For the last few days Neo, my dog, has not been acting himself. On Friday April 27th my mother took him to the vet (note, he lived with my mom while I moved away for college) and the vet told her there was nothing they could do. Neo had an enlarged heart, liver, lung, and his trachea was collapsing. Neo was an amazing 11 year old mutt (part poodle terrier and who knows what else) and he will be greatly missed I know it was hard for my mom to tell me this over the phone earlier that day, and hell it was hard for me to hear. But I know he is no longer in pain. I begged my mom over the phone to let me see him one more time, all I wanted to say was goodbye. But the vet said they shouldn’t wait. Now that I think about it, it was probably best I didn’t see him that way and instead that I remember him as the hyperactive dog that he was

Neo Angelus, you were an awesome dog. Smarter than most humans and always made me laugh. I will greatly miss you. I drove home after the news and tomorrow my mother, boyfriend (who rode with me since I couldn’t drive, was too upset) will be doing a bit of shopping before I head back to Tallahassee. I plan on getting some painting supplies and painting a portait of Neo. Now it’s time for some cute pictures of Neo

When I first got Neo! He was my Christmas gift in 2000 :)

One of my favorite pictures of him! Taken around Christmas 2011.

Random pictures I took with him outside haha.

RIP Neo Angelus. November 1, 2000 – April 27, 2012 I love and miss you <3!

One of my earliest memories is sorta a scary one, but at the time I wasn’t scared I more-so annoyed. I was around 3 and was big enough to sleep in a “big kid bed”. I remember at the time something kept interrupting my sleep to the point where I didn’t want to stay in my own bed anymore. I’d sometimes sleep in my parents bed but I also slept in my sister’s bed (she’s 10 years older than I am, so she would have been about 13 or so). I remember laying in her bed with her and seeing these two large and round black shadows in her window. I told her, she told our parents, and the police were called.

At that age I didn’t understand what was happening, but basically our neighbor’s boyfriend (at least that’s what my family thinks) was peeking into my window at night. The shadowy circles that I was seeing was him putting his hands around his eyes to see better. Of course at that age I was just annoyed that someone was at my window because he woke me up, but at my age now it could have turned into something really serious.

My family and I still talk about it sometimes and one thing my sister told me was that one night I wanted to sleep in her bed and she told me no. So I told her “Okay … I’m sure that mean guy won’t look inside your window anyways” which caused her to freak out and let me sleep in her bed I may have not understood what was going on, but I guess I understood enough to know that my sister was freaked out haha.

Woke up this morning at 5:30am for work (not so fabulous), but overall work was a great day Coworkers kept wishing me a happy birthday and we even had pizza for lunch at work. After work I bought a few things and headed to Michael’s arts and crafts store to pick up some stuff to make a World of Warcraft inspired bag. Jose and I waited around the apartment before going out for dinner. He ordered me something and it finally came after 6:30pm. I was shocked when he told me to close my eyes and he presented me with a dozen red roses

Initially I thought of The Hunger Games and President Snow, haha (which by the way, I finished reading the final book today SO GOOD!) but they were a nice surprise. After the pretty roses came we left to go eat at Genghis Grill, which neither of us have ever been at. Basically you get a bowl and go to a buffet style area and pick what meats and vegetables you want (all raw) which you can also add a wide array of seasoning too. Then you pick a sauce for your dish as well as a starch and they cook it for you and bring it to  your table when it’s finished. It was SO good and we plan on eating there again really soon.

I had chicken, steak, carrots, broccoli, and white rice in a honey soy sauce. Was very good, also had cheesecake for dessert Also got to raid in World of Warcraft tonight with guildies for the first time which was a lot of fun (even won some nice pieces!).

Overall I had an amazing birthday. Next weekend I am going home to visit family and to celebrate my birthday again Been getting lovely cards from family members also wishing me a happy birthday! This was also my first birthday with my iPhone so I was shocked with how many facebook comments, tweets, and forum birthday wishes I was receiving Thanks again everyone!

I am taking part in the Veracity 31 day blog challenge! Week 4 theme is Favorites! What is one of your favorite memories that involves your friends or family? Why is it one of your favorite?

I have dozens upon dozens of memories with my friends. More than I can count. But one that really sticks out is when my friends and I would always drive up to St. Augustine (about a hour long drive) to walk along the beach, eat yummy lunch, walk around the shops, and just have a blast with each other. We started doing it our senior year of high school and it continued into our first few years of college when we were all still living in the same area. We always had fun in St. Augustine and we went there A LOT. I miss it I miss those times but at least we have the hundreds of pictures on facebook to look at

I am taking part in the Veracity 31 day blog challenge! Week 4 theme is Favorites! What was your favorite toy as a child?

When I was little I had a stuffed clown dog that I named pink puppy dog. She was a white stuffed dog with a light pink and white polka-dotted outfit with a clown hat (which ended up ripping off). I LOVED this stuffed animal. She went everywhere I went. She stayed in my bed with me when I slept, I took her with me when I went out, etc. I don’t remember this happening because I was too little at the time but my mother has told me this story before. Once I lost pink puppy dog.

Somehow I lost her. We thought I left her at maybe a restaurant or she was somewhere in the house but she was never found. I of course I was very upset (I was maybe 4 or 5? Not really sure!). So my mother’s solution was to buy me a new one. She went to the department store she got the original pink puppy dog (I think JcPenny?) but they only had a blue one. So she got me that one, which was fine with me. I named him blue puppy dog (I was so creative as a kid :P) and I loved him just as much until one day we found her. I guess my mom and I were about to watch a movie so she opened the entertainment doors we had under the tv to pull out a VHS tape for us to watch only to find pink puppy dog. Apparently my response when she found her was “I forgot I put her there to take a nap!” And once again I carried her around everywhere

I still have this stuffed dog at my mother’s house along with blue puppy dog. Pink puppy dog has some wear and tare on her, you can tell she lost some “weight” from where her stuffing has come out while blue puppy dog still has his hat intact.  She was my favorite stuffed animal for the longest time.

I am taking part in the Veracity 31 day blog challenge! Week 4 theme is Domestic! Describe your current place of residence. What do you like and dislike about it? Do you live alone or with someone else? How long do you see you staying at your current residence?

I currently live in a 2 bedroom apartment 2 bathroom apartment, with a nice sized kitchen and living room. I love the location because it’s right next to the FSU stadium so I can walk if I want to. Plus this complex has one of the FSU bus stops right at the entrance so I can take a bus to class if I don’t feel like driving What I dislike about it is the neighbors. Some people act like typical college students and will be loud by screaming or blaring music.

I currently live with my boyfriend and he’s been here since March. When I first moved to Tallahassee in January 2007 I lived with my best friend Becca (who moved out recently when she graduated!) and eventually another friend joined us in August of that year since we were living in a 3 bedroom apartment. We loved the place minus the horrible staff and the VERY annoying guys that lived below us. All 3 of them blared music at odd hours of the morning and we had a lot of problems with them. When our other friend graduated Becca and I chose to move into a 2 bedroom place which is where I am at now Although it still has it’s moments it’s a lot quieter than the last place!

Our leases at our current apartment are up in a year, so August 2012. I think we’d both like to try and rent a house or find a cheaper and larger place to live in if possible. I wouldn’t mind living a little further away from FSU campus if it meant it’d be a big quieter

Last night we went to a Verizon store to just look into getting a plan and the gentlemen (sure it’s his job but he did seem genuine!) was very helpful but my mother told him she wanted a day to think about it. We went back this afternoon and got Verizon phones! I was excited too because I was able to put it under my name without having to pay a deposit (I have no credit but want to try to build some), which is also good because I can use my employee discount on my monthly bill. In the end, after some convincing to my mother, I got a white 16gb iPhone. WHICH I LOVE! Very easy to use and fun. Since I got an iPad for Christmas/birthday and I’ve had my macbook pro for almost 4 years I knew I wanted to stick with Apple products because I’ve always had good luck with them.

I decided to get in white simply because I liked the look of it I also got a discount on accessories so picked out a white and black plaid case. I am really enjoying it so far and glad I (and my mother) decided on getting it I have found some neat apps so far and will definitely have to make a post about them. In the end I also decided on getting a new cell number, I’ve been getting random spam text messages and phone calls for a while and can’t get them to stop so figured it was best to start fresh. Just have to get used to it.