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I brought Chico to the lake this weekend and he ran full speed off of a retaining wall and then slid down a very steep hill. I have provided an illustration below.
He flew, then hit the ground, then rolled several feet then slide. I seriously thought he was probably dead. Or, at least had some broken bones. Nope. He’s, like, made of rubber or something. He does, however, have a huge knot on his forehead and a bloody lip, but he is unphased.
A few minutes later, he was floating on my stomach. I think he might have still been in shock.
Yeah, the other guy has a baby and I have my pup. He (Chico) got plenty of attention from all of the ladies and he hammed it up for them. I won’t be taking him back to the lake any time soon.
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If you don’t know anything about my air-conditioner, you may want to read here and here. And then please come back.
The HVAC guy finally came by yesterday!! This is after calling them Tuesday and Wednesday and having them promise to come by and call me if they weren’t going to make it. Needless to say, they didn’t come by and didn’t call. Not to mention, it’s been hot as hell here. Like, 90. BS. So, yesterday, I was told they would be by between 6:30 and 7 pm. He showed promptly at 7:20. I almost did a happy dance.
Guess what? I need a new unit. And they won’t be able to install it until early next week. Which is fine. Kind of. Because, hopefully I will be riding around Atlanta on my totally awesome scooter tomorrow. Roomie and I have been enjoying cold showers, which as not as bad as one would assume. Especially when it’s hot as hell in your house.
And, I took full advantage of waiting for the A/C dude last night by digital scrapbooking for the first time. Which took about 2 hours. To make one page. Because my computer sucks and I’m pretty photoshop illiterate.
I’m pretty sure I’ve raved on and on about Chico in the past (I would look up the the posts and link to them, but I’m feeling a little lazy right now).
Having been a cat person my whole life, I am constantly amazed at how awesome and wonderful having a dog is. It’s rewarding like nothing I’ve ever experienced. My cats love me and I love them, but it’s totally different. Chico is always there, willing to play, wanting my attention, loving me unconditionally. Wow.
I took some pictures of Chico being super sweet at work and I want to share. :)
Chico’s new favorite thing is to fake pee. He gets treats at work every time he goes to the bathroom outside. Well, he thinks he has outsmarted me by begging to go outside every 5 minutes. He doesn’t even try to fake me out anymore. He just runs around a bush and then comes in, thinking he’s going to get a treat. Ridiculous.
See him there, lounging in the field?
Chico is a boob man.
My little Chico has allergies. Last week, here in Atlanta, the pollen count was off the charts and poor little Chico started wheezing and hacking and just being generally pathetic and mucusy.
I didn’t know dogs could have allergies like people, this is news to me. And, I have never had a dog before–everything he does is pretty new.
I’ve been giving him children’s Benadryl and snuggling him. The medicine has been making him high instead of tired. You would think medication that takes a normal sized dog down would make a Chihuahua go to sleep. Not Chico. He was running around and going into people’s offices and staring at them. Coworkers were calling it the “WTF face.” His staring was freaking some people out and he was quarantined to his bed area until he could stop with the craziness.
Chico and puppy being pathetic
I haven’t been wanting him to go outside other than to go to the bathroom. The weather has
been beautiful and Chico has been a little asshole. He goes into the most obscure bush in my yard and gets in it and glares at me. Some spankings were issued over the weekend. You would think he would learn after he comes in from being out there hacking and not being able to breathe for 5 minutes.
Last night he was lying under a blanket in my bed and I went in there to check on him. 5 feet away, he is breathing normal and sounds great. 2 feet away, still breathing normal, I’m feeling good that he is doing better. 6 inches away, Chico starts hamming it up and breathing out of his nose instead of his mouth and shuddering. He 
sounded horrible and I couldn’t help but laugh. I backed up to 2 feet again and he started breathing through him mouth. Ass! He’s trying to make me feel sorry for him. The nerve.
I left his little butt at home today so he can get to feeling better and maybe the back and forth to work is making his allergies worse. Who knows. And he won’t be putting on such a show for me. That has got to be tiring.
Do your pets do anything like that?
Justin doesn’t think I’m funny. He claims he meant he just doesn’t think I’m funny on Twitter, but I know he meant he doesn’t think I’m funny at all. Whatever. My grandmother thinks I’m hilarious. All she does is laugh when we talk. That’s why I call her when I need someone to laugh with me. (I have plenty of other people who I can call to laugh at me…ahem, Justin)
Skip to 5 minutes later:
I was going to show you the Twitter lists I’m on. A month ago, there were a few called “hilarity” and “people who make me shit I laughed so hard” but I seem to have lost my place on those lists. Maybe Justin’s right. I don’t really think I’m very funny on Twitter, but I was going to prove myself with the lists. Damn. I am, however, on some lists that will keep me awake tonight. Ahem:
And the one list…validating my original point. Even though my original point has been, pretty much, torn to shreds.
The one person who still has me listed as funny.
Interesting thing. Lately, I have found myself in good moods most of the time. Justin may disagree, but for the most part, I feel pretty positive about things. And this has been reflected in my moods. Which is interesting. I have never (ever, ever) been a positive person and good moods were usually few and far between. I really felt like that dude from Office Space who asked the doctor to hypnotize him so he didn’t know he was a work. But, I felt like this about everything. Work, after work, life in general. Who knew I have the capacity to feel positive and, dare I say it, happy most of the time. Who knew I had it in me to look for the positive in things and not always assume the negative in every situation? I’m just as shocked as anyone who may be outside looking in. It’s awesome.
P.S. Earl Grey tea is the best thing ever.
It’s raining today. Again. And the doomsday winter weather people are claiming it’s going to snow again, but it’s currently 39 degrees and I just don’t think so.
I took a picture of Chico lounging in the lobby yesterday and he’s really hard to see. So, I thought I wold make it a game. Where is he?
He’s actually a lot easier to see here than on my phone. I feel like he is screaming out his location. But, maybe I’m wrong.
Asked someone if she could see him and she said no. Maybe it’s not as obvious as I thought. So, where is he?
Here is another picture a little closer up.
See him now? He was basking in the sun. Sitting at the bottom of the steps. This is after he growled and barked at me all day. He wanted me to take him outside to play. I had a friend take him out, but he didn’t want that. He wanted me to take him. Adorable, if not really annoying.
UPDATED: So, I take it back. It’s only an hour later than the last post and it is snowing like no body’s business. It looks really pretty. And, apparently it’s sticking in other places. I was so wrong.
I am still feeling sick, like, you know when you are sick and you feel high even though you haven’t taken any medication? That is how I feel. So, I took 3 advils and 3 tylenols just to make sure that everything is covered.
I am just going to post pictures from my iPhone. I downloaded this awesome app called ShakeItPhoto and it makes your pictures look like polaroids, not just with the white edging, but the pic looks all polaroidy as well. It’s rad.
Ring Pop aweseomeness. I bought some to put in the candy bowl at work.
Knitting at Justin & my 1 year anniversary dinner on Saturday. Since I don’t write about knitting all that often, I like to take pictures of me actually knitting in public so you guys don’t think I’m slacking.
Sitting in traffic while wearing Gucci sunglasses. I’ve had these for over 3 years. I can’t keep the drugstore sunglasses in hand for more than a month.
Chico sleeping in the car
One of my extremely painful nights from last week. Chico was being really sweet and was playing with my yarn. I was throwing it at him, he didn’t just steal it (like those cats I have…grr)
Same night. Trying to distract myself from the pain at 4:30am. It worked.
Being cool.
My friend Taryn P rocks your face off. You know why? Because she thinks I’m really cool…I know, I’m surprised as well. And, she is really confused and thinks I have great style. I used to have great style, but then I just had to do this thing called, move out on my own and get a job and be responsible with money. Totally sucked. And I have gained a little weight. And I feel a little fat. So, my really awesome clothes that are size extra, extra small are hidden in the back of my closet with that sparkly Sailor Moon costume I’ve been hanging on to since 11th grade.
Anyways, Taryn P rocks. And her husband has a grizzly beard.
Oh yeah. She also thinks I’m really cool because I knit in public all the time. She might be the only person I know in real life who thinks this is awesome. Except my other knitting friends.
We had little cheesecakes.
As you know, yesterday was Valentines Day and if you would believe it, I haven’t seriously celebrated it. Ever. (Other than my mom getting my red hots and passing out candies in grade school) It was really nice. I think I spent way too much energy hating and resisting Valentines Day for the past ten years.
Justin and I walked around my neighborhood, which we rarely ever do and that was really awesome. We went to a bakery and got some valentines pastries. I usually hate getting out and walking around and being active. I’m lazy. I’ll just say it. I would much rather sit on my couch in front of the tv. Like, 
sometimes, even though I have food to microwave, I would rather just be hungry than put in the effort to put the food in the microwave. Yeah. Forget cooking. So, walking around the neighborhood was really nice. I realized how close everything is. There is a coffee shop just a 5 minute walk from my house! And it’s great and it’s not Starbucks. I really need to get out and walk around more.
We went to brunch and then sat around and I read and Justin watched TV. It was a great low key day.
We went to PF Chang’s for dinner. My favorite restaurant. Seriously, if I could eat anywhere, I would want to eat there. And, Justin even waited over an hour for a table. For me. It was soooo sweet.
Then we came home and watched (500) Days of Summer which was totally cute.
Did you do anything fun? Or, maybe you don’t care and don’t celebrate?
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