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I’m going to set up this entry in a slightly different way than normal, due to my entries getting pretty long! Click the ‘Continue reading’ button to read the full entry.

To read the section of my entry about Puppies, click HERE. If you want to view the section of my entry about Christmas, click HERE, and finally if you want to view the section of my entry about the Open University and my job hunting, click HERE.

Puppy

I’m writing this from the comfort of my sofa, with Kira, our Siberian Husky puppy by my side, half sleeping, half playing, and George, not actually wanting to be social!

I’ll start with Kira. Choosing and buying her came out of the blue, but the idea of me and Rich wanting a puppy wasn’t a spur of the moment decision. We’d toyed with an Irish Wolfhound for quite a while; he’d had one in the past, and loved him dearly. I was a little worried about the size of some of the dogs he was interested in, and whether we could afford to maintain a big dog!

Over the weekend, we’d viewed a few animal shelters, but decided that that wasn’t the way to go. The animals were lovely, but we just didn’t find one we ‘gelled’ with. It didn’t seem that they’d ever feel like they were ‘ours’, and they were nearly always at an age where it would be too late to integrate him/her with George (which was really important).

We came away from the shelters feeling really despondent. We decided to have a look at the net when we got home, to see if there was any possibility of buying a puppy instead. We looked around, and focused our search in the end on Siberian Huskies. Rich was keen on the breed, so I happily went with it.

I believe in fate, and destiny and I believed right from the beginning that when we found the right puppy, we’d know. The first 20 or so adverts we viewed just didn’t feel right. They where either too expensive, or male (which we didn’t overly want), or in a location that just wasn’t practical.

We did finally come across one advert though, and we had a really great feeling right from the beginning. She was the last of a little from Leicester. When we initially phoned the breeder, he was very, very friendly. He answered all of our questions and was happy for us to go view her.

Leicester is only 20 minutes or so from us in Coventry, and we traveled up to meet the puppy. The area wasn’t what I was expecting; it was the poorer side of town, so we where a little apprehensive. When we met Kira, she initially seemed very sleepy (she is a puppy though so it was to be expected). Rich held her first, and she snuggled him, and when straight back to sleep. Then I held her, and she just sank in to my arms. She loved every minute of it, and we instantly bonded. I didn’t want to put her down!

We questioned the breeder, and all seemed to be in order. She eventually woke up and instantly jumped down to the floor and started to chew my shoe laces! Naughty Kira. We decided to buy her there and then. We loved her so much! She traveled home just perfectly, she lay down and went back to sleep. A big contrast to how George is when he travels, he gets super excited and barks the whole way!

She’s settled in extremely well She’s chewed everything, peed everywhere, made lots of mess, and spent all of her remaining time sleeping! She’s really settled in nicely, and is growing bigger and bigger by the day! It’s really strange seeing how she’s changing; just her facial features developing, and her coat colour.

She wont be fully grown until she’s 2 and a half years old (she’s 8 weeks at the moment). She’ll get as big as I am when she’s standing on her back legs. She’ll also need walking an hour or more a day (which will be Richards job as my health just wont stand it).

That’s all for now regarding dogs!
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Christmas

Christmas is closely upon us! ARG! I’m trying to work out how long I can put off Christmas for. Don’t get me wrong, when the day arrives, I love it, I just dislike how suddenly Christmas starts in August and September and my radio is filtered with Christmas tunes! Really frustrates me.

As far as plans for Christmas day though, I’m really conflicted as to where to be and what to do! I really don’t want my dad being alone at Christmas, would be so strange without him. As well as that though, I’m going to be super sad to not see my sister at Christmas. Boo.

In the end we kind of came up with some form of plan. Dad will spend the morning of Christmas day with my Jen, my sister. At mid day he’ll travel up to me and Richards (about a 2 hour drive). We’ve all then been invited to Richards brothers wifes parents (still with me?!) for Christmas day meal, which will be great, means I don’t have to cook, hurray! Boxing day will be spent at Richards parents for boxing day celebrations.

Thats what’s happening on the 25th! It’s all so new for me, we’ve never really made a huge fuss at Christmas. We’ve always had the family tree, and the meal in the afternoon, and presents of course, but that’s been about it! We’ve never really had boxing day celebrations, or new years celebrations, so I think I’m in for some fun this year!

As far as presents go, Richards sorted, dads sorted, mums sorted, as is her boyfriend, and my uncle/aunt. Still conflicted as to what to buy my sister, due to the fact my mum stole my present idea! What a coincidence! GRR! We had such fun laughing over that when we found out that we’d both decided to buy the same present for her, i’ll make sure she knows it was my idea first!
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Open University and job hunting

As i’ve already mentioned, i’m studying the first course which will count towards my degree. I received the results of my first assignment a few days ago, and and am pretty dam chuffed with the mark! I was scored 88% (The Open Uni works in percentages instead of grades..). I’m dam chuffed I have to say! There’s certain points I need to work on, so will make sure I sort those out for the next assignment. I also had my monthly tutorial last night, which meant I had to travel back east as I haven’t changed regions yet. I was feeling terrible and really didn’t want to go, but it turned out to be worth it and helped answered a few questions I had.

I am completely shattered today though. I’m in super amount so of pain after the 5 and a half odd hours driving yesterday (To my dads, to pick up his car, back to my tutorial, then home). Having some trouble walking as my knee and ankle joints/muscles have swollen and seized up. Is due to me overdoing it and I know I shouldn’t push myself in that way, but sometimes it’s necessary, at least once a month for my tutorial.

Due to part of my benefits stopping, (as I think I’ve already mentioned), I’ve had to start to search for a job, something I didn’t anticipate I’d have to do until after I’d finished my degree. I’ve applied to several retail positions, working on tills, and varies boring things.

I’ve also applied today to several Web Content Editing positions, which I have to say I’m pretty nervous about. Due to not finishing school though, I have little qualifications (pre degree), and have had no previous work experience, so I’m just not confident I’d land a job in the IT field (which would definitely be ideal for me).

I’m hoping to pick up some volunteer work over the next few months, and work hard, so I have at least some experience to put on my CV, as it’s looking rather bare at the moment.

Before I sign off, I’d like to thank the continuing support of the readers of my blog. There has been so many views, and comments over the past month, and it’s really appreciated. I have always said, and always will, that I write for me. I don’t do it to follow the crowd. I don’t limit my posts so it follows a set of ‘rules’ or ideals. I just write. It’s always been a release for me, a way to get things off my chest and document what’s happening in my life, and I think that’s reflected in the end result. So again, thank you for reading!
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