A Story!

So earlier today I was told I was slacking on my blog. Which I was. Mostly I have just been going to school and doing homework so I haven't felt like I've had much to say. But I know that's not an acceptable excuse for not blogging. I decided I would think about what to blog about while I was running today. While I was running along trying to think of ways to make the last couple of weeks more exciting than they really have been, an exciting thing actually happened! Okay, not like extremely exciting, but you get to hear about it anyway. I was running the long route of the flood wall which is about 2 miles one way, and then you have to turn around and go back. I had gotten to the end and turned around and was probably about a mile from my car when I saw a puppy standing on the little pathway. (Please note: puppy is Cassie's word for a dog of any age....he wasn't technically a puppy) I LOVE dogs, but I got a little nervous seeing a dog right on my path without an owner anywhere around. Dogs have the potential to be scary and aggressive (those of you who know Fitz know what I am talking about). I decided I would just be confident (dogs can smell fear) and just keep running by. So that's what I did. Fortunately, the puppy didn't eat me when I ran by. Unfortunately, he didn't just sit there and let me pass. He decided to follow me. He had a long chain dragging behind him, so he obviously belonged to someone. From the end of his chain, it looked like he had broken loose from somewhere that he had been tied up. There's not really any houses super close to where we were though so I couldn't know where he came from. So I just kept running. And he kept following me. He ran along beside me, and stopped to wait for me when he got ahead of me. At one point, he stopped to be pet and loved by some girls running the opposite direction from us. I'm sure they were confused why I was letting my dog run around with his leash dragging behind him, and why I kept running when he stopped to say hi to them. Mostly I hoped he would start following them instead of me if I just kept running. No such luck. He caught right up with me. By the time I got back to my truck, I was in love. And he obviously loved me. I wanted nothing more than to put him in the back of my truck and head home, but I knew a little kid would get home from school soon and wonder where his puppy was. My conscience wouldn't let me leave him there so far from home, but I didn't know what else to do. So I called Mom. While I was talking to her, puppy wandered across the railroad tracks and the street to some factory worker men. They stood out there petting him for a while and then the Animal Control truck pulled up. That was probably the best thing to happen, but I felt like I was watching them kidnap my puppy. I wanted to run over there and tell them he was mine. But hopefully now when little Jimmy gets home he and his mom can go to the animal shelter and find their puppy. They better get him within the next 24 hours or I will go get him. I miss him so bad! Ha wow I'm super pathetic. It was just so fun to have a puppy to run alongside me and just love me unconditionally after knowing me for 30 seconds. We bonded. I love dogs. I wish I could have one here. So bad. Good news though: I get to see my puppy in 18 days! Whooo! So excited to go home for Spring Break. 

Love this little guy

On another note: Dallin is moments away from having a girlfriend. This is making his "single ladies" (that's what he calls us) resent the fact that we are single a little more than we used to. Dang happy people. Also the fact that tomorrow is Valentine's Day rubs a little more salt in that wound. I hate to be a hater, but I really don't love that holiday. Because I'm lonely and bitter and loveless? Well yeah. That's probably the biggest reason. I feel like if I was in a relationship I would probably still think it was pretty silly though. And that's all I am saying on that holiday because no one loves people who hate people who are in love. Bleh. We are trying to work out a group date for this weekend though so hopefully that goes well. I like dates.

There's probably more I could tell you about, but I think I have put off my homework for long enough. TTFN!