Saving Sadie!

The past couple weeks I have been meaning to write about an amazing true story that happened to me. I saved a dog. Yep, I am a puppy saving hero. :D One night I was on my way to meet my best friend at her work in AF and we were going to go out to dinner and then go back to her place to chill. WELL...I got off at the AF exit and turned right, and then as I was approaching the first light (where I had to turn right), I saw this black fuzzy thing start to just run out in front of my car. Luckily the stars aligned and I happened to be the only car around at the time so I was able to stop on a dime and not have to worry. So I stopped, put my car in park, and jumped out to see what the creature was and why it was in such a random place. So I run around to the other side of my car, and walking back to the sidewalk all scared-like is this ADORABLE black Cocker Spaniel. So without hesitation I scooped her up into my arms and carried her back to the car with me and put her in the passenger seat next to me. "Well, let's go get Taylor!" I said, and we proceeded to turn down the road to my bestie's office. Once we parked and I texted Taylor to let her know I was there, I turned on my dome lights to try to make sense of the situation I found myself in. The cute dog had a harness collar on with a rabies tag (clear back from 2007!) and a tag that said "If I am lost and you find me, please call..." and then on the other side of the tag it had an ID number. So I called the number and told them I had found a small, black, cocker spaniel in AF and read them the number on the tag once they asked for it. The lady said "Oh yep, looks like you found Sadie-Sue...and she's from Springville..." Helpful dog tracking lady say WHAT?!?!?! I was so shocked!! (By the way, Taylor had come down and got in the car during all this and was thoroughly confused...so funny!) So anywho, she took down my information and said she'd contact the owners and have them get in touch with me. Well, not 2 minutes later, she calls me back and says "Um...I tried to contact the owners...and the only information we have on them is from 2008, two of the numbers are incorrect and a third number is disconnected..." She gave me a number to a spay and neuter place that I could call to see if they had any records on Sadie and her family, but they were closed already, which meant I would have to wait til morning to really do anything about the situation. So Taylor and I got some sushi "to go" from our favorite place in AF and took the sushi and our new canine friend back to her house. I took Sadie home with me at the end of the night and my parents were so kind and understanding of the situation and helped me set up a blanket for Sadie in the laundry room bathroom. The next morning I called all around, and there is just absolutely no information on her ANYWHERE. The poor dear had just been dumped! Abandoned just like that. She could have froze to death or been run over! We kept her for a little over a week, if my memory serves me correctly. I cried multiple times, just out of pain and sorrow for this sweet creature that was tossed out like a sack of garbage. She is so sweet and loving and the poor thing had the saddest, most hurt look on her face for the first night and day that I had her. I told her (yes, I talk to animals) that nobody should have to be alone, especially during the the holidays. She was very happy to be in a warm home with lots of love offered to her. My parents absolutely love her, but since we already have two dogs we couldn't keep her. Thankfully our neighbor across the street wanted to take her in, so she's still in good hands, and still close to me. :) We were trying to find her a good home but if we couldn't do it soon then we were just going to have to take her to a non euthanizing shelter. The thought of her possibly going into another sad or bad situation just hurt so much. The entire situation absolutely broke my heart. BUT, all's well that end's well! She's still safe and happy, and that makes me so happy! :D That's a somewhat condensed story of how I saved Sadie. :D

So Goes Life...!

This Christmas is going to be quite different...it will be the first Christmas where it's just my parents and I. But there's this slight possibility that I might have dinner with a guy friend and his family either Christmas Eve or Christmas Day...which I'm really torn about leaving my parents for either one. We'll see.
I'm really excited for this Christmas though -- I just know it's going to be a great one! And my family is going to all have a lovely Christmas, which makes me so happy. They are so deserving, and I would just give them everything under, above, around, and including the sun, if I could. :)
I finally snapped and quit my job, just walked out. Totally against my character, but like I said before "I finally snapped" and that's so true it's almost not even funny. I've been going back and forth between "I'm free!!!" and "What have I done??" but all my friends and family are so happy for me and keep reassuring me that I made the right choice. I know I did, it's just the shell-shocked feeling that I have to get over first. Heh. :p I can already feel some stress starting to dissipate though. My doctor seems to think a chunk of my health problems are stress induced and that I have way too much stress in my life. I can see that. I'm not convinced that it's 100% of my health problems, but we'll see as we keep running tests and stuff. :)

Just Bored

This morning I woke up at 7:00 AM for school to shower and get all ready in some clean scrubs for my first day of a new class schedule. I leave my house, drive a half hour to school for an 8:30 AM class...only to find out that my class is actually scheduled for 11:30 AM. Haha lovely. So I've just been sitting here at a table in the upstairs of my school. It has been kind of nice/fun actually because I've had time to just be awake and chill, and I'm right outside the door to Mr. Sombrano's class -- he is the Psychology teacher here...and he is an absolute riot! I loved his class, I only wish it had been two modules long instead of one. Anyway, I've kind of got a lot of things to do today. Mostly just a lot of little things, but still it's going to keep me busy. The part of my day that I'm looking forward to the absolute most is that I'm going to get to hang out with my Best Friend!! I'm really super excited!! :D PS: IT SNOWED THIS MORNING!!!!!!...or rather there was snow when I woke up, haha, so it probably snowed over the night. I'm not 100% sure as to why this makes me happy, but it totally does make me happy! It can't be Christmas without snow, and lights, and loved ones, and hot chocolate...in no particular order. :p