Updates

I know a month and a half ago I said that I would be updating here more often... and I intended to. I wanted to make some changes to the style of my blog and figure out exactly what I wanted to do here. I still do, but lately life has gotten in the way. To share the updates that I have of the life variety I've been thinking of weather to do it chronologically or go with the old bad news first, type. I think the latter is the best form for this though because while both are big news items for me, the bad news includes the loss of one of Miss Moose's own.

Miss Chloe Marie
(Adopted) April 2008 - July 27th, 2011

Sadly, kitty girl passed away. It absolutely breaks my heart and I'd give anything to have her back with me and healthy again. Long story short, her kidney's were completely shut down. The vet said that it may have been genetic and there was nothing that could have been done. Tuesday night they took blood and gave her meds and fluids so I could take her home until the final results were in. I got the call Wednesday morning that she was, in fact, in complete renal failure. I set the appointment for 4pm that day. Blessedly, my boss and co-workers are amazing and both Tuesday and Wednesday I was able to leave work by 1pm (instead of my usual 5:15) to tend to Chloe. I knew putting her to sleep was for the best, but I still dreaded it. I wanted her to pass away comfortably at home with me. Apparently that's what she wanted as well. She left this world peacefully at home around 3pm that day, only an hour before her appointment. I miss her like crazy and my apartment has been much quieter with her gone.

Now, the good news...
I have a fella in my life ;o)
(yes, I'm aware I got sunburned...)

The fella's name is Joshua. Or Josh. Or, as I like to be silly and call him - Ua. Haha. We met at a theme night at a local club back at the very beginning of May. We chatted much that night, but didn't trade info and I didn't really think much of it. A few days later it gets back to me that he's been trying to find out who I am... so we connect via the wonder that is facebook. We talk, a lot. A lot, a lot. For a while I was resistant. I kind of like my little single-gal bubble full of books and my own routines and structure. But, one day it was like a switch flipped. After a few months of hanging out occasionally in groups and talking nearly nightly I realized he was someone quite special who could possibly be something very special to me. Right before July 4th we hung out one on one for a movie night that went into the next morning with us just talking and watching movies. A few more one on one evenings and we decided that we would take it to the "official" stage of things. He's pretty amazing. He even took me to the midnight showing of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2...at the drive in! He's gotten me outside of my little bookworm box a bit, in a good way. He encourages me to expand myself and try new things. Having him by my side has been some new experiences not so scary... like shooting a gun for the first time (ps - I rocked it that day at the range! He was so proud! Haha). We have his birthday shindig at Cedar Point coming up this weekend, and I am **NOT** a coaster girl in the least... but I promised him I'd try and oddly I am looking forward to it quite a bit. I'm happy and apparently it shows. :o)

Other happenings...

My birthday was yesterday (July 31st). I officially entered my last year of my 20's! I'm 29 now and, unlike many people I know, it doesn't freak me out at all. Maybe it's because no one believes that I'm 29... most guess somewhere in the early twenties up through 25. I definitely don't feel like "an old lady" - nor should I!! It was a fantastic weekend, especially given the not so great week I had (including the loss of my dear Chloe, work was insane due to inspection). A few of us went downtown to see the TPN boys play. We left early due to the massive amounts of people downtown that night... by 1am I was ready to go! I don't generally do the late-night downtown Cleveland thing and that's a good reminder of why! But it was still a fantastic night with some of my favorite people.

Josh pays good attention to what I say, obviously because he got me a book for my birthday! It's a Jane Austen book that has seven of her novels in it. It's beautiful!! I also got a cute bookmark that says "Keep Calm and Have a Cupcake"... since Cupcake is a nickname from friends and an ongoing joke.

Jess and Michele both gave me the gift of beautiful memories. Michele made me a DVD of photos from our few years as friends... stuff of things we did together, a few nights out that I couldn't be at but she documented, and other random memories of people and places and things all montaged to the song "I Hope You Dance". Jess made me a BEAUTIFUL scrapbook. She took it home to finish some pages, but so long as she doesn't mind, once I get it back I'll post some highlights. It is absolutely amazing!

My good friend Bob is an author... his first book Prodigal is available on Amazon and he finished the first draft of his second book yesterday, my birthday. After he allowed me to read a few chapters a while back I've been bugging him to let me read more of it. I received an e-mail last night from him that had the draft of his new book attached for me to read. I am so excited to dive into it!! That's the plan for a little later on today ;o)

As for today... I took the day off work today. I wasn't planning to, but I forgot to say I wanted the day after Relay off with pay so I didn't get paid for it. I figured then that I'd use the paid day today. I have to pay bills and clean... and figure out what I'm making for dinner for the fella and I since he's stopping over after work. I'm finding myself rather inspired today... hopefully it sticks around for a while.

Some changes may be afoot for this blog.... but it'll be the same Miss Moose, only better ;o)

And hopefully I'll be back sooner than later. Every time I promise it, I fail so hopefully not using a promise will be, well, promising!