Okay

So last weekend was pretty packed. I went out with my friend, Erica, on Friday night. Her brother joined us after we had dinner for some drinks. It was a good night. The problem was that since I had to pick up Leyla at my parent's house and had to go home, I did not get in bed until 4:00a.m. I had to be up at 8:00a.m. so I could go to church to help them set up for Sunday's service. I was there from 9-11, then worked from 1-4 and finally made it home at 4:30. I then took a nap and got ready for my date. We went to Khan's Mongolian BBQ and then to Flaherty's Bowling Alley to do Cosmic Bowling. Cosmic Bowling was fun, because everything glows from the blacklight. I then had to get home, because I had to be at church at 9 in order to get ready to run my small group for the kids worship service (they have a separate one from their parents that tells the same message, but at a kid-friendly level). I then finally was able to come home and spend the rest of the day with Leyla. On Monday we had our 6th Puppy class. Leyla is doing so awesome! My parents like Leyla's personality so much that they are seriously considering getting a Cockapoo. My only stipulation is that they do not name her Leyla. Otherwise, I can't wait to see Leyla's reaction to a puppy that looks just like her (or almost). Anyways, I have orientation for my new job on Thursday and then we have our welcome back week for all teachers next week. I also have another busy weekend coming up so I should have more to post on Monday or Tuesday of next week!

Busy Again

So this weekend I was again really busy. It kind of feels nice to have things to do all of the time. On Friday night I had my first date in over a year. We went to Acme Comedy Club for the dinner/show package. We had front row seats which was both good and bad (my date and I are both shy and he kept getting called on). We then went to Bonfire in St. Paul to listen to the dueling pianos. He also bought a present for Leyla which was so sweet! On Saturday I had my friend, Laura's, 30th Birthday party. It was fun to see her since it has been over a year. Her and her boyfriend have a really nice house in St. Louis Park so the party was in their backyard. I then went to my reunion. Only 11 people out of a class of 250 RSVPd for the party. There were about 30 people total there. It was fun, though, because I knew a lot of people there and was able to have comfortable conversations with all of them. Afterwards, my friend, Katie and a couple other people went to Katie's house to hang out for a while. Today, I was supposed to go to the Irish Fair in St. Paul with Shani, but it has been raining and cold all day, so I just took it easy and stayed home with Leyla. She is officially 4 months old today! She is also getting really big. She has shot up in height (gain inches in her legs) and she weighs more. I will find out how much when we go to the vet this week for her final s
hots. Well, I will right more later.

Below is a picture of myself and two of my classmates, Giovan and Tomorrah.

Lady

Today was a really hard day for me and this blog will be written behind tears. My family dog, Lady, was put to rest today. I don't think I could express what kind of dog Lady is better than my brother did, so I have copied his blog entry here.

Goodbye Lady…

© 2002 by Kyle A. Christopherson

Knowing it is coming never makes it easier. I have been waiting for this to happen for quite some time now. You see Lady was a 17 year old Siberian husky. She was a member of our family for over half my life; she died this morning at 10:58am.

Lady lived the life of a rambunctious and enthusiastic puppy until she was about 14 years old, when she finally began to slow down and take it easy; she spent her time drinking from waterfalls and wandering about her gardens, watching the birds, listening to the water babble, and lounging about.

Lady was a playful, gentle, and loving member of our family. She will be missed, but remembered with joy.

Busy, Busy, Busy

SO this weekend was pretty packed. I was supposed to work on Friday night and take a girl I work with to see "Wrapped in Plastic" going on at the Fringe Festival. It is a play about how teenage girls are affected by societies views about how they should dress and act. I am going to check out the book "Branded" from the public library, because it talks about the same thing. Well, my life story always has migraines involved and I got a bad one. I had spent the day with my friend, Zarra and her daughter, Abby. We went to Snuffy's to have lunch and then went back to Zarra's new apartment. It is one of the apartments that was built on West 7th by the Airport. They are REALLY nice apartments. Zarra and I watched "Four Brothers" while Abby had quiet time in her room. I felt badly leaving Leyla, because on Thursday, I was gone for 11 hours for work (Kyle came over and watched her). He also decided to start his blog that day. I have a link on this site if you are interested (Alika?). On Saturday, I had my friend, Jen's wedding. It started at 1:30 and I was there until 12:15a.m. I got to hang out with a bunch of my old co-workers one of which leaves for Germany for two years today (it is Tuesday, August 8th). She got really upset towards the end. The wedding was awesome! Jen and Jeff are the cutest couple! Then on Sunday, Kyle and I went to the Uptown Art Fair so that he could mingle for his Realtor job. He showed me his office and gave me some business cards, which are both really cool. I then came home and hung out with Leyla. On Monday I was supposed to work a 6 1/2 hour day, but the kid was being a pill so I ended up working only 3 1/2 hours. I then came home and hung out with Leyla until puppy class. My parents got home from their two week vacation yesterday, so we stopped over there. My dad made a comment about Leyla that made me really proud. He said you can tell that not only is she bigger, but she's more mature (0r something to that affect). Thanks Dad! Her training is really paying off. If it continues to go so well, then we will do the next class. My goal is to get her eventually trained as a therapy dog. Anyways, I have my 10 year (yes I'm a youngin) high school reunion on Saturday August 12. I had a head start, because I just ran into my old friend, Neil, from Washburn. I tried to encourage him (and his wife) to come to our reunion. Hopefully he does. Anyways, I will try to write more after this weekend. I am actually really excited about the reunion! It is also the Irish Festival this weekend, so I will try and go with some friends.

Rest of weekend

So after my trauma of getting the mailbox key out of the poop pail, I had a pretty calm weekend. Saturday I just worked for a few hours and hung out with Leyla. She is actually doing pretty well. Sunday, I went to the 2nd service for Jacob's Well and stayed at the picnic afterwards. I have to begin helping with the children's service for the next worship service. I will be a small group leader. I do not know for what ages yet. I then went home and played (inside, because it was close to 100 degrees) with Leyla. Monday, we had our second (supposed to be 3rd, but we missed that class due to the storm) puppy class. Leyla was more interested in the other puppies and adults than paying attention to what I was trying to teach her. We have a lot to work on this week: drop, wait (for a treat), leave it, loose leash, and silent and verbal sit commands. She is a quick learner, but she is choosing to not pay attention to her name right now. I have to work on that too. Anyways, I should go. I am technically working right now. I will post more after this weekend. I have my friend, Jen's wedding on Saturday!