People are complicated. And often disappointing. I think that’s why I prefer dogs in many cases; they’re pretty straight forward more often than not. Don’t get me wrong. I have plenty of people that I do like just fine and consider myself lucky in that regard. I have friends, family and coworkers that I have… Continue reading The Good and the Bad in Human Interaction

I cannot believe we’re into November already. This time last year, Justin kept saying that he just needed to get out of 2020, that 2021 would be better. It’s definitely been different, and I guess a little better in some ways. In other ways, I feel like 2020 has just dragged on. And on. As… Continue reading Reflections on the Year’s Upcoming End

Although I was just on vacation a couple of weeks ago, I didn’t come back feeling refreshed. At all. Vermont was perfect and beautiful, but I wanted to be at work even less when I returned than just before I left. Usually, I come back from a trip and feel at least a little bit… Continue reading Finding a Little Peace in South Carolina

Today, October 4, 2021, marks 7 whole years since we brought Rook home. Flint was, of course, a well-established member of our family at that point and had been for 6+ years. Although Justin thought (and still does think) that one dog is perfect, I lived with multiple dogs for bulk of my life before… Continue reading My Rookie Cookie Pie

Rookie and Magic came on vacation last week. We’ll have shared our lives with Rookie for 7 years in a little over a week, and we’ve never brought him on vacation before. (He came for an overnight camping trip once and wasn’t really a fan. Pre-pandemic, he’s traveled to visit family for weekends and holidays… Continue reading Vacationing with Rookie and Magic

I was texting with a friend the other day that lives outside of Boston and that I haven’t spoken with in several months. He asked me how work was going and commented that his dog’s vet “just up and quit with nothing lined up he was so burned out.” I responded to him that, unfortunately,… Continue reading “That’s absurd!”

I’m sure you’ve figured this out by now, but dogs are my favorite creature, by far. When I interviewed at Penn, one of the vet students tasked with sort of interviewing potential incoming students while mostly keeping us entertained during the wait for our real interview sessions asked the group at my table what our… Continue reading The start of a love story

It’s been a little while since I’ve gotten many comments on my age. Maybe it’s because we were running curbside for so long? I’m not sure. Either way, I’ve gotten a few comments during this past week that either definitely were or could potentially be about my age. It’s always weird to hear them because… Continue reading Age is just a number, but time’s always moving

Last Wednesday was Magic’s 3 year “adoptiversary,” if you will. I can’t believe it’s been that long (probably because of the lost year of 2020). She keeps life interesting, that’s for sure. It took us a few month after losing Flint to consider getting a new canine friend. We were in the middle of renovating… Continue reading That time that Magic joined the family

*I have to get this off my chest. You might not like what I have to say below. (And trust me, this is only scratching the surface of what I’d really like to throw out there because I am angry. And sad. And depressed. And disheartened. And so many other not great emotions all at… Continue reading The world is stressing me out