A Mental Breakdown and A Dead Mouse
It was bound to happen.
You know, the pressure of school.
It got to me. In a very big way. (As in, on the first day of my second summer class, an online class, I completely lost it. Lost control over emotions and such and ended up on a terrific crying jag. One worthy of Scarlett O’Hara, no doubt.)
So. I backed out of my second summer class.
And oh my goodness, did it feel good to QUIT!
Now, instead of a three week summer break, I get a seven week summer break.
Which is WAY more than fabulous.
I have two more weeks of my Anatomy and Physiology class, and as of July 1st, I will be FREE!
For SEVEN weeks!
What, oh just WHAT, am I going to do with myself?
Umyeah. I plan on spending a lot of time with my Simon, my Helene, and my Cici. Also, I am going to do some sewing, quilting, and crocheting. Oh. And I fully plan on going on some sort of vacation. Probably involving camping with my family. And I’m gonna RELAX and enjoy not having to do homework or study for ANYTHING. It’s basically going to be amazing.
In other news… (Cici News!)
Cici decided to show us what a tough chick she is and thought it a great plan to bring the evidence of her toughness right onto our back porch. A dead freaking mouse, people. Dead. Mouse.
Ummm. YUCK.
However. I was oddly impressed. Weird, I know.
Cici is now twelve weeks old and still my gorgeous Rhodesian Lady.
She basically has the cutest dog face EVER.

And did I mention that between 8 weeks and 11 weeks of age, Cici managed to DOUBLE her weight?
Umyeah. She went from ten to twenty pounds in THREE friggin’ weeks.

We are having fun with our Cici, however I have found that puppy teeth are truly taxing on my patience. She has started going on some short jogs with Tyson and she loves it… (The running part, that is. She’s not all that hip on just walking.) And we love it because a short jog makes for a tired puppy. And, it turns out, a tired puppy is a really good puppy.
Oh! And much to our surprise (not a good surprise, either), we have discovered that Cici is something of an escape artist. She has figured out a way to get out of the backyard and into the front yard. Yeah. It’s no good. Luckily, she shows zero interest in actually leaving our property, she just seems to want more area to explore. I don’t like it though and we are actively trying to make sure that she stops doing it by constantly checking on her while she’s in the backyard unattended. She isn’t getting out as much anymore and I think it’s because she’s getting too big for her preferred escape method. (She squeezes through some of the slats in our fence. These aren’t wide slats, either. I would never have thought that she could squeeze through… even when she was ten pounds. Just goes to show what I know about Cici’s determination.)
My kids are totally into summer vacation now and are, I think, a bit bored. We’re doing swimming lessons and they are looking forward to the end of Mom and Dad’s summer school. Because THAT’S when we get to go camping! Anyways. Enjoy the rest of the pictures. I’ve got to go. I have a feeling Cici is getting ready to do her disappearing act. (she’s been in the back for twenty minutes unattended…)
Happy Father’s Day!
A backyard sunset

Helene doing her Helene thing and Simon doing his Simon thing. Love it.
















































