I feel I'm owed some joy

So is this the cutest little fluffy black face you've ever seen or what? Yes, we are totally in love with our Tybee. He actually has shown his naughty side recently - twice he's gotten into the kitchen trash and ingested things that were not intended to be ingested by man or beast. He hasn't lost any weight so I've cut his rations starting today. The weather was gorgeous yesterday so we had a long ramble at Bear Creek Park, where he enjoyed watching the ducks.

Hubby and I made use of my free Stock Show tickets this afternoon; beautiful weather for wandering around outdoors. We had a little lunch there - red beans and rice for me, gumbo for him, then looked at the cattle, sheep, and goats as well as the commercial exhibits. Neither of us felt moved to make any other purchases though. No llamas today, alas.

What else? Let's see . . . nothing new at work, just the usual suspects grumbling and thinking of quitting. Not that I would blame anyone. Heck, I might move on myself if there was anything I could do that anyone else would pay me to do. In an effort to bring the library into the 21st century, I spent some time Friday getting our schedule on the website. If anyone bothers to look, it could be useful.

I'm still spending about an hour every night helping hubby search for a new job.

Oh, and you know how I wrote that my little blue car was gone? Well, it's back. The guy bought it for his wife and she wanted something larger so we took it back and had the repairs done.

songs from a station wagon

Well, the Mava-mobile is gone. I'm really sad to no longer have my little blue wagon, but it had simply developed too many problems and needed too much money put into it. I don't know what I can do about getting a new personalized license plate for the Beetle, which I'll be driving now.

At this moment I have a little black dog curled up behind my chair in a sunny spot on the floor. I'm pleasantly full of tofu and brown rice and apple. I wish I could simply be content in this moment but there are many changes afoot so my mind is in a bit of a whirl.

to the dogs or whoever

How could I have failed to post about the biggest news of the year?

I got a dog! A little black dog, more specifically. Fluffy. Rescue dog. Supposed to be a mix of Pomeranian and spaniel. Ish.

Anyway, his name is Tybee (aka Tybers, Tyberius, and Ty-Ty). Even hubby loves him already. He's a sweet and friendly little guy. He's got me walking about 30 minutes almost every day, at a brisk pace (his short little legs really move). He's great in the car and doesn't have accidents in the house. I do feel bad about leaving him alone while I'm at work but he's very very happy to see me when I get home.

In other news: I'm ready to move from this house (I'm pretty sure of that) into a smaller one more reasonable for just two people. We've been looking already. Of course when T gets a plan into his head, he wants to plunge forward, so I'm having to drag my heels a bit to be sure we're doing the right thing. We're looking at some that are very close to the best park in town, which would make it really convenient for Tybee-walking. The downsides, of course, would be less room for guests and no more pool. Boo hoo. I'd manage somehow.

What else? Let's see. I'm excited about the upcoming new music: an album from Moby and one from R.E.M., plus an R.E.M. tour (woot!). I'm pretty sad that they'll be at SXSW this year when my spring break is the next week, but I may take a half-day off to go try to get into the venue or at least hang around outside listening (I'm hoping they'll be in the outdoor "amphitheatre" of the place).

Work. Oh my. Things have happened that I cannot share here, but the situation is depressing and frustrating and annoying. How's that? At least I still get lots of pleasure from individual students and am enjoying my involvement with Natural Helpers, Interact, and even Culture Club.

And hubby just sold my car. Yes, the mava-mobile is going bye-bye. It's been having too many problems and we don't want to put money into it, so he sold it to a co-worker who can do the repairs himself. A good investment for that guy, and it gets a problem off our hands. Looks like I'll be in the little green Beetle for a while.