As anyone who has used google today knows, Happy Earthday!  Although there doesn’t seem to be much to celebrate lately...(x_x)

Well, I’ve started packing up my stuff in preparation for the move.  I really don’t have that much stuff.  It’s all the same stuff I've been lugging around with me since high school.  I'm starting to get pretty excited about moving to Tsukuba and also about the new job.  I’m also starting to get a little sad, but if there’s one thing that I’ve realized in the last 25 years is that there is always one more good-bye.

In totally different news...

Mac has been having allergy problems for a while with dog food.  He gets rashes and stuff.  We’ve been trying all different kinds of foods to try to find one that he could eat without much success.  Finally, the other day, the vet said, “Let’s take him off dog food.”

!!!!!!

Yeah, that’s right, he eats, by doctor’s orders, human food now.  But he also needs almost no salt and fat and stuff, so we have to make food especially for him...that’s right, we have to cook for our dog now!  How sad is that?!?!

Anyway, hope all is well.

Things should start to get pretty interesting here soon...

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