Wow, where did this month go?! Tomorrow it will be September. I'm hardly ever on facebook anymore. I am quite bored right now.

Evan sent me a picture message this morning. It wasn't a pretty picture, either. It was a picture of his smashed up Subie. Apparently he was involved in a car accident the other night, and now the Subie is totaled.

This morning I woke up with a really bad cold. I was feeling so lousy that I didn't even make it to church this morning. I slept in with my puppy curled up next to me. After eating breakfast I crawled into my parents bed to watch TV and be near the phone. Ruby is such a sweet puppy, she's keeping me company and comforting me while I'm feeling miserable. She's going to be a great therapy dog and a great service dog! I watched the movie "17 Again" on HBO2E. I caught the movie from the beginning. Unfortunately, after pausing it several times, I didn't get to watch the end. My parents had set the DVR to record the pre-Emmy thing, when all of the celebrities arrive and walk the red carpet. That overlapped with the end of the movie, so I missed the end of the movie. I'll have to catch it again some other time.

Again, working on my Python problems and catching up on my e-mail.

It's at the point where time seems to be going rather slow like, yet quick. Odd, I know. Just can't seem to keep track of the days anymore. Still struggling through these Python problems.

Mostly, I just watched HGTV and DIY. I think I may be starting to get a little bit of a cold. Still need to find one of those backpack/leash things.

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Man, I've been so busy that I'm way behind on my e-mail. I've got somewhere between 300 and 400 unread messages.

We went to the Zoo today. It was the seniors day at the Zoo, so we all got in for free, and we got free lunch. I got in for free and got the free lunch by being the chauffeur. At least mom and I were able to see the meerkats.

I worry about Otay, but he's not worried. I'll just keep him in my prayers. The other day I downloaded a new Twitter application for my BlackBerry.

I vacuumed out the van today. We cleaned out the interior because we will be taking people with us to the Zoo tomorrow.
I'm finally talking with Otay. He told me that he's been sick lately. The doctors aren't sure what is wrong, though.

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Pit Bulls On Parade!

Today was Pit Bulls on Parade at the Reber Ranch in Kent.
I made sure to give Ruby her Cerenia about 2 hours before I planned on leaving. I also made sure that we went on a walk, hoping to tire her out, just a little bit. Ruby and I went down in the van. I probably should have stopped at the first rest stop, though. Ruby went big potty in the van. Thankfully, it was on top of the potty pads, sadly, it also got on her 6 foot leash. Oh well, I pulled over, cleaned it up, and we got back on our way.

Once we got to Reber Ranch Ruby was a bit overwhelmed. I don't think Ruby has ever been around so many people and so many other dogs at the same time before. She was acting really shy around everybody and all of the dogs. Normally I would have been trying to keep her from jumping up on people, but she wasn't doing anything like that.

I gave Ruby a bath today. I want her to be all nice and pretty and clean for tomorrow.

I'd mentioned to my dad about Pit Bulls on Parade that is happening on Saturday, but I guess I hadn't mentioned it to my mom. So I finally told my mom that Ruby and I are going to Kent on Saturday.

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For some reason the Metro won't start. I registered/signed up for being a Sigma Affiliate.

My back was killing me this morning. I ended up soaking in my parents bath tub for about 20 minutes using my new lavender scented epsom salts. I would have used my tub, but it needed to be cleaned out, and I hurt too much to try and clean it out. Thankfully, soaking in the hot bath really did work for relieving the pain in my back. My back wasn't hurting after that.

I believe I mainly worked on my mom's bathroom today.

I decided to take a bath today. Working on using up some of the bath salts that we have.

Super busy day. I got to see Martina and her son earlier today! For having had a baby just a short time ago, she looks great! I'm glad that I got to see her, just wished that I could have spent more time with her.

Satavy called me and was double and triple checking to make sure that I was coming, and asked me if I could bring an extra towel. I guess she forgot to bring a towel for Kam. I headed out a bit later than I was planning to. I was there within half an hour of the session opening. It was a good thing that Satavy had bought the tickets earlier in the week, because the session that we were out was sold out. Gorgeous day, and I found a relatively close parking spot.
After spending the afternoon at the water park, we all headed over to Satavy's for dinner/BBQ. One of Satavy's friends was following me to her house, but then we got separated. In the end, everyone who was coming for dinner made it to Satavy's.

Martina had invited me to go to Trinity with her and some of her other friends, but I wasn't able to make it. I didn't leave Satavy's until after 9pm, meaning I wasn't going to get home until around 9:45~10pm.

Mean cell phone. It deleted all of my old text messages.
I'm excited to go to the water park tomorrow. The weather report looks really good. 80's-90's, perfect day for playing in the water.

Today should be the first day of summer vacation. Should being the operative word. It's great knowing that I'm all done with my summer class. Now I need to and have to buckle down on my Python assignments and my security class paper on keystroke dynamics.

Today was the last day of summer quarter. I hope I did well on the final. Thankfully, I did get my image completed and turned in.

Martina is coming to visit. I'd imagine she's here by now. She does get my texts in Hawaii. Although, it's been quite a while since I last sent her a text message.
I'm hoping my mom's appointment/meeting this evening goes well.

Busy day. Started out with an appointment with Dr. Kohlberg, then I studied a bit in between appointments. Then I had my appointment with Karen. Karen informed me that she's meeting with my mom tomorrow evening.

My dad and I stopped at the college to pay for my courses and to purchase my books.

Today was the review for the final. Worked a bit more on my image. I think I'm just about done with this assignment.

Chris's friend, Steven, came over to help work on Chris's car. He brought his Yellow Labrador Retriever puppy, Diesel. So Ruby had another playmate. At first Diesel was pretty shy/overwhelmed. Rocko, Merlin, and Spencer were a bit curious about this not neutered male dog. Spencer was being his usual, nippy/bully self. I put Rocko and Merlin in the utility room with their food and water. She and Diesel just romped all over the yard playing together. So much for keeping Ruby quiet.
While the dogs were playing, and Chris and Steven were working, my parents were planting some plants that they'd purchased at the nursery. I helped a bit, too.

Currently working on reading through my Python book again. Once I'm done with this I plan on finishing the second midterm. I just realized that I screwed up on one of the chapter 8 exercises. I'll fix it and resubmit it. Ruby is currently sleeping on my back/legs.

Satavy reminded me about going to the Renton water park next Saturday. I hope the weather will cooperate for that.

I just about had a heart attack! I lost my phone while I was at Costco with my parents. It must have fallen out of my purse when I sat in one of the couches or checked out a mattress sample. I discovered that it was missing when my parents were getting ready to check out. I was searching through my purse for my phone and couldn't find it. I basically emptied out my purse, and still couldn't find it. I thought that maybe I dropped it in the car, but it wasn't in the car, either. I remember being online while we were driving to Costco, so I knew that I hadn't forgotten my phone at home.
I retraced my steps, looking to see if I could find it. First, I reversed my route, and worked from most recent place that I had been to where I started walking up and down the aisles. Then I retraced my steps from where I started when I walked in the store, checking any places where I leaned over. After both my parents and I looked one more time, we decided to check the lost and found. The lady who helped me checked the lost and found book, but nothing had been reported as being found recently. So she told me that my phone hadn't been turned in, without actually checking in the safe.
About 10 minutes later I went back to the lost and found area and one of the gentlemen in the office actually looked in the safe, (he didn't check the book), and asked what kind of phone I have, and what my screen background image is. A good samaritan or employee had turned in my cell phone! I almost hugged the guy, I was so happy.

After all of that stress we were all hungry, so I suggested that we go to Olive Garden. We went to Olive Garden for dinner, and I had a peach bellini with dinner.

Ruby went to the veterinarian today. She has a 7-day prescription for an anti-inflammatory to help her back leg. Dr. Weeks thinks Ruby probably just strained it, over exerted herself during one of her zoomy sessions. She wants Ruby to take it easy for the next week or so. Haha, that's too funny, you want me to keep an energetic puppy off her feet/relaxed for a week! Good thing about going, we were able to get her another prescription of PPA for her leaking. I forgot to get her toe nails trimmed, though.

School:
Eek! Today is basically the last regular class. On Monday we have a review for our final. I got a bunch of my school work done today, so that is good. Hopefully I will be able to finish everything on Monday. I'm glad I have my recorder, I recorded class today.

Working really hard on getting caught up on my reading assignments for my class. I only have a week and a half left.

I think Ruby must have changed sleeping spots and positions at least two or three times while I was sleeping. She started out sleeping/curled up at next to my feet, with her head resting on my feet. Ruby is still limping. Ruby and I worked a little bit on training before I headed to Bellevue. We got through 'Sit', and then I had to leave.

I cleaned my parents toilet, and scrubbed a bit more on the tiles.

Class
We've started going over Microsoft Outlook in class.

Ruby is limping. When I woke up earlier this morning I watched as Ruby changed positions. I noticed that she didn't put any weight on her one rear leg, but I just figured that she was being tired/lazy. It wasn't until after she got up and I saw her moving around that I realized that she was limping.