No Ordinary Week(s)

Been a crazy few weeks. Two trips to Roanoke, had two impromptu interviews, nailed down some wedding details and became the baddest man in the galaxy.

Hello, Apollo. Where should I begin?

This last month has been BUSY. Since last time I got to try out being a full-time parent to a 3-month old (pup), drove to Pottsville, PA for an extended “vacation” and went to my first engagement party. This post is going to be a doozy – you’ve been warned.

Where to begin? Well, in case you hadn’t met, this is our little Kaylee and she can be a handful.

We got her from the Charlotte Humane Society in mid-May and it has been both rewarding and a challenge every day. As a Labrador mix, we don’t know what she is which makes it difficult to predict what behaviors or health issues she may have, but thus far she’s completely healthy and incredibly smart. Within a month she understood the command for sit, recognized Crystal and I as her parents (or pack leaders) and demonstrated an incredibly sweet demeanor. She rarely barks, loves to lick faces and has no sense of her own size – which tends to become a problem when she meets dogs that are exceedingly smaller than her or exponentially larger. At the time we got her, I was working at my internship, so my interactions with her were limited to afternoon and evening walks, whereas Crystal got the whole shebang. As you know, the internship didn’t last, so when Crystal left town to be with her family while her mother had surgery, it was just me and Kaylee.