A Day in the Life; or, alternatively, Listen to Me Talk about my Life

I know it's been awhile, but it's been stressful for Andy and me. Andy's been struggling with work, where there are big changes happening and a lot of the work is getting put off on her. I've had a summer class, two jobs and financial aid breathing down my neck. Safe to say, it's been a rough couple of months.

But things are starting to look up!

We've found a good apartment. It's in a good part of town, close to campus/work, has several bus stops and includes a security alarm (those of you in big cities will be shocked to hear that in Oklahoma, no one thinks you need a security alarm, who knows why). But now that we've found an apartment we had to find the perfect puppy.

We needed a small breed, that's smart, easy to train, hypoallergenic and friendly. It came upon us suddenly (after many hours of research and me vetoing nearly every small breed), that a Miniature Schnauzer would be the perfect breed.

For a long time we didn't think we would find a good breeder, and the ones we did find were RIDICULOUSLY overpriced. As in, you don't pay that much for designer breeds. When we'd given up on getting a puppy before Christmas, we found the perfect one. An excellent, ethical breeder popped up on our front door. Fifteen miles from our door to be exact. And they had just had a litter that would be ready to pick up in August, a good week or two after our move-in date. We looked at some pictures of the puppies they had available and found this little booger, at the time only 2 days old:

He's a Chocolate and White Parti Mini Schnauzer and we knew we'd found our puppy. We worked out some payment details with the owner (who was happy to work with us since she knew he would going to a good home).

After several weeks of waiting, he finally opened his eyes and we received new pictures.

While the pictures aren't great quality, you can see how precious and sweet he is. 

But that's the main things in our life right now. The move and puppy will be happening at the time that the August Ipsy and Julep boxes come in, so those posts will be a little late and you can expect a lot of pictures of the new pad and puppy. I'm about to go crazy with pampering for this pooch.