The Birthday Boy!

A year old already, can you believe it?

Happy birthday, Christian!

Dirty Laundry

Brother's new favorite playpen.

Hehe.

And I shall leave you with that, because I have nothing profound to say today!

Actually, I take that back. I do have one great thing to say.

Jesus loves you.

=)

How Blessed Am I

I am very weary. Yesterday was a long day, and the morning already has been tiring. (Which basically translates as, Please excuse the poorly writtenness of this post.)

Sometimes the irksome little things in life add up and make it seem as though the world is coming to an end. Have you ever felt that way? To paraphrase a friend of mine (who put it much more eloquently), some days I want to find a little hollow in the universe, and curl up in this hollow with a blanket and a good book and never come out again.

But when I feel this way, snuggled into the sofa with a blanket and a book and a dog lying on my feet--in a heated, air-conditioned home with a pantry filled with food and faucets flowing with potable water, in a safe neighborhood--I am reminded of those not so fortunate, the cancer patients and the impoverished, the orphans and the widows, those struggling to provide for their family, while I, a young teenage girl, have really not a worry in the world. And I praise Him for all that with which He has blessed me, and I pray for those less fortunate. And I feel better.

I am glad also that the trials which I do endure allow me to empathize more deeply with those faced with much greater ones.

On a lighter note, the puppy is doing much better today. He jumps and plays and actually seems to care what's happening to him. Maybe he was just dehydrated. There still has been no word from his owners, although a lady called who was missing her beagle.

It's hard to walk because he romps along underfoot, pouncing my feet and pulling at my pants!

Of Puppies and Geeks





This is the puppy my dad found on the side of the road.

Isn't that sheer adorableness?

He saw the vet today, and she said she didn't see any signs of trauma, and he tested negative for parvo*.

Still, something isn't right with him. He's lethargic to the extreme and just lies there. That isn't normal for a puppy in a strange place surrounded by strange people--or any dog, save maybe a senile, geriatric one.

Outside he perks up, though he still isn't as lively as it seems a puppy should be. Hopefully we'll get a call from his owners soon, if he has any.

Also, I hereby declare every Friday shall be Geeky Friday**. (Because, after all, we nerds having nothing better to do with ourselves on Friday nights than be nerdy!) I've wanted to declare it for several weeks now, but each Friday I'm too tired to write a post nerdy enough. And I'm still too tired, so I'm going to leave you with Fibonacci.

*Canine parvovirus type 2. According to Wikipedia the Omniscient, "It has two distinct presentations, a cardiac and intestinal form. The common signs of the intestinal form are severe vomiting and dysentery. The cardiac form causes respiratory or cardiovascular failure in young puppies."

**I was going to go with Nerdy Friday, but Geeky Friday is like a play on Freaky Friday... which was a movie I saw years and years ago and have almost no memory of... but I might end up changing it to Nerdy Friday... Your thoughts?