Healing

Just wanted to let you all know that I have been doing fine. I still miss Jake terribly. I picked up his cremains on my birthday, I could have waited until the following Monday since Rolli was going in for shots, but decided that I didn't want them sitting there all weekend. I wanted him home, even though he was not his physical self anymore. Know what I mean? I still find myself tearing up when something reminds me of him, but he was my dog for a very long time. His loss is one that I can't get over in a day or two. Even now it's hard to fully accept that he's gone, that instead of four, there are now only three. He definitely took a piece of my heart.

I have gone on with living and have been letting the other three know that they are loved and very important to us. They still bring so much laughter and joy with their separate personalities. I'm so thankful that they were guided to us and not someone else. Just this morning, Rolli had to have her one ear flushed out and as soon as I was done, she headed for the kitchen and sat in her spot for a piece of cheese. When I told her that it wasn't time, she laid down and stayed there until I gave in. But, I got the last laugh and got a few pictures of her. She hates getting her picture taken.

Rolli having a "lay-in" in protest of not getting cheese.

Rolli in the toy box after my giving in to her protest. 

Don't ask me why she went to lay in there, but she does that sometimes.

Some good news, I got a new car. It's a 2013 Soul +. This one has some really cool options in it such as a sunroof, speakers that light up to the music on the radio, and a backup camera. I also like that I was able to sync my phone to it and use its voice command. I can call someone by just the push of a button or change the station on the radio. I can even switch to Syrius satellite radio. It has that too, free for three months unless I decided to subscribe to it.

We couldn't have gotten it at a better time either since gas prices shot up to over $4.00 in what seems like overnight. The Soul gets around 30 mpg, whereas the van I had got about 20. Also, it's nice not having gas spit out of the gas tank when I'm trying to put gas in it like the van did. Yesterday I put gas in the Soul for the first time and I kept expecting it to do that, but of course it didn't. It's also nice not having a 26 gallon tank to fill. I do miss the roominess of the van, but I love driving the Soul. It is the most fun I have had driving a car in a long time, maybe since I had my Chevette, remember those? :)