Well I’m hoping to get back into my Advent readings soon. Today for school the boys had animal care. Elianna was at school so the boys were in charge during the hours she was away. They said the dog is more work than the eight cats combined. It’s just that you have to play with him and entertain him when he’s awake. He bites at my ankles which I’m not a huge fan of and we called Aunt Liz for any puppy advice she had.

But he got to experience his first snow. Elianna was sad she was missing it but luckily I’d taken pictures. I feel like this is going to be one of those things where they grow really fast and before you know it they’re grown. But then we’re going to wish we had taken more pictures. So there were pictures of him outside in the snow with the boys. I walked to the mailbox to mail a thank-you card to my grandma while they watched.

I said they could do school or help me clean but they couldn’t do nothing. They chose to help clean. The upstairs needed attention and tidying. The cats have actually been really healthy but one recently had a bite on his face that got infected. We took him to the vet to get it cleaned and get some medicine. I feel like I’m always mentioning bites but it doesn’t happen that often. Anymore I tend to want to just take them in.

He needed to go in. Before that, around noon, I’d started to feel drained. I went to bed after lunch until it was time to go to the vet. After that I charged my phone to have it ready for the shelter. One of the moms needed her car jumped so we did that right away. I don’t like standing outside there in the cold or the dark. Another family had unexpectedly left and one from the downstairs emergency shelter had moved in.

I’m still worried about his face but I am glad he has medicine. I told Josh he didn’t have to get me anything for my birthday (tomorrow) and he said he didn’t because the Andrew Peterson concert was my present. The only thing I wanted was to go Christmas tree shopping and pick out a tree. He just told me though that the tree farms aren’t open until the weekend, so I dont know what we’ll do. I know Menards has lots.