Yet again, I am trying to revive this blog, ha! Last time I lasted a month....let's see what happens this time!
SOOOO much has happened in the last year and a half or so.
I ended up getting my own place in Feb 2017, and Wolf moved in the beginning of March 2018! It's great having him there, I don't miss him nearly as much as I did. We have also "inherited" Wolf's mother's Shih-Tzu, Max. He's a love bug but has quite the attitude for an 19lb dog!!
I am still doing cakes for friends/relatives, etc..... No more competitions - been there, done that. I'm glad I did, but have no desire to compete again.
Took Muffin's kids (if you can call 20&18 kids, hah) camping to Maine this past summer (2017). Clydesdale graduated high school in 2017 and he was given the choice of where to go. He chose Bar Harbor, ME (hopefully a post about that will be forthcoming). We had a great time, again rented a uhaul trailer (without incident - yay!). The highlight of the trip was probably Clydesdale 'diving' into ice cold Maine ocean water (it wasn't even hot outside at that point) and a total stranger asking him "Did you lose a bet?" as he walked out of the water, lol!
Sticky Mickey graduates this year (2018) and has chosen somewhere closer to home (Bar Harbor was a good 7hr trip). Probably somewhere near the Cape or something like that. Both are working, so no idea how long of a trip it will be, or if Clydesdale will be able to go with us. We'll figure it out - we always do!
Wolf and I are planning some more camping this summer (with Max - yay!). There is some storage space at the apartment, but not too much. Muffin and her husband were gracious enough to give me a storage room in their basement for all of my camping stuff and anything else that I could fit. Oh - MUFFIN and HUSBAND bought a HOUSE in Oct 2016!!!!!! It's awesome!!! It is 5 min away from where I used to live, and now I live 45min away from them. - we are just not destined to live near each other, hah! Anyway, back to the camping..... Wolf and I want to try doing some weekend camping trips (with much less stuff than a full week's worth). So, we are going to swap the Christmas stuff stored at the apartment for a weekend's worth of camping stuff from Muffin's basement - hopefully we can pull this off, hah! I do/will bring less stuff for a weekend, but I'm suspecting it's not as much less as I am anticipating.
I got a new job!!!!!!!!!! I was not happy where I was working (health insurance company in Providence), and hadn't been for a very long time. While I was still there, I studied for and earned my Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) designation (Sept 2017). I waited an appropriate amount of time to start my job search in earnest, and in March 2018 I was hired by a well-known orchestra in Boston!! I have been here for just about 5 weeks and I could not be happier! I share an office with a gentleman that started the same day as I did, and we get along great! I take the train into work, and am lucky enough that Wolf drops me off and picks me up.
Wolf works next door to where we live (it's a 5min walk through an adjacent parking lot). His start/end times coincide with the train schedule that he is able to drop me off and pick me up (yay - no parking!) Max usually comes along for his "business trip to pick up/drop off an important client", lol. He loves the car and enjoys the ride.
I'm sure there is much, much more to tell, but that's about it for now. I now have access to my blog at work, so hopefully blog posts will become more frequent!
~Chelle *o*
