Tomorrow is my first day of classes as a teacher at Rocky Bayou Christian School. I will be teaching 5th-12th grade chorus and speech and theater. I’m really excited to get started! I know it will be tough, but I’m looking forward to learning as I go, knowing that I will not be perfect the first time through. I hope that I will be able to apply my 4 years of college to my real job, but i know that will be tough too. Lots of prayer…
As cute as puppies can be, they can sure be a pain! We are still learning how to be good puppy parents and what things to do and not to do. Wally made his first trip to the vet yesterday because we thought he had hookworms. It turns out that he just has tapeworms which is much less serious, which is good. Then, last night we made the mistake of leaving him in the kennel while we went out for a couple of hours and then trying to put him to bed an hour later. He was not ready to go to bed. He whined inside, he whined when we put him on the back porch, he whined when we brought him back inside…we finally just shut the door and ignored him. Our friends have given us some tips on how to handle it, but boy was it frustrating. That was the worst day we’ve had with him so far. Leroy is just ready to skip the puppy phase and have an obedient dog! ( I think I agree.)
So, we got a puppy…he’s a miniature schnauzer and boy is he cute! We named him after William Wallace from “Braveheart”. We were trying to think of something Scottish reminiscent of Jock from “Lady and the Tramp” which is the same kind of dog. He is 8 weeks old and he’s one of the most mellow puppies I’ve ever seen. Leroy looks so cute with him because the puppy is so tiny. We took him for his first walk today which turned out to be not much of a walk at all. We had to carry him most of the way. It was funny how I’ve seen the same people every time I walk and we don’t talk at all, but today they were all eager to converse. It’s fun to have buddy to sit on the couch and watch tv with or sit in the kitchen with you while you make dinner. I’m looking forward to having him around!
