welcome, adena!

i'm posting this a little earlier than i normally do, because i have a "theological discussion," for lack of a better term, ahead of me tonight, and i don't want to be distracted. they're not exactly fun at the best of times, and doing this while i'm doing that is not exactly a good thing for good comebacks at my Protestant friend's accusations against the Catholic Church. (yes, i know they aren't quite accusations, so don't get all-fired mad at me. it just seems sorta like that.)

so, the happy news: we are getting another dog today! *does a very little happy dance* she will be getting here about 1 or 2 this afternoon. for those who willl ask, she's a yellow lab/golden retriever cross. she's a retiring seeing eye dog. she's actually retiring somewhere between 9:00 and 11:30 this morning. mom took our good friend to the airport to go to NJ to get a new dog, and she's bringing adena back. i won't actually see either of them until about 4:30 this evening or so. i've got to go to work before they get back. i'll post some pictures of her sometime here soon.

my excitement is rather muted at this point. while i am happy that we are adopting adena, i can't help but resent her just a little. it feels like she's supposed to be a replacement for my zinn dog or something. we've had zinn for five years now, and (as stupid as this sounds) he's my baby. i took care of him right up until about a month ago. when i'm home, he follows me around. he loves people; he really loves my family; but he acts like my other half. in some ways, he is. i don't have a boyfriend - right now, i don't want a boyfriend. (and trust me, if i wanted one, i'd probably have one *mutters*) so, for now, zinn is my boyfriend. but he's not doin' so well. he's havin' trouble with his back legs.

great. now i got myself going again. later, all.

-enna