New year, new adventures

Seeing as how I only post once every few months, I have many updates for you all ("all" meaning all 2 of my blog readers). 

The first and saddest update I have is that one night, about a week before my birthday, I went to work and when I returned I found that I no longer had two cats. At some point in the night, our littlest kitty decided to run away.  I am insanely upset by this.  I have yet to fully understand how, for 7 years, I went without letting Jack get outside and away from me. Yet, I move to Texas, and TWO of the family members on the Rushton side have let out both of my cats.  Obviously, Jack was found and returned safely home, but it is now basically February and our little kitty James is nowhere to be found.  It's simple, really. You check for your children before, and after, you open the doors. I hope wherever James is, he is safe and warm. 

My second update is that our home grew by another 4 feet! (No, we did not replace James, we actually got this furbaby before he disappeared). Her name is Cambria! She is a German Shepherd. When we got her, she was 11lbs. Now she is 28lbs of sweetness and a little bit of crazy. She is SO insanely smart. She has learned how to sit, shake, lay down, and we are working on rolling over. We really lucked out with her! 

I requested to switch to day shift at work, and so far I'm still waiting. I am first on the list, though! I can't wait. I'm really struggling with staying awake all night and getting decent sleep during the day. Hopefully soon...

In January, my friend Kristin came to Texas to visit and to enjoy our annual Red Robin birthday date! It was so much fun. We went to Austin and explored, hung out on South Congress with the cupcake trucks and stellar views of downtown. I'm going to have to take Preston back there. We ate at Guero's taco bar and I discovered that the queso there tastes like home! Oh man, I am so thrilled. I have been on the search for decent queso in Texas forever. Most places use yellow cheese. What the deuce. That should be outlawed!

beautiful skyline