It's been a stressful week but we survived. New job seems to be going well, although the hours are a bit longer than anticipated. But I like it alot and the people are fun and have been really supportive. It's the same company I worked for before just a new position so I know most of the people already.

Big win of the work week: I successfully secured Boss #1 and her family flights and a great hotel room at a great price in Miami for weekend of Feb 5th. No big deal you say? It's Super Bowl Weekend and the game is in Miami! LOL, go ahead, you try it...

RIP Izzy, Katy's cat on Thursday. Izzy had been sick for a couple of months and it was just time for him to go. He was well loved by all but is especially missed by my Aunt Mary. Izzy's name as a kitten was Lizzie but as he grew up it became evident that Lizzie was an Izzy so the L was dropped. He had eyes of the bluest skies...

Friday was day from hell...first I had a fender bender on the way to work, luckily nobody hurt but both cars need new bumpers. In keeping with tradition, I rearended the car in front of me...this time a Land Rover. Luckily Farmers Insurance rocks and will cover damages. Process so far has been very easy and painless.

Got to work and found out Boss #1's grandmother had died and the funeral is in St Louis the day before she was scheduled to fly to Super Bowl....had to totally rearrange travel plans I had painstakingly made first of the week. Didn't get home until 9 pm


Coco and I went to the Dog park early this morning and threw the ball. It was lots of fun and very pretty. Sun was rising and clouds were coming, supposed to rain later.

We also went to our 4th dog training class. It really should be named owner training because the dogs behave perfectly when the trainer asked them to sit, stay, down, etc but when the owners try, it's complete chaos. We come home mentally exhausted. The trainer says Coco is doing fine and I need to be patient, it is not an overnight process. Coco is very smart and sometimes smart dogs take longer.

Coco convinced me that she really needed the rocky raccoon plush toy and she promised to keep her midnight barking at the real rocky raccoon to a minimum. We shall see....