Puppy Breath

My long time buddy(dog), Chester, died last Thursday and I was very sad because I picked him out in the first grade. :( so after a couple of days, my family and I decided to find another dog.  We looked high and low all over the Internet, but couldn't find a puppy. My mom said that she wanted......a golden doodle, but I firmly put my foot down (well, more like gently) and asked for a Labrador retriever because we have always had Labradors, including Chester, and they have ALWAYS been the most loyal dogs. So after a week or so, we went to the Blowing springs Kennel, home to Roddy dogs, and looked at some puppies.

The owner, Roddy, is a world-class trainer of dogs, and he was able to tell one dog to go get the ball, and the other to stay put. So we decided that that was where we were gonna get our puppy. We got an eleven week old chocolate lab, and his name is Tank (because he was the biggest of his litter mates:)

School wise.....I'm having a mental breakdown!! Sophomore year is tough stuff! Whoever invented geometry wanted students to suffer....I do have to say that spark notes really helped me out today because I would've had to read Beowulf (the old English version!!), but instead I read the whole book within five minutes. :)

Rain, Rain...

As my friend had said, we need rain with a name, and that's what we got! On labor day, at 12 P.M., we were greeted with a bombardment of rain that didn't stop till the evening of Tuesday! The trees and plants look like they are more happier than ever, and my horses are very happy for the cooler weather. Rain is my favorite type of weather; the key to having the best rainy day ever, is to be as lazy as possible. you can either do one of five things: sit inside (that is if you don't have school) and read a book or watch a movie, sit by the fire, or just be all cozy in your bed, if you are not lazy on a rainy day then you can not possibly enjoy it at all and you will be miserable! 

Today was a very sad day because we had to put the dog, that I picked out as a puppy when I was in first grade down, down. We buried him at our old house because that is where he grew up, and we also have buried past pets there, so we thought it was appropriate. I will miss that big grizzly bear!