Bubba Adventure

Corey and I received a letter a couple weeks back from the Milwaukee Area Domestic Animal Control Center. They informed us that we had until the 8th of March, which was the day we opened the letter, to claim our brindle pit bull or they would have to send it to a shelter or euthanize! It listed all these fees and daily upkeep fees and vaccination fees and so on that we would have to pay if we wanted to claim him as ours.We ended up calling them and they were very nice and helpful and eager to help us reunite with Bubba.

It is fifteen and a half hours to Milwaukee with no stops from here. We left, with the two dogs to avoid boarding them, on Friday morning. The trip was okay, just very long. We got lost in Chicago because they deleted one of their state highways and our GPS didn't understand. We were driving in circles in southern Chicago, which is all industrial stuff. We have never been that up close and personal with factories and things before. The air is horrible there and I can easily see why!

I was driving when we got to our hotel about 40 minutes away from the animal shelter. It was just our luck that the hotel we chose, (we chose it because animals stayed free and they had a nice indoor pool and a nice rate!) was housing the republican party of Wisconsin's convention or something. Who are trying to get rid of unions or something (you have probably heard some of it in the news). Which is making people very mad. They were screaming at me, "Tax the rich, not the poor!" At least I think they were. It was very much like on South Park when the crowds just scream rabble rabble and make no real sense. I had NC plates and it did not deter them or convince them I was innocent. They blocked all the entrances and moved very slowly out of the way to avoid arrest. I wanted to run them over. I had been stuck in a car for sixteen something hours and relief was just a few hundred yards away! It took a great deal of self control not to scream back at them or do something equally rude.

So anyway....we stayed over night at the hotel and got to relax a little in the morning. We even ordered breakfast room service which was awesome! Then we picked up Bubba the next morning at 10am when they opened. It was snowing out. And it was sticking. I was getting very nervous for the poor civic at that point. We made our way out of the snow and the state and got home at 3am Sunday night.

The cool part was they didn't charge us anything at all for him! Nothing for his upkeep, shots, x-rays, and all the vet stuff. It was very awesome of them. I think they felt bad because we drove so far for him. Bubba is okay, he is just very skinny. He has a couple new scars and they had thought he had frostbite at one point, but he is okay. We think he remembers us and he is still scared of everything.

We still have no idea what happened to him or how he got to Milwaukee, but we are glad we had him chipped and that he is okay. He does have kennel cough, and unfortunately we didn't know that when we decided to put him in a car for 17 hours with our two little pomeranians, so we think they will all be sick soon despite them being vaccinated. Mya especially, since she needed her booster this month but we held off because she had her antibiotics from her dog bite the other week. :(

Here are some pictures! Sorry this was so long!

 Mya the princess in the car.

The Bubba back at home in his bed

Stuff

Here's an update about our last week or so!

1. Corey tricked me into getting a new dog. A giant dog that is over a hundred lbs for sure. He's very laid back, I just wish his tail wasn't so destructive when he wags it. Now we have three dogs and a cat. I guess we are definite animal lovers. Here are some pics of Trip.

2. Mya thought she would have a fun and exciting adventure through a tiny hole in our fence. Our neighbors just got two three legged dogs that like to bark and I guess Mya wanted to say hi. (Mya is my 4 lb Pomeranian). Then we heard her screaming like she was dying and ran outside and sure enough she got bit by one of the dogs. She is so traumatized but is only a little bruised in one spot. Poor baby!

3. Yesterday morning we went to do an elective scan of the baby for fun and to maybe find out the gender a little early. The tech said that she couldn't confirm a boy or girl, but is leaning toward girl. I still think its a boy so I haven't bought anything. Here's the pic that Corey put on his facebook, its a legs and butt view if anyone is like me and can't really tell anything. We will go back in a few weeks to do it again and hopefully will know for sure!

4. It's starting to be nicer weather more consistently here so Corey is dreading mowing the lawn again. I'm enjoying it and today we will probably be taking the big dog to the dog park.

5. Today finishes up my spring break, which really just consisted of Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday off. Weirdly enough I didn't have any midterms, but I did have to take a final in my one eight-week class. I got a 78 (which is actually a C- on our grading scale) on the written portion and a 100 on the hands on portion. Not my best, but I still got an A in the course.

6. I was supposed to be working this whole last week but they were over booked on instructors at the school we teach at so I just cleaned a whole bunch and relaxed instead. Oh, and I got promoted as of March 1 haha. I think its funny.

7. Corey is enjoying his new unit... not. The only good thing is unless they have some specific task to do he only goes in early on Mondays and gets to go in at 9 like a normal person the rest of the week.

8. We are excited to go pick out stuff for the new baby whenever the gender is confirmed! I haven't bought anything for the baby yet except diapers and its killing me! I think we have the crib set narrowed down and hopefully we order it soon.

9. I still haven't gained any weight. I actually weigh less than I did when we went to California for the holidays. Maybe my fat is just turning into baby? I would be okay with that. I guess smaller, more frequent meals really does work. Corey says I don't have a bump yet but none of my shirts fit any more and I have been wearing all his clothes lately. I think maternity clothes shopping is daunting and should be avoided as long as possible.

10. I feel like I wrote way too much about me this time...... but I am just so excited for our new baby and want to share the experience with our family!