Gone Too Soon

What a day...

Started out with a phone call from my mother, her sobbing on the other end.
I thought my dad had become ill again, but little did I know it was our Boxer, Tyson.

Over the past two weeks my mom mentioned how Tyson was losing a lot of weight, not eating and seemed to be very weak.  I had a bad feeling about it ever since.

He was a beast by appearance but the kindest, most gentle teddy on the inside.  Never did he lose weight without being sick.

I left home on April 19, leaving behind pets that I took care of while I lived with my parents.  I left behind my cat, Leo, who I have to find a home for within a week of my return home and Tyson.....my brother's dog.

My brother bought Tyson while I was petsitting one of Tyson's siblings.  He fell in love with his appearance but did not think of how much work it would be to keep such a large dog.  I also fell in love. 

As I finished my last years of college, I always made sure that the pets were taken care of, my brother seemed to not care about his dog anymore.  I moved in with my parents for a year after graduating and made sure that all the pets were loved.  I got married on March 16, 2012 and moved to Texas. 

My husband and I wanted so bad to rescue Tyson and to bring him to our first duty station with us.  We leave here next week headed back home....had plans to get him vaccinated and checked for heartworms.

This summer has been very hot.  Mosquitoes, fleas and ticks everywhere.  Tyson had not been vaccinated in over two years and lived outside.  Very dangerous for him, I was eager to get back to get him taken care of and take him away with us to live a very active life, something he was missing at home since my father has been ill.

All of these circumstances were very unfortunate and has taken a toll in many ways than one.  I am thankful that God allowed Tyson to grace us with his presence for such a short amount of time (less than 5 years old) and show us how much of a true companion animals can be.

RIP Tyson, Gone Too Soon

Roadtrip!

We are almost ready to leave Texas and enjoy a much needed vacation.  Even though this isn't a traditional vacation, we are thankful to be able to have a break inbetween duty stations.

Flying home to family then roadtriping to our new home in Nevada is going to be tons of fun, even if hubby gets on my nerves 95% of the time :-)

Having our babies (the dogs) with us on the way back is going to be quite an adventure.  Our 3lb chihuahua will be the little princess that she is and ride with no problem, but our 50 lb boxer I'm not too sure about.  He hasn't even been in a car and is now about to be in one for 3 days...hmmmm. 

Not much else has been happening lately, just getting the apartment ready for us to move out and packing things that we don't want TMO to store.

Til next time (hopefully much sooner than the previous in-betweens)

Early Bday Present!!!!

OOOOHHHH MY GOSH!  I got my laptop, finally!

I have been wanting so bad to take more pictures, blog and vlog more often, and enjoy having a much larger screen that my ipad to work on!

I finally have it.  I'm so excited for this because I can now spend more time editing videos, making them more interesting and having more space to save videos!

My b-day is August 12...now the only other present I need is a sticky BFP!!!!