About a week ago, we adopted an adorable little girl…PUPPY, not a baby (but nice try, we are sorry to get your hopes up!)
Her name is Jersey Moo Cow (Jersey for short) and she is 15 weeks old. She has already gained 2 lbs and she is one crazy puppy! Of course, the old man that is Bailey took the entire 1st week to warm up to her but, now they are the best of friends; constantly playing and following him around. Jersey is learning a lot from Bailey (and not all lessons are for our benefit!). But that is enough about the
dogs, for now.And, YES, we are turning into the crazy people that have their dogs and only there dogs on the annual Christmas card!
In other news, my New Year’s resolution was to be healthy and determine why I feel so achy and exhausted. Well, I have been poked (too many
times to count) and prodded until a test turned up positive. I have been tested for allergies, arthritis, lupus, a thyroid problem, celiac’s disease and diabetes—to name a few. Then, in a flash 2 tests turned out to be positive! I am vitamin D and vitamin B12 deficient. That means I get to be a meat-atarian—as many salmon and burgers that I can handle + some extra vitamin supplements. BUT, enough about my meat—hehehe!My career as a nuclear engineer continues to challenge me everyday. I get to wear steel-toed boots and a hard hat at least 2x a week. You might ask, what happened to the little girl that LOVED to wear pink? Well, I just wear pink shirts and jackets with my hard hat and steel-toes! As for what I do at work--- I can’t tell you because I would have to kill you.
As for the wonderful and ever-talented Zachary, he has been a fantastic house husband- so much so that I don’t want him to go back to work! BUT, as many of you know, he will be starting a new job soon and he gets to “commute” with me!
He is working for the shipyard as a Radiation Control Technician (RadCon Tech) a.k.a he makes sure our babies won’t be come out of the womb with an extra eye-ball (among other things)! For the few of you who don’t know, he will be going to Virginia for 22 weeks to get qualified as a RadCon Tech:( I don’t think about him being gone yet and we will deal with when we get there. And there are always the trips cross-country to visit one another!He has gotten into the whole-home-brewing-thing. So far we have made 5 different brews—heffewiezen, chocolate stout, raspberry wheat, rye amber and an ESB. By the way, the “we” I speak of is more like “me and the turd in my pocket;” I am more of an assistant of all things that Zach doesn’t want to do! And I contribute a little something here and there from the chemical engineering degree.
That is all for now… to tide you all over, here is a cute video of Bailey & Jersey playing together!! AHHH, cute!!
