Thursday 7/2, Woke up to Brizo running around and jumping on the side of the bed to wake me up so I put my hand down to pet her and she went crazy licking it and was a wiggle worm. I put her on the bed with me for a few minutes but she wanted down so I put her down. At the post office before work she puked all her breakfast up on my seat. Huge, massive, brown piles of puke. And I had one and a half napkins to clean it up with. Sick. I put a little water on it and put my sweatshirt down and drove that way. Looked up carsick dog remedies when I got to work; usually to do with anxiety...and eating too close to a trip. Noted. A couple messages going back and forth with LPC and I clarified my “tickles” text and he had assumed it was “reciprocal flirting” then added “From Kay-See apparently” so that was funny. Then he was flirty some more and I kind of deflected and told him he knows I get a kick out of it. I talked to Jen for a long time toward the end of the day about problems with financing and some obstacles that were going to make this process more difficult and expensive. Mom and Dad called and I told them and Dad suggested paying cash for it and then selling it back to me in 6 months when the dust from my refi settles. At least it's an option. After work I went to get more dog food and talked to Court for a while about her trip in August and about the pups and her official baby news. I already knew a few weeks ago but she's now let the cat out of the bag so I can acknowledge on here that I know. I’m guessing a girl. At home I started kind of getting things together and Eric and I went to the store and scrounged for dinner. I called Kay-See to see what time she'd be over in the morning and had to push for 10. Did some laundry and other stuff around the house until bedtime. I think we stayed up semi-late considering we had to be up early in the morning.

Wednesday 7/1, Brizo got sick twice at work and a little on the ride home. Ish, need to get to the bottom of that. I relaxed at home and Eric had called saying he wasn't coming up so I really took that opportunity to veg. We went outside and kept relaxing then I made their dinners but wasn't hungry myself. I talked to Jen about my mortgage options and they're not great, but it looks like I should at least be able to do it, so we'll see. Have to actually get the house first; kind of an important step. I called Dad after that and talked it out with him and he had a few good suggestions and ideas so I decided to convey to Jen the next day. We also talked about Eric moving in and how it would outweigh anything negative. It's financially a great idea and also we have way more fun and get along more than we ever disagree or get into arguments. For every one bad or negative there are 100 good or positive things so he helped put that in perspective. I eventually ate some dinner and talked to Eric and ran ideas by him and he's game for whatever and is excited that I'd give him the garage to do what he wanted with it. We talked for a really long time and he thought it was only 8:30 but it was actually 9:30. I talked to Kay-See after that and we discussed plans and the house. Updated this with the Belize trip entry which took about an hour to finish and proofread through then posted...finally. It's only a month and a half later. Got ready for bed after taking the dogs out and crashed.

Tuesday 6/30, Brizo pooped and peed while we were out for our walks, yay!! I know it's like a kid, but seriously, this is so exciting. She also peed in the backyard again in the evening. Such a relief. After work on the drive home she puked three times, which was great, and was basically the medication I had given her earlier that morning. Gross and weird. At home I cleaned things up then took Castor up the hill to the park for a nice mile walk and some alone time. Talked to Sos who knew the news about Court now but I pretended I didn't know even though she knew I did. Back down and fed the pups and tried to give Brizo her meds, but it didn't work and I ended up frustrated. I ate some more leftovers and Eric redhead had written about the baby and something cryptic about likening me...forever. And then something about even 10 months down the road. Don't know. I called him but he didn't answer, so I took Castor out and when I got back in I had missed his call and voicemail and a 'poke' text from LPC. When it rains it pours. I barricaded Brizo then went over to K's because Kyle is leaving Wednesday for Berlin, again, and we were supposed to have a little goodbye thing. Ky wasn't there so we gossiped about LPC and Eric and we wrote "*tickles*" to LPC and we both died waiting for a response. Only got 'poke poke' back. We were disappointed in his creativity. Eric called AGAIN so we chatted for a minute then I told him I'd call him on my way home. Called Josh to invite them over to Plain for the weekend. Continued gossiping and found a hot Serbian, Alex, on facebook that's friends with one of K's coworkers. It was funny. We talked about her and A and how she doesn't know what's going on there. We ate blueberries and lemon cookie thins, yum! I left at 10 and called Eric and told him to come home too. I called other Eric but no answer. At home I took Castor out and B was very excited and went to the bathroom when I took them both out back. Got ready for bed and showered and Eric came home. Went to sleep after talking for a long time in bed; 11:30.

Monday 6/29, Brizo's first day at work. Peggy wasn't supposed to be in but she was for part of the day and got to meet B. On our morning walk Brizo peed which elated me and later in the day she peed again and even when we got home she peed again outside in the backyard. It was an extremely good day. She seems to all of a sudden have caught on to what I want her to do. Work went well with her and home we went afterward. Alix was coming over and I had talked to Monique to set a time for later in the evening to see the house and that a backup offer was currently pending and might not go through so I had a chance of getting it if I ended up liking it. Eric and I tried to help Alix find a job and we sat and talked in the living room. I had leftovers for dinner then Monique called to meet her so we all loaded up and went over. I really loved the house and all the potential it has. It's a U shape with a great courtyard in the back and nice yard for the dogs. It's so light I love it. Anyway, I left telling Monique I would call Dad and let her know about potentially putting in an offer and down payment and all that. At home I called Dad and he ended up calling me back later and said he could give me the 20% and then we looked at it together online over the phone and I told them all about it. They thought it was a great idea and are behind me 100%, which at first I was nervous that they weren't. Tried to get a hold of Jen but unsuccessful so I sent her an email and two voicemails. The rest of the night was spent looking at the house some more online and laying in bed. Eric and I finally got down to business and had a nice time. Went to bed tired but thinking about the house.

Sunday 6/28, I got up and Eric was already up and I had some breakfast then sat down on the couch and Eric went to go to REI and take Castor for a walk while I stayed home with Brizo and we fell asleep on the couch and she curled up in my nook, and there we slept for a while. Eric got home and I knew I needed to get a move on. I thought Mom was going to look at open houses with me, but she bailed to go to the Sounders game so I got ready and took off with Castor by myself. I went to see the one I've been looking at for a while by Robinswood, and the upstairs was ok, but the downstairs felt disjointed and needs work. The realtor was super nice and I stayed there for a good 45 minutes chatting it up with her about rescue dogs, Ginger's, adoption, housing market, etc. I finally left but I think she really thought I was interested, but I didn't love it. I took Castor to the park and it was empty. No one at the dog corral and didn't see anyone the whole time we were there. Walked him down and around the pond then back up. We stopped at another open house on the way home and I liked the property of this one more but again, house needs a lot of work and the basement feels unusable even though the ceilings are like 12 feet high. Home we went and I managed to convince Eric to help me get my bookshelves put back into place so he did that and I started organizing briefly before having to leave for Brizo's doctor appt. She has an infection in her ears and possibly some where else so antibotics were given and luckily I already have all the ear stuff from Castor. Everything else looked good but she needs booster shots in a week. I got her a new bed and some pee pads and waited for her checkup to be done. We went home and Eric was making dinner and C&S weren't there yet. We had wrapped the present earlier in the day and laughed because we put the bow on and it was all janky. Hilarious! We crack ourselves up. They arrived and we talked and ate and played with Brizo and watched AFV. I needed to go to the store so Chrystol went with me and we picked out cookies for dessert (Brussels) and I got the rest of my groceries and we waited forever in line because the two guys were speaking Russian with each other. Chrystol occupied herself by reading the tabloids. Back home we busted out the cookies and I cleaned the kitchen a bit then C&S took off for home and I took Castor out. We got ready for bed and I told Eric I couldn't stop thinking about that Lochmoor house so I was going to call Monique in the morning to find out about it. To sleep by 11 or so.

Saturday 6/27, Eric got up earlier than me, but I was up and at em early too. Eric took charge of the garage and made two trips to the dump and one to goodwill so now my garage looks much better. I cleaned bathrooms, did laundry, changed sheets and did a general cleanup. I wanted to go drive that car, but was talked out of it by Eric and if I'm serious about buying a house I need to not have that debt anyway. Sos called and asked if she could come over and meet Brizo so I took Castor out quickly and she arrived shortly after. We sat in the living room talking about the dog and about some things at home. Eric got back and we all chatted for a bit then she took off. We both got dressed and Eric made some delicious little soft tacos with green peppers and onion and brought them to me in the living room. We went out to go see an open house and though it was cute, it needed too much work that I'm not interested in and it's not any bigger than my current place. We went to the park down the street with the pups and walked around and let them off leash in a big field and they both seemed to enjoy it. It was cute. We went home and I think I fell in and out of sleep on the couch. When I woke up Eric was leaving to go get groceries to make a dish for Josh's bday event later that night. I got up and I took Brizo out and she peed on the neighbors patio and I was so elated I praised and petted her forever. Progress slowly. Eric got back and was making a phylo, asparagus and potato dish. We hung while that finished and I did some things around the house and soon Jake and Sos arrived and off we went to W. Seattle. We were the first to arrive and we started getting the food set up and snacking. Josh had a friend from home, Mike I think, and he seemed nice. We all sat around eating fried rice, chips, fallafal that Sos made, short ribs, kielbasa and some delicious meat Jake grilled. I was stuffed. We sat around talking and Kaya brought me into her room and wanted me to play with her. After dinner Tim wanted something sweet so I looked up Bakery Nouveau and him, K and me took off to find it. Tim bought 6 cookies for all of us to share, but first we had to stop at the store to get wine and couldn't find the one Lena wanted so some random motorcycle looking guy said a certain one was good. He said if it wasn't good that I couldn't blame him cause I didn't know his name, so I playfully referred to him as "Ken" and he seemed to like that. We bought the wine and took off back to the house. K left almost immediately and Rock band was being set up. I was the only one who didn't join in, but it was fun watching. Everyone got into it and Eric was the best singer. He sang "Creep" and it killed it for me. Mike loved it when Eric would sing and by the end we were all singing along with SP's "Today" so that was fun. We all left around midnight and couldn't believe we'd been rocking it for two and a half hours. Drove home trying to convince Jake that he'd have fun if he came to Plain, but I don't know, for some reason he seems to not want to go. They left when we got there and Eric and I stayed up for a little bit and eventually went to sleep.

Friday 6/26, Left work early again and went home to find an excited Brizo. I hung at home a bit and did some stuff around the house then Eric got there and we talked then I asked him if he wanted to go up the hill and walk the dogs. We went up and left Brizo off leash for most of it because she does better without and we just wanted to enjoy walking and not be in training mode. We did one lap around and she was sniffing and into being outside more than prior trips. On our second walk around she started acting all weird and making circles and wouldn't come to us and she squatted and pooped and it made my day. I praised her and petted / itched her for a good two minutes telling her how good she was then breathed a sign of relief and said that it literally made my day. Eric thanked her for taking the pressure off and that now he'd be able to enjoy his night because I'd be in a better mood. It was so exciting, the first time she willingly eliminated outside. Yay! We finished our walk and went home where we ate leftovers in the kitchen then Eric called on the Audi for me and got some more details and I wanted to go drive it the next day. It’s such a good deal and exactly what I want (manual, white, tan interior, way low miles). We got ready to go out for Ky's going away thing at Chapel. We left and picked K up at her place and walked over. Ky and about 4 friends were there and they were out on the patio so we sat down and talked and Eric ordered a cheese plate and K and I just had water. Didn't really get to talk to Ky, and didn't really talk to the other people, but the three of us had fun chatting and eating. We stayed for an hour and a half or so, but K had to run the half RnR marathon in the morning and I didn't want to leave the dogs at home by themselves for too long so we said our goodbyes and made plans to meet up on Tuesday. K and I checked out the hot bartender as Eric was paying and she made a dirty joke, but I don't remember it now. Walked back to her place, then to the car and went home. I think we pretty much went to bed after Eric took Castor out and I got Brizo all set up upstairs.

Thursday 6/25, Woke up with no messes to clean up. Got off work early again, no messes to clean up there either. She was acting a little weird and standoffish when I got home and was sitting on the stair case. Odd. We went to Pogacha for happy hour and Sos called to say Josh had called her and invited her and Jake for a bday party on Saturday so I kept that in the back of my mind for the weekend. We ordered too much food and ate a ton but also brought a lot home. We hung out when we got home then Eric went to bed early and Alix called and was having a hard time with the job / no car situation and Mom and Dad's lack of interest in helping her. Eric went downstairs because I was being loud so I went down and got him after I hung up. We talked about solutions because then he was awake and told me to invite her over the next night for dinner. We finally went to sleep.

Wednesday 6/24, Apparently she pooped in the night and Eric cleaned it up. She was so excited he was there she was following him up and down the stairs and all wound up. He blocked her upstairs and left. She came over by my side of the bed and I put my hand down and pet her as I tried to fall back asleep. She just stood there wanting more pets, it was so sweet. It's amazing how quickly the affection has come. She licked my hand after I stopped. Eventually I fell back asleep and when my alarm went off she was up too. I took her down right away and sat outside with her and put her on her leash and let Castor out, all to no avail. I put her back in the kitchen and watched her, but nothing. I was late getting out of the house but no messes to clean up. Eric was at my house because he had to do some stuff at BC and I had asked him to take out some meat when I talked to him. He also exclaimed, “She knows how to go up the stairs! She wouldn’t stop following me!” like I didn’t know, because he’d gotten home so late. When I got home Brizo was so excited and had been up on the bed with Eric and I could feel her little heart beating like crazy. I asked Eric if he minded if I took Castor up to give him a proper walk since he hadn't had one after work in a while, so I put my shoes on and off we went, just the two of us. Susan called on my way up and I talked to her almost the entire time. I got an update on her and M and told her about Brizo and it made the time fly. We did a mile and a half and Castor seemed content. Kass had called while I was talking to Susan so I called her after we hung up and she was just leaving work with Etta and I told her about Brizo and a little about her story and she can't wait to meet her. I hung up with her as we got home and Eric was making dinner: steak with lots of veggies. It was all very good, but I felt bad because Eric felt so awful. I did a lot of cleaning up in the kitchen and eventually we went upstairs where I asked him if there was more wrong and he said no, just that he was tired and felt shitty. He fell asleep before the end of IAC, but totally called Lou Diamond Phillips winning. Took Castor out one more time and Brizo peed when I took him out, luckily on a pee pad. Went to bed, I was so tired.

Tuesday 6/23, I was getting dressed quickly to then take her downstairs and she started to pee on one of the mats so I scooped her up and took her outside but unfortunately after sitting there forever she didn't pee and just wanted to go back inside. I finished getting ready and took her out two more times. I went up to quickly brush my teeth and when I came back down she had pooped in the dining room. Frustrating. She had been outside three times and the minute I'm not with her she does it. Cleaned it up and off to work. I got off work early and went home and she was so excited she followed me from one end of the house to the next and jumped on the backs of my legs, it was so funny. She used two pee pads so I knew it would be a while before she'd go again since she only seems to go twice a day. I did some stuff while waiting for Eric to get there and he pretty much took off as soon as I got there so I left too. We went up to Robinswood and I got her to understand the concept of a leash a little better and she followed very well. We sat on a bench and then on the grass and soon K texted that she was on her way over so we walked back to the car. She got sick on the way home and I think it's because of that carrier so she won't be riding in it anymore or I'll have to figure something else out. I cleaned that up when we got home then she threw up again, I think from the jostling or something. K arrived and we ate chips and talked about the dogs in the kitchen. I had my eye on her like a hawk to get her outside to use the bathroom but surprise surprise she never did. We ate salad and drank Fresca and ate a little enchilada and then had licorice while sitting on the couch telling stories. The dogs were both really good and sat nicely while we visited. K took off a little after 8 and I took both dogs out and no luck with her. I cleaned up then sat on the floor with them and watched tv. Brizo actually came to me and stayed when I pet her. I brushed Castor for a little bit then at 9:40 decided to take him out and barricaded her in the kitchen while I was out for 5 minutes. Sure as shit when I got back in she had peed on the mat by the door. For heaven's sake. I was a little frustrated but threw the rug in the wash and went up to get ready for bed. She climbed the stairs after me and was I delighted. I climbed into bed and played on my computer and watched the news for a little bit then turned in and both pups were sawing logs.

Monday 6/22, Woke up to no accidents. Got dressed and took her downstairs and she started to squat on the kitchen floor again so I scooped her up and put her outside and left her out there for a minute and soon enough she squatted and peed and I kept telling her "good potty" and as soon as she was done I opened the door and she bounded in. Things were looking up. I corralled her in the kitchen for the day and put pee pads all over and her little bed and off to work. I got home a little early from work but Eric beat me and cleaned up the poop but no pee. We went to the pet store and got a little carrier for her and a harness and a pillow and toy and I got a screaming deal because the girl likes me. We went up to the park and did one time around and she was exploring a little in the grass and on the trail, but mostly Eric carried her. When we got home she started to squat again in the kitchen so Eric went outside with her and soon enough she went out there again and we gave her lots of praise and rewarded her by coming inside right away. Eric got to work on making enchiladas, which he's never made AND didn't even use a recipe, and they were DELICIOUS! Like the best ever. But while he was doing that and Brizo was glued to him in the kitchen I went upstairs to put clothes away and vacuum and clean the toilets. Fun! Dinner was ready and we sat in the living room and ate while watched IAC, but only half watched because I was cleaning the kitchen up. We had ice cream. Getting ready for bed upstairs and Brizo pooped on the floor so I put all my bathroom rugs on the floor so if she had an accident at least she'd pee on them and not the new carpet. We went to bed and I slept a little better than the previous night and she slept through the night again, yay!

Sunday 6/21, We woke up around 8:30 and I needed to get gas and wanted to take Castor for a walk. I took off with him so Eric could wash his car because he wanted to take me to breakfast at 14 Carrot. After I got gas I realized Castor had a dr appointment and needed to be dropped off at 9:30 so I parked and we walked on the little trails along 56th for 40 minutes then I took him over and got him checked in and off I went. At home I started getting ready and my phone rang and it was a woman, Patty, who had seen my application and had gotten two rat terriers earlier the night before from a puppy mill bust and wanted to know if I was interested. I was, so she did kind of a phone interview and it sounded like the girl puppy and her little bf were in pretty bad shape and stressed. I got off the phone and finished getting ready and we set out for Eastlake to meet S&C at 14 Carrot. Sos called while we were parking and was asking Eric if he could watch the pups at the end of July and I was listening to that then there was a big noise at my window and Chrystol had thrown herself on it and scared me. Eric got off the phone and we started chit chatting and I told them about the dog and soon we were seated at the best seat in the house (front window). We ordered and talked and ate when the food came. Eric bought me breakfast, yay! Soon we were on our way to the Ballard Market after picking S&C up at their house. We parked and walked over talking about how Brandon is interviewing with the MI police dept to become a cop, which is hilarious. We strolled through and ducked into a few shops then over to one of Eric's friend's stands and he makes hilarious shirts and I bought a wife beater with a bear-shark on it. He gave me a deal too. We walked over to All the Best so I could get a collar and leash for my potential new dog. We looked at all the nice things then needed to get going and headed over and found the place. Ginger was there and Patty introduced me to the pup and she'd just had a litter two months prior and was still a bit overweight from the experience and her and her little bf were so scared and cowering under a bench in the backyard. It was so sad. There was no way I could leave her so I told them I'd take her and wrote a check. I talked to Ginger a bit and she said they'd adopted out 6 dogs the day before at the event and asked me why I wanted a rat terrier and not a fox terrier. Eric and I took off to go get a tag made for her at Petco and soon were back to pick her up. Patty gave me some diapers and wished me good luck. I felt terrible leaving the little boy behind. We wrapped her in Eric's sweatshirt and I held her in my lap as we drove over to Goodwill to show S&C. They thought she was cute then we took off for home and she perked up a little with the window down. We went to QFC and All the Best so I could check on food for her and pee pads. Gail was so helpful and gave me some tips and off we went to pick up Castor from the dr. Luckily everything checked out except he's got another lump that I need to keep my eye on, sad. Home we went finally and we put Brizo down and she gravitated toward Eric's sweatshirt and followed us around for the most part in the house; except the stairs, she doesn't know what they are. We hung for a couple hours then it was time for me to go to Mom's for Father's Day so I left Eric in charge and took the delicious salad he made and headed over. I arrived first and showed pictures of her. I went up to talk to Alix after E&E arrived because it's always so awkward with them. Downstairs we waited for Josh and Amy and they came shortly after and dinner was served up. I mostly talked to Alix and we sat in the family room and ate. We had dessert and I was eager to get out of there and so was Grandma so I took her home and gave Toto his meds and took off for home. We relaxed when I got back and as I was doing some stuff in the kitchen she squatted and peed for the first time. I cleaned it up and noted that she at least did it in the kitchen. We went up and prepped for bed and I showered. I didn't want to leave her by herself overnight but I also didn't want her to pee all over so we put pee pad all around her bed and tucked her in and hoped for the best. I slept like shit.

Saturday 6/20, Eric came in at like 1 or something so I let him sleep until 9 then woke him up by taking a picture of him because he had white fuzz on his beard. He had taken a benadryl before bed so he was super out of it, but I had lots to get done so I was persistent and got him up. We dressed and headed to Home Depot to find a storage organizer for the garage, which ended up being a 6' long steel looking thing. We went home and I started moving stuff around and recycling and Eric went back to pick the thing up. We busted ass because we had to leave by 11 or so and ended up getting a lot done, and as much as we could without getting the dump and Goodwill stuff out of the way. It was about 11:15 when we finished so we took off for Federal Way to this adopt event, but first we had lunch at Taco Time. I went into B&N and got Kaya a couple books for her birthday then over to Petco where I met Ginger but noticed the lack of Boogie. She showed me some fox terriers but that's not what I want, plus they were 2 and boys and I wanted an older dog and a girl so I told her I'd keep checking the site and we took off for home, with a stop at the bank. We went home and dropped Castor off and we were going to go to the farmer's market but realized it was almost over so we went to Costco instead to get movie tickets and I got a bunch of fruit too. Plus, their rotisserie chicken salad is amazing, sooo good. We went home and Eric offered to wash my car, inside and out, and I took a nap after looking at some more dogs online. He woke me up and I got ready because we needed to roll out for Kaya's birthday party. We found Josh and Lena's place fine and were the first ones there. We talked and watched Kaya paint on the sidewalk and play golf. Hakim and Carmen showed up and Kay-See so the party was growing, then lastly Sos and Jake. I had a hot dog then K and I shared a hamburger. Eric and I left at 7:15 for the Eastside to go see Hangover. We laughed all the way through that, of course and talked about it all the way home. I took Castor out when we got home and we watched tv for a little bit then went to bed.

Friday 6/19, Ginger emailed me that she didn’t know if Boogie was still available but to come to some pet event the next day. I emailed her back that I would be at the event and started formulating plans in my head for the weekend. Some work colleagues came over after work so I stayed until 7:15 them headed home with Castor because he was bored and hungry. I talked to Mom and wished her a happy birthday and talked about her day. I wasn't really hungry so I ate a bowl of cereal and called it good. I talked to Eric who was with S&C and told him I had a bunch of info to tell him and to call me, but he never did so I had to tell him in the morning. I think I just watched tv and went to bed at 11.