So now for the latest. I've been looking into colleges here in town, looking into which ones might provide the journalism program that I've decided I want to pursue, and I found one that offers it :-) Not at the level I'd like, but I can start out with it and then keep at it when I'm through. Hopefully then, we will be moved to wherever(as long as it isn't Texas!), a little more settled in, and I'll be able to get into a more involved program than the one offered here. I can go as far as a master's degree here, but I would rather obtain it from a school with a better reputation than some local school in BFE, Texas ;-) But, as I said, the program here in town is a good start. I got enrolled for a few classes that I need to take/finish beforehand today, and should be done with those and ready to move on within a couple of months :-)
Going back to our mini-vacation for a minute.......We got married September 7th, a day after my grandparents came to visit and just after we got back to town :-) We decided to just keep it simple, went to the courthouse and did the paperwork(which was minimal, I was actually surprised that it literally only takes you signing your name once and bam! You're hitched :-p), and then the judge came over and took us out by the fountain beside the courthouse, and in front of this beautiful old cathedral, and about 5 minutes later.....I officially became the Mrs :-) There is nothing that compares to the feeling of knowing that your best friend will be by your side for the rest of your life and promising that to them......I might complain about a lot of things(give me a break-I'm working on it! :-p ), but having the amazing husband that I've been so very blessed with will never be one of them, nor will it be something I take for granted. We've been apart, and we've seen what can happen and how quickly your life can change so drastically. After the year that we have had and everything that we have been through, I have never been more convinced that God made the right decision when he chose us for each other, and I have never been as grateful for something as I am for His decision to entrust this amazing man's heart to me :-)
Oooooookay, I think I'm finished with all of that "mushy gushy" crap....ha. Mister and I decided this week that November looks like a good month to visit Oregon. He's got a whole new family to meet, and I sort of miss everyone back "home," too. We are thinking it will probably be the last half of November, so we sort of get to spend a holiday there, and then we'll spend our first Christmas together here at home. When I say first, I mean the first that we have physically been together for, and first that we have as a married couple as well. We got married on our 2 year anniversary, and the last 2 Christmas' he has been away and we've been apart, so it'll be nice to *finally* get to celebrate one together :-)
As for today.......we took Franklin into the vet for some eye boogie issues. He had a bit of green stuff in the corners of his eyes, and, with his being mostly cocker, I've been told to watch for eye/ear issues, so I didn't want to let it slide. So, I scheduled an appointment and took him in to the vet, and we found out that he basically has puppy pink eye. No bueno! The vet gave us some eyedrops for him and said it should clear right up in a day or two. We also decided, while we were at the doctor and because Franklin will be turning 1 year in about a week, that it would be okay to go ahead and get his annual vaccinations/flu shot done. He got kennel cough(Bordetella) while he was away at obedience school, and canine influenza is going around terribly here right now. Good thinking, right? BIG mistake. We got home from all of that, and about 7:30 tonight, it was storming outside(lighting and thunder type storming), and Franklin was acting funny. Thinking he was nervous about the impending weather, I got the Benadryl out and as I was giving him a dose, I looked at his face and noticed it was completely swelled up. I finished giving him the medicine(knowing he was having an allergic reaction to his shots, the antihistamine helps reduce the swelling), scooped him up and drug Franklin, Mollie, and my darling yet oh-so-confused husband out the door and off to the vet hospital. The tech at the front desk tried to force about a zillion pages of paperwork on me before she could even touch Franklin(according to her), and in not-so-nice words, I may or may not have told her to "shove it" and yelled at her. What do you expect? His swelling had become worse during the car ride to the hospital, and I was pretty sure his throat might close up if he didn't get treated right away. Taking an hour to fill out paperwork while my pup lay in pain and suffered was just not on my agenda! Luckily for the stupid tech, my darling husband came in and intervened, and she took Franklin back to get steroid and antihistamine shots while Jeff filled out what needed to be. Turns out(as I already knew) mister Franklin had an allergic reaction to one of the vaccinations he was given today, or maybe was just on overload with being given 6 of them at once(one of them is a 5-in-1 shot), and the reaction is what caused his face to swell so severely. Poor little guy, his little cheeks were all puffed up and his eyes were swollen completely shut by the time we got into the hospital. Thank God it wasn't far away from where we live! I'm now up for the night with him to administer medication, but he's a tough little pup and is expected to make a full recovery :-)
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