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Being nicer, I suppose, than the average kid who has left home, I call my parents pretty much every morning. It makes my mom happy, and while sometimes I don't feel like having the obligation, it's usually more of a pleasantry than a hardship. For most of my time since leaving, the nature of my family has meant that two topics of conversation were pretty much always part of the call-- "What'd you have for dinner last night?" and "What's the dog doing?" We're funny people.

For the last two years, since Carmen passed away, that second topic sadly had to be retired, as there was no longer any dog of which to discuss the doings. Not, of course, that her doings were particularly noteworthy; we were just inordinately interested. :-) But it's nice, now that they have Merlin, we can go back to talking about canine endeavors that are fascinating to no one but us.

I learned today that Merlin likes to crawl under my dad's desk while he's working at it to lay at his feet. :-D

My parents just got a new dog!

After our old dog Carmen passed away at age fourteen, my mom has really missed having a dog around the house, and she finally determined she was going to get another one. She decided she didn't want a puppy with all the accompanying puppy behaviors, so she thought it might be nice to find a rescue dog, who would be slightly older and in need of a good home. We'd had wonderful experiences with Brittanys because of Carmen, so she thought they might get a similar type of dog. So she contacted the Mid-Atlantic English Springer Spaniel Rescue Service and they connected her and my dad with a sweet, energetic six-or-seven-year-old boy that they just brought home yesterday. They went to meet him yesterday, saying they would get to know him a bit and decide if he was the right dog for them, and it turned out that they loved him, so he is now our newest animal family member. They didn't know what his real name was at the rescue and had given him some placeholder name, so Mom decided to call him Merlin. She always wanted a dog named Merlin. :-)

( Picture of Merlin behind the cut. )

They say he's very obedient, always looking to someone for direction, though they think as he gets more used to his new home he'll be a lot bolder. He particularly loves my brother. He likes chasing balls but doesn't like to give them up once he's caught them. I wish I could meet him, but it will probably be a long time before I get a chance to visit home again. My parents, particularly my mom, are very happy with him, so I am very happy they've found him.

Today is Epiphany, as well as Carmen's birthday. She would have been fifteen today; this is the first birthday she's not been around for. My dad put a picture on her on the refrigerator of when she was in her prime. She really was a beautiful dog.

Had a riding lesson today. Went better than I expected it to, given how long it's been. But I'm pleased with how well I rode, and though Kincaid may have been totally unable to go round, at least he wasn't as stiff as he sometimes is. I hear they've been jumping him again, which I hate since it makes him get all strung out and go really heavy on his forehand, and I could definately feel the effect. He just doesn't carry himself well enough to maintain it with that intensity of work. But I managed to keep him in a good frame. Unfortunately, even though I've been working out, my muscles just weren't used to that particular kind of punishment-- seems like the only place the muscles in riding ever get used are in riding. So I'm parked out with sore hips and thighs for a while. Ah, well, hard work is good for 'em.

Thanks to having to kind of stay in one place due to the soreness, perhaps I can use the remainder of the evening to get some writing done. I made a little progress on Oz since I've been home, but not nearly as much as I'd like to. A little focus of some kind is in order. I get back to Waltham on the 11th, and school starts up again the 13th, so I should try to use my free time while I can.

It's still strange being home without Carmen around. She's been gone since the beginning of June, but this is only the second time I've been home since then, so I'm still not used to being in this house without her in it. I still expect for her to come greet us when we come in the door, and several times I've started cutting up table scraps to give to her after dinner. Boy, do I miss that girl. She was such a good girl. The best girl anyone could have.

I wonder when my parents will get a new dog. My mom went through a phase where she never wanted another dog ever again, but as I figured she's come around and would like to have a new one around. I think she wants a big one, like a German shepherd or a retriever. I'm not sure if they'll be sticking around the area for much longer or what, so they may be waiting to get one until they know.

All I know is I miss having a dog.

It's done now.

Carmen Leone Roberts
January 6th, 1994 - May 31st, 2008

I miss my dog.

I am not pleased with the fact that we've stumbled onto this problem with the housing situation A COUPLE DAYS BEFORE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO MOVE IN. I'm not interested in dealing with this in addition to having to put my dog to sleep tomorrow.

First I'd like to wish an ecstatically happy birthday to the lovely and beloved

in_water_writon this day. I hope it was a day full of the admiration and adoration you so rightly deserve.

My cake turned out well. It's a restaurant-style cake, so it's not quite as sweet as the boxed kind-- which to be honest I think I prefer, especially for the effort involved --but it is still very tasty. I'm proud of myself.

I had a nice riding lesson this evening. I should be riding at least once more before I leave, if not both tomorrow and the next day. After riding my mom and I went to the vet to make arrangements for Carmen. We're going to have things taken care of on Saturday. I'm pretty down about it, but it really is the right thing and I'm trying not to be selfish about it. I'm just glad we got an appointment for before I come back to Waltham, because I want to be with her when it happens.

The vet came for Braveheart today. It was a young vet, one we've never had before, who came to give him his shots. He's always a very good boy for any work like that done on him. He was also needed a procedure that involves a tranquilizer as part of the standard method. Like all vets we have for the first time, she wouldn't believe us when we told her that despite the fact that he's a fairly large horse, he's a total lightweight when it comes to sedatives and needs about a fourth of a normal dose. She gave him half, and he was so loopy that he almost fell over and crushed her while she worked. Like we haven't had him sedated a few times in the eight years we've owned him and don't know what always happens.

When she was done, we told her about our dog Carmen and asked her advice. Carmen is nearly fourteen and a half years old and in very bad shape, and it's pretty clear that it's time to put her down. I hate the thought of losing her, but I don't want her to hurt anymore. She's my girl. The problem is she's terrified of going to the vet's office, and we don't want her to be afraid at the end. The vet suggested either calling someone to perform the procedure at the house, or giving her a certain dose of Benedryl to knock her out, and then bringing her to the hospital unconscious to have it done. We should be doing this within the next week or so, because I want to be with her when it happens.

My poor girl.

Jared comes home from vacation today. I can't wait to get to talk to him again.

Today is also my puppy dog's birthday. Carmen is quite a respectable fourteen years old today, and though that age is clearly showing, she'll always be my baby.

I was awoken earlier than I'd planned this morning by an abruptly unpleasant ending to the dream I was having. It started out interesting, as I'm pretty sure it was a continuation of of a dream I'd had some time ago, where Alice was running a second time. I don't remember too many specifics of the first dream, beyond a lot of gothy people who felt like friends but were not identifiable as anyone in particular, except that I and I think Jared managed to convince Frances to try it-- I believed she was cast as the Mouse --and that Humpty Dumpty didn't show up and had to be NPCed.

This second dream seemed to pick up by the very end of the game. We were going into gamewrap when somebody yanked out a gun and started shooting people. God only knows where my brain dug that up. The dream was all wrong anyway. I couldn't NPC Humpty Dumpty because I would have had to be Alice, and I really doubt that's who I would have cast Frances as; I don't know if it would suit her personality.

My dreams are weird.

Thanksgiving break has been very nice. I don't believe I stopped eating at any point during the last four days. As, of course, is right and proper. I am so stuffed with pie I think if you baked me, I'd come out with a delicious filling with a flaky crust.

My family is going to a wedding tonight, the wedding of Casey's best friend's mother. I have been permitted to remain at home to watch our beloved old dog, Carmen, and to work on the horrific amount of homework I have. At the moment, I have to write a paper and a play. Neither is a terribly awful assignment, at least on its own. The play I actually like, and the paper's on the Inferno, a book I enjoy, with a premise that's not all that difficult. Problem is, they're both at the same time, and they require me to actually figure out what to write. That's the hardest part of the job, so the going is sadly rather slow. I'll have to buckle down this evening.

In gaming news, I have recieved my Masks character sheet. Sounds like I'll have some intereting things to do. I've heard a lot about people who didn't think much of their characters from the hints they got, so I hope that they felt better when their sheets elaborated on things.

Also, to my glee, my character has been accepted into Kindness's all-cleric RPG. It's a small group on a short run, which sounds like a good fit for me. It looks like it'll start next semester. I'm really looking forward to it.

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