Hello, Spring Break!

It's been an awesome start to spring break. To begin with, Rosie met Jack, a Jack Russell mix:

She at first was a little overwhelmed, but then decided they should be BFFs. The only dog I've seen her love as quickly was Dante:

Later that day, we sadly discovered that I apparently need all new tires, so we're just getting them taken care of as soon as the new ones come in. But, on the happy side of life, we chose a new apartment! Assuming we're approved as we think we will be, we'll be living in Mount Pleasant at Paces Watch! We're downsizing to a one bedroom, but there's still going to be plenty of space, PLUS a screened in porch, PLUS direct access to Shem Creek, PLUS a fireplace, PLUS access to the screened in porch from the living room and our bedroom, PLUS we'll be right near the pool, AND there's going to be a dog park built by the time we move in. :-) Best of all in Seth's eyes, we won't be walking by the middle school every day. Which kind of makes us look like potential creepers. Eek.

I'm really excited by it! It's also closer to school, downtown, and Trader Joe's. It's also super dog friendly! While moving kinda sucks, we're stoked to be moving somewhere new while we're down here. The dining room will be my study area, and we're going to use my dressing screen to block off the area better.

To leave you with something completely awesome, here's Rosie, discovering her version of catnip in the grass.

<3 Cassi

Super Fast Housing Update

So, we found one apartment we kind of love in Mount Pleasant... But we may have also found a place downtown that'll work wonderfully for us. Here's hoping one of them works out!

It's (almost) Friday. And we so excited! :-P

(Unfortunately, that song's been stuck in my head all day.)

On that note, I'm done with classes for 2 weeks. Life is good.

OH! Aaaand....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TWEEDLES!!! Enjoy the Quarter Century mark!

Check it! Tweedles Front and Center at the bottom!

<3 Cassi

To move or not?

So, Seth and I are trying to figure out what we want to do about our living situation. We love our apartment in some ways-- it works, it's in a nice enough area, and we have amazing staff here. (Seriously, <3 the staff!) We just found out today though that they're planning on redoing the pricing scheme in June, i.e. when our lease is up for renewal, and that's seriously terrifying. It could be just the normal 5% raise, which is annoying but normal, but it's also possible that they're going to do something else entirely re: the pricing scheme. We found an apartment we thought, but we went in to try to lock it in and were told it would be nearly $100 a month more than we had thought-- so not worth the move to a slightly less good location.

On the other hand, we're not going to be lifers down here; we've pretty much decided we want to move closer to our families, especially before we're in the family way, which hopefully, God willing, won't be for a couple more years. (I definitely need baby blinders-- they're freaking adorable and EVERYWHERE.) My cousin in law just posted a picture of her 2 month old son-- SO CUTE. I'm going to continue to hit "snooze" on that biological clock for a couple more years, though.

So, we're debating moving either to Mount Pleasant or closer to downtown if possible to take advantage of our time down here.

Rosie says she'll just sniff out over here while Mommy and Daddy think things through....

Update like 24 hours later: We're going to be downsizing! We're looking at one-bedrooms in Mount Pleasant, which is definitely exciting! We decided that, with only about 6 months left of classes at the end of this semester, it just makes more sense to choose somewhere we have closer access to downtown Charleston and the beaches for little Roo. <3 It's going to be literally the smallest space we've ever lived in, but we're hoping to gain good outdoor space, a closer commute for me, and hopefully (pretty pretty please) a more walkable neighborhood. I totally miss having a grocery store right nearby. If it doesn't work out, oh, well, but I can hope!

Spring break is super soon, and I think my brain needs a break. If nothing else, I'll get to enjoy SUNSHINE! Sun! Warmth! Puppy! BOOKS! Sun!

Puppy and Books and Sleep. <3

(I desperately need to get outside, apparently.)

It's also a great time to catch up on some studying for various classes, which is great. I'll even get to lunch with my husband at least once, and do my doctor's appointments. :-) Then, during the May break, we'll get to go home for a week and visit Stockley Gardens and see my grandmother's awesome artwork! Maybe we'll even get to go to Busch Gardens again!

Life's looking wonderful. We're so incredibly blessed, and grateful for everything we have going on in our lives right now.

Cheers,
Cassi

Our dog is SO weird!

We love our dog. We love all the compliments we get on our dog, especially that people think she's a miniature Irish Wolfhound. But our dog is nuts.

1. She loves spicy food. She'll steal hot sauce from me when she gets the chance, and is not deterred by the pretty high amounts of red pepper that happens with some dishes.
2. She LOVES getting sprayed by the water bottle. We're hoping to take a video later. It's supposed to be a deterrent, but she keeps trying to get us to spray it so she can drink from it.
3. She has no idea that she's not tiny.
4. She thinks cats should want to play with her. She really doesn't understand that cats don't like it when you sniff their rear ends.
5. She starts eating all her food she's spilled as soon as I start vacuuming it. But, if the vacuum is anywhere else near her, she runs away in terror. Or, drops her tennis ball on it.

But that's okay, because she lets me dress her up, move her around, carry her, and just in general make her move when she's in the way. Plus, while it drives me nuts, it's really cute that she comes over when I'm studying to make me play with her. :-)

She's definitely our baby girl.