers kids so mostly we just stay away from the school, their favorite spot.  It does kind of suck because the school parking lot is a great place for me to practice getting comfortable with shifting.

Olive and the Unnamed

Mostly we have been busy with the regular old family stuff but I have made some time to do homework outside.  I like going to the conservation club with my husband and doing homework out there.  It is very beautiful.

It is very peaceful too, except for all the gun fire.

Work is busy, school is swamping us, it feels like every weekend until January has something but we still make time to do things just the two of us.  

Just us and dinner on the patio.

Counting down the classes until I'm done with school.  Counting down the weeks until I go to Florida in November.  Counting down the days until my wedding anniversary (09-08-07).  Counting down the hours until I can get on my bike again.  

-Christina

Quest for Where?

For various reasons cost, distance, complexity, fears about steady careers the Mr. and I have been talking and we have a few other destinations in mind.  We have talked about the following:

• Austin, TX
• Portland, OR
• Boulder, CO
• Denver, CO

Where do we go, where do we go?

Well in other news, Brandon has decided to go to college, so our moving plans just got pushed back another 4 or 5 years.  Guess we will have plenty of time to ponder our options.

Four Trashcans, Three trips, Two Closets, and some Freedom

Well our amazon store is officially closed!  No more late night or early morning packaging.  No more runs to the post office!  Yay!

We are free from selling our stuff and from having too much stuff.  After having the amazon store open for about a year we were exhausted from books and dvds being stacked everywhere waiting for the email that tells us to ship.  The books and dvds went to Half price books and Disc replay, everything else went to Goodwill(or in the trash).

The office is now ready to become a two person office, school here we come.  Depending on if I can resist the urge to get a Masters in Accounting this next year will be my last one!

-Christina