Life Updates: I got a Puppy & Covid

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It’s Bi-Weekly Update Time!

Hello dear friends,

Glad to have you here.
Let’s dive in to some of what’s been going on lately…

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PERSONAL LIFE UPDATES

WE GOT A PUPPY!
Meet sweet little Luna 🌙

I’ve been wanting a dog ever since our families wheaten mix pound-puppy Daisy passed away when I was in high school. That was a long time ago, as I’m 31 now, but throughout the years it’s just never felt like the right time… Especially since my partner Ian wasn’t fully on board.

But, last month he surprised me by randomly texting links to pet-finder pups he thought were cute. Once Ian gets his mind set on something, he typically makes it happen within 2 weeks, so I knew a dog wasn’t far off in our future.

Like I had predicted, we strolled up to a local adoption event down the road from our house, planning to just start putting out feelers and meet some dogs to dip our toes into pet parent life. Then we saw Luna (previously named Bella).

She was snuggled in her crate, gnawing away at a bone and minding her business. A few dogs around her were barking and making a ruckus but she was just calm as could be. When we squatted down beside her she looked up at us with those Dobbie ears, licking away at our fingers, and you could tell she was a lover.

We did a few loops around the event, but we just kept coming back to her and feeling like we couldn’t leave…