It’s been a rough couple of weeks.  Crevan Riddle Wigglebottom is here. He is sweet and adorable, and we have had the hardest time adjusting. The feelings and thoughts we’ve had about him and our situation have surprised the both of us. We knew it would be hard and take time for adjustments, but we didn’t know how emotional we would get. For the first week it was almost impossible to enjoy him. We were constantly filled with guilt and uncertainty. ‘He is so bored and lonely. We can’t stay home all day with him, and he has no other dogs to play with.’  It was also hard because it took him awhile to adjust. From just having surgery and being separated from his 10 siblings, he wasn’t having a wonderful time either. Nights in the cage were spent howling and crying. We tried EVERYTHING to make him OK. Earplugs were a must for any sleep at all. If he peed on the floor, jumped over the gate, or flipped out all night long, it felt like we failed and he would be traumatized for life. He is just a puppy, and there are so many people who get puppies and who have full time jobs and lives. He will be ok.
*Sigh of relief*
The past few days have been incredibly better. Crevan’s bladder capacity is increasing, and he sleeps throughout the night with no crying!!!! I can’t say the same for the times when we are gone during the day, but he still doesn’t like to be alone. I can’t wait for the day when he doesn’t have to be crated. I feel horrible keeping him in there. Friday night when we were getting ready for bed, he walked into his cage on his own and went to sleep. I could have cried from happiness! He is probably the cutest puppy ever.

Soooo… I need to start getting in shape again. I was doing so well last summer, but I have higher goals this year so I need to get off my bum. There are certain things I want to get that will help, like a new pair of running shoes, but I’ve told myself I can’t until I’m committed again. Reading blogs that inspire me to run have been helping. Lately I’ve liked The Hungry Runner Girl. Maybe its her obsession with skittles that inspires me.
Thanks to Dad I have a spinner for my bike. It’s very noisy and I’ve never been a huge stationary biker, but since I haven’t been able to motivate myself to get out in the cold and run, its a good start.

Crevan didn’t seem to mind the noise.
(Sorry about all the yellow bad lighted pictures.)

On to food. *YAY* Seth made ‘chili’ yesterday. Or as I call it, taco soup. Delicious!

He also brought me breakfast in bed last weekend. Toast, orange, coffee with creamer from my dinosaur, and Kashi cereal with dried marshmallows. Oh, and also a puppy and two kittens. It was a full bed. Of course, I spilled creamer. Then Crevan slept with his head in it and smelled like vanilla creamer for the rest of the day. Bonus.

Have a wonderful Sunday.

Oh yeah, we bought a roof rack for the car. Sweet. Hurry up warm weather, I want to go kayaking.
(And Matt, we are looking at reviews and pricing tents, sleeping bags, and packs!!!!!)