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Charlee Niall Styles
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It has been a little more than over a year since Chloe had passed away. It's been hard and luckily we've had Coconut with us to help with the healing process but in all honestly, the family and I were ready for a new dog. We knew that when the timing was right, we were going to get another puppy. Whelp, that time for a new puppy came sooner than we thought.
A new adoption center had opened up recently in one of the malls that we go too. I was bugging my parents to go take a look at it, just to look around and see what puppies might be there. So on Saturday after work, we all piled into the car and went down to the mall. There weren't much puppies there seeing how they defiantly were going like hot cakes. My mom asked one of the volunteers there if they were going to get any more puppies in that day and the volunteer said they probably were going to get seven more in later that day. So we decided to grab something to eat and we came back. Indeed, they got more puppies in but as soon as they got them in, they were pretty much all gone. There was this one puppy, however, that caught the eye and interest of everyone in the family; it was a little black lab mix with some white on her chest and white on her feet and it was a little girl. We asked if we could see her but they told us we had to fill out an adoption form first before we could see any puppy so we did and we ended up bringing her in a room with us. Long story short, we walked in the store to look at the puppies and walked out with one that same day, instead. We didn't really have any intentions on getting her that same day but we did and besides, we were ready for a new puppy to come into our lives.
Now her name sounds a little crazy. My sister named her, which was part of the agreement we made that whatever dog walks into this house she HAS to name it. So the puppy's new name is Charlee Niall Styles Maikranz but we just call her "Charlee" for short. The said part is that huge ass name is actually on her papers and is legit her full name xD!!! Why Niall Styles? Well my sister is currently obsessed with the boy band One Direction and took the names of the two guys in the band that she likes and put them together to create our new dog's middle name. Whatever haha. She's just a little girl with a boy's name but female spelling.
So far, everything is going well with Charlee. She was extremely shy and timid when we first met her but she quickly warmed up to us. We learned that she came from a kill shelter in South Carolina and with all the traveling to come to Jersey and the fact that she just got spayed, I couldn't blame the poor thing for being so scared! Because she was spayed like four days ago, the workers at the adoption center told us to limit her running around so she could heal. We briefly introduced her to Coconut, which-whom was quite surprised when she saw this newcomer in her house. It's going to take some time for her to get used to the idea that Charlee is a permeant guest in the household but I think she'll do just fine. Coconut actually snapped at Charlee the other day because she got all up in Coconut's space. That was all that has happened and as long as nothing else goes on, I think they will be the best of friends. Charlee is quite the handful but it's expected since she is only 3 months old. She's actually doing pretty good with it comes to potty training - she goes on the wee wee pads and even starts to cry to let me know when she has to go out in the backyard. One thing she needs work on is walking on the leash but again, it will take time and eventually she'll get the hang of it. She was such a good puppy the first night we brought her home and I was happy that she slept through the entire night. Hell, she's even going up and down the stairs already xD. She's a feisty one.
I noticed that Charlee has been biting and scratching herself a lot lately, like right after we took her home from the adoption agency. Usually, she's biting by the base of her tail, inside her thighs, behind her neck, and on her side. Fearing that she might have fleas, I checked her body all over though I couldn't see anything; seeing how she is black it's harder to see those little bastards crawling around. Tonight, I was petting her and doing another flea examination when I noticed black speckles on her chest. The first thing that came into my head was "Shit, that's flea dirt" but I just wanted to check and make sure that it was probably nothing. I've been around enough flea infested dogs at work that I know the signs of fleas and what to look for when looking at your dog. I took Charlee into the kitchen and asked my mom to hold her while I wetted the area where I saw what was supposedly flea dirt with water and then dish detergent. Sure enough, the speckles became red - which is blood from the flea droppings- so it was a sign that Charlee most likely has fleas; and that she probably be infested as well. The thought of one of my dogs having fleas and the idea of fleas in the house makes me vomit xD. Like... it's bad. Plus it's not good since we have Coconut around and the fleas can easily hop onto Coconut and be on her too. The adoption agency said they put protection on her though that obviously didn't work. I'm thinking she probably got them when she was at the shelter down in South Carolina and brought them with her when she traveled to jersey. So tomorrow, my mom has to call the vet and see if it would be okay if we can give her a bath-seeing how she is still healing from the spaying operation- and if it's okay to get that area wet. Oh what fun that's going to be.
Hopefully it's all in my head. Hopefully Charlee doesn't have fleas. But if she does, we better nip that problem in the butt before it gets a whole lot worse.
A new adoption center had opened up recently in one of the malls that we go too. I was bugging my parents to go take a look at it, just to look around and see what puppies might be there. So on Saturday after work, we all piled into the car and went down to the mall. There weren't much puppies there seeing how they defiantly were going like hot cakes. My mom asked one of the volunteers there if they were going to get any more puppies in that day and the volunteer said they probably were going to get seven more in later that day. So we decided to grab something to eat and we came back. Indeed, they got more puppies in but as soon as they got them in, they were pretty much all gone. There was this one puppy, however, that caught the eye and interest of everyone in the family; it was a little black lab mix with some white on her chest and white on her feet and it was a little girl. We asked if we could see her but they told us we had to fill out an adoption form first before we could see any puppy so we did and we ended up bringing her in a room with us. Long story short, we walked in the store to look at the puppies and walked out with one that same day, instead. We didn't really have any intentions on getting her that same day but we did and besides, we were ready for a new puppy to come into our lives.
Now her name sounds a little crazy. My sister named her, which was part of the agreement we made that whatever dog walks into this house she HAS to name it. So the puppy's new name is Charlee Niall Styles Maikranz but we just call her "Charlee" for short. The said part is that huge ass name is actually on her papers and is legit her full name xD!!! Why Niall Styles? Well my sister is currently obsessed with the boy band One Direction and took the names of the two guys in the band that she likes and put them together to create our new dog's middle name. Whatever haha. She's just a little girl with a boy's name but female spelling.
So far, everything is going well with Charlee. She was extremely shy and timid when we first met her but she quickly warmed up to us. We learned that she came from a kill shelter in South Carolina and with all the traveling to come to Jersey and the fact that she just got spayed, I couldn't blame the poor thing for being so scared! Because she was spayed like four days ago, the workers at the adoption center told us to limit her running around so she could heal. We briefly introduced her to Coconut, which-whom was quite surprised when she saw this newcomer in her house. It's going to take some time for her to get used to the idea that Charlee is a permeant guest in the household but I think she'll do just fine. Coconut actually snapped at Charlee the other day because she got all up in Coconut's space. That was all that has happened and as long as nothing else goes on, I think they will be the best of friends. Charlee is quite the handful but it's expected since she is only 3 months old. She's actually doing pretty good with it comes to potty training - she goes on the wee wee pads and even starts to cry to let me know when she has to go out in the backyard. One thing she needs work on is walking on the leash but again, it will take time and eventually she'll get the hang of it. She was such a good puppy the first night we brought her home and I was happy that she slept through the entire night. Hell, she's even going up and down the stairs already xD. She's a feisty one.
I noticed that Charlee has been biting and scratching herself a lot lately, like right after we took her home from the adoption agency. Usually, she's biting by the base of her tail, inside her thighs, behind her neck, and on her side. Fearing that she might have fleas, I checked her body all over though I couldn't see anything; seeing how she is black it's harder to see those little bastards crawling around. Tonight, I was petting her and doing another flea examination when I noticed black speckles on her chest. The first thing that came into my head was "Shit, that's flea dirt" but I just wanted to check and make sure that it was probably nothing. I've been around enough flea infested dogs at work that I know the signs of fleas and what to look for when looking at your dog. I took Charlee into the kitchen and asked my mom to hold her while I wetted the area where I saw what was supposedly flea dirt with water and then dish detergent. Sure enough, the speckles became red - which is blood from the flea droppings- so it was a sign that Charlee most likely has fleas; and that she probably be infested as well. The thought of one of my dogs having fleas and the idea of fleas in the house makes me vomit xD. Like... it's bad. Plus it's not good since we have Coconut around and the fleas can easily hop onto Coconut and be on her too. The adoption agency said they put protection on her though that obviously didn't work. I'm thinking she probably got them when she was at the shelter down in South Carolina and brought them with her when she traveled to jersey. So tomorrow, my mom has to call the vet and see if it would be okay if we can give her a bath-seeing how she is still healing from the spaying operation- and if it's okay to get that area wet. Oh what fun that's going to be.
Hopefully it's all in my head. Hopefully Charlee doesn't have fleas. But if she does, we better nip that problem in the butt before it gets a whole lot worse.
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so..
8 min read
If you are reading this, congratulations you survived the Raptor attack! This means the world never ended yay!
And I honestly feel bad for the fools that sent all their life savings to the guy that was perching to us about the end of the world. I'm sure that guy is having a good laugh.
Anyway what's new people? This is just a pointless journal 'cause I'm bored.
What did you do on your 'final days on earth' yesterday?
I went to a concert xD!
Well yes, Journey's was hosting that Backyard BBQ and this year it just happened to be at the Woodbridge Mall and this year my all time favorite band just happened to be the headliners there. So naturally, I had to go to this thing. Well, I made plans with my cousin to go with me but she bailed on me last minute; due to having teeth pains and the fact that her face was all puffy or some shit like that xD. Whatever. So after coming home from work, my mom was like "Looks like you're going to have to see New found glory the next time they come to Jersey." I would not go for what she was saying to me. I was so excited for this day to come and she knew about it weeks in advance. I was going to this show one way or another; wether it was with someone I knew or by myself. When my parents were done with whatever they were doing outside, they decided they were going to drop me off at the show and go have dinner and pick me up when it was over. That was fine with me. As long as I got to see NFG I'd be fine.
So when I got there, I made a bee line straight to the stage. There was another band playing at the time, NFG wasn't going on until 6:00 so I made it there a half hour early, and this band was alright. I was pretty close to the stage, which I was even surprised about, and so when people would walk away from where they were standing, I'd inch a little bit closer each and every time. xD But little did I know, I was right next to where mosh pits usually happen so I was caught in a bunch of them that night but I'll get to that later. Sparks the Rescue had just ended and they were setting everything up for new found glory to go on. In the mean time, we were entertained by the people hosting the event by throwing free stuff at us into the crowd; I almost walked away that night with something but the guy in front of me jumped at the right minute and caught it plus I had a feeling I'd probably have to fight some people just to the get the free thing xD. One of the guys on stage said "It's 6:15PM and we are all officially dead!" Ha ha. At 6:30, New found glory came on and the fun was about to begin.
Unlike the first time I saw them last year at the stone pony which is a much smaller venue than the parking lot at the woodbridge mall, this show was freaking nuts. First of all, no one knew this but at the show you weren't allowed to crowd surf; so as the people were being passed around, security actually went and picked the crowd surfers up and escorted them out. The band stopped playing and the lead guitarist Chad said he had to have a quick meeting. I suppose he was talking to security, I couldn't quite see, about the whole situation and that's when he told us that crowd surfing wasn't allowed. After that short meeting and allowing all the crowd surfers that got kicked out to come back in, the band started to play once more. As I mentioned before, I was standing right next to where mosh pits were going on. You knew when a mosh pit was starting once everyone backed away and made an opening for the moshers xD and you also felt the people being knocked around; causing myself to be knocked all over the place and pushing people away xD. At one point, when the concert was closing up and they were playing My Friends Over You, some mosher got too close to me and punched me in my boob and arm XD! I'm lucky he didn't punch me in the eye or anything like that. Also some people got arrested too! x_x Well being the animals that we Jerseyans are, even the mosh pits got nasty. People actually got way out of control and fights were starting up. Here I am trying to enjoy a free show and people are such animals that they have to go ahead and start fighting with each other. Friends had to hold other friends back and like it was legit xD. The bassist was even like "If you want to fight, get out of here. This is no place for fighting." Eventually, the fighting settled down and peace was restored. This show was an all ages show so of course parents took their children with them. There was this one guy who had his son on top of his shoulders and was standing right next to me; standing right next to me with a child on your shoulders is a bad idea because well, you're standing right next to a pit so that is an equation for disaster. I was thinking "wtf are you doing right over you? this is no place to have a child on your shoulders" Can you imagine the guy getting knocked into and the kid just flying off his shoulders? that wouldn't be too good. Luckily, the guy walked away before anything could have happened.
It was half way through the concert when dark clouds started to move in; winds started to pick up and for a minute there, I thought a tornado was going to pass by and just kill us all. I believe all that bullshit for just one second XD! It wasn't a tornado but just rain. It was pouring at one point and the band was going to end the concert short due to the weather. But we all chanted "One more song, one more song" so the band said they didn't want to have us leave disappointed and played two more songs. Then it ended. Omg, I had so much fun. I went to the merch table and got myself another NFG shirt and I saw that behind the stage, the band had their own little tent so you can meet and take pictures/autographs with them; I was planning on them sign my shirt but I didn't have any markers or anything they could use on me to sign my shirt with XD. I didn't even take my camera D: I went on the line but at that point, the rain picked up, the line was too long, and my parents had gotten there already and were looking for me. I decided I was just going to have to mess out on meeting them again. But next time, I'll wait on line to meet them again. When I got home, I was so tired that I was knocked out by 9:30 at night xD.
So yeah, that's how I spent my day. Got any good stories to tell? How's life? Did you enjoy this pointless journal? How many concerts have you been to? I've officially been to three now lmao.
Honestly, if the world would have ended yesterday, I would have died happy knowing that the last thing i saw before I died was new found glory.. lol.
[b]EDIT!!![/b]
Oh so a few things are going on that I just wanted to write down. This coming Sunday, I'm going to a dog show in Freehold with my boss {she's pretty cool and I do a bunch of dog related things with her lol] A co-worker of mine is entered in the show with her AmStaff Kroeger so he has his is own little fan club & we'll be rooting for him! Stay tuned for some awesome {yeah right} dog show pictures of like every dog I see there xD!
Also this Tuesday {the 31st} is my birthday! What are you getting me?
I was thinking of what I wanted for my birthday and I decided that I want a tattoo. So yeah that MIGHT happen. I might get my first tat if I don't chicken out of course rofl. What exactly do I want? Well I'm not quite sure. I was thinking of getting Chloe's Pawprint {which would just end up being just a regular old paw print} on my shoulder or something like that. I wanted to get something on my wrist but seeing as it is my first, I don't think that would be such a good idea to get one there for right now. I will eventually get a wrist tattoo eventually but not now. So yeah if I don't get the pawprint, I'm not sure what else I would get. I'd have to look into it first before I make a final decision. With my indecisive ways, I probably won't end up with a tattoo at all XD
And I honestly feel bad for the fools that sent all their life savings to the guy that was perching to us about the end of the world. I'm sure that guy is having a good laugh.
Anyway what's new people? This is just a pointless journal 'cause I'm bored.
What did you do on your 'final days on earth' yesterday?
I went to a concert xD!
Well yes, Journey's was hosting that Backyard BBQ and this year it just happened to be at the Woodbridge Mall and this year my all time favorite band just happened to be the headliners there. So naturally, I had to go to this thing. Well, I made plans with my cousin to go with me but she bailed on me last minute; due to having teeth pains and the fact that her face was all puffy or some shit like that xD. Whatever. So after coming home from work, my mom was like "Looks like you're going to have to see New found glory the next time they come to Jersey." I would not go for what she was saying to me. I was so excited for this day to come and she knew about it weeks in advance. I was going to this show one way or another; wether it was with someone I knew or by myself. When my parents were done with whatever they were doing outside, they decided they were going to drop me off at the show and go have dinner and pick me up when it was over. That was fine with me. As long as I got to see NFG I'd be fine.
So when I got there, I made a bee line straight to the stage. There was another band playing at the time, NFG wasn't going on until 6:00 so I made it there a half hour early, and this band was alright. I was pretty close to the stage, which I was even surprised about, and so when people would walk away from where they were standing, I'd inch a little bit closer each and every time. xD But little did I know, I was right next to where mosh pits usually happen so I was caught in a bunch of them that night but I'll get to that later. Sparks the Rescue had just ended and they were setting everything up for new found glory to go on. In the mean time, we were entertained by the people hosting the event by throwing free stuff at us into the crowd; I almost walked away that night with something but the guy in front of me jumped at the right minute and caught it plus I had a feeling I'd probably have to fight some people just to the get the free thing xD. One of the guys on stage said "It's 6:15PM and we are all officially dead!" Ha ha. At 6:30, New found glory came on and the fun was about to begin.
Unlike the first time I saw them last year at the stone pony which is a much smaller venue than the parking lot at the woodbridge mall, this show was freaking nuts. First of all, no one knew this but at the show you weren't allowed to crowd surf; so as the people were being passed around, security actually went and picked the crowd surfers up and escorted them out. The band stopped playing and the lead guitarist Chad said he had to have a quick meeting. I suppose he was talking to security, I couldn't quite see, about the whole situation and that's when he told us that crowd surfing wasn't allowed. After that short meeting and allowing all the crowd surfers that got kicked out to come back in, the band started to play once more. As I mentioned before, I was standing right next to where mosh pits were going on. You knew when a mosh pit was starting once everyone backed away and made an opening for the moshers xD and you also felt the people being knocked around; causing myself to be knocked all over the place and pushing people away xD. At one point, when the concert was closing up and they were playing My Friends Over You, some mosher got too close to me and punched me in my boob and arm XD! I'm lucky he didn't punch me in the eye or anything like that. Also some people got arrested too! x_x Well being the animals that we Jerseyans are, even the mosh pits got nasty. People actually got way out of control and fights were starting up. Here I am trying to enjoy a free show and people are such animals that they have to go ahead and start fighting with each other. Friends had to hold other friends back and like it was legit xD. The bassist was even like "If you want to fight, get out of here. This is no place for fighting." Eventually, the fighting settled down and peace was restored. This show was an all ages show so of course parents took their children with them. There was this one guy who had his son on top of his shoulders and was standing right next to me; standing right next to me with a child on your shoulders is a bad idea because well, you're standing right next to a pit so that is an equation for disaster. I was thinking "wtf are you doing right over you? this is no place to have a child on your shoulders" Can you imagine the guy getting knocked into and the kid just flying off his shoulders? that wouldn't be too good. Luckily, the guy walked away before anything could have happened.
It was half way through the concert when dark clouds started to move in; winds started to pick up and for a minute there, I thought a tornado was going to pass by and just kill us all. I believe all that bullshit for just one second XD! It wasn't a tornado but just rain. It was pouring at one point and the band was going to end the concert short due to the weather. But we all chanted "One more song, one more song" so the band said they didn't want to have us leave disappointed and played two more songs. Then it ended. Omg, I had so much fun. I went to the merch table and got myself another NFG shirt and I saw that behind the stage, the band had their own little tent so you can meet and take pictures/autographs with them; I was planning on them sign my shirt but I didn't have any markers or anything they could use on me to sign my shirt with XD. I didn't even take my camera D: I went on the line but at that point, the rain picked up, the line was too long, and my parents had gotten there already and were looking for me. I decided I was just going to have to mess out on meeting them again. But next time, I'll wait on line to meet them again. When I got home, I was so tired that I was knocked out by 9:30 at night xD.
So yeah, that's how I spent my day. Got any good stories to tell? How's life? Did you enjoy this pointless journal? How many concerts have you been to? I've officially been to three now lmao.
Honestly, if the world would have ended yesterday, I would have died happy knowing that the last thing i saw before I died was new found glory.. lol.
[b]EDIT!!![/b]
Oh so a few things are going on that I just wanted to write down. This coming Sunday, I'm going to a dog show in Freehold with my boss {she's pretty cool and I do a bunch of dog related things with her lol] A co-worker of mine is entered in the show with her AmStaff Kroeger so he has his is own little fan club & we'll be rooting for him! Stay tuned for some awesome {yeah right} dog show pictures of like every dog I see there xD!
Also this Tuesday {the 31st} is my birthday! What are you getting me?
I was thinking of what I wanted for my birthday and I decided that I want a tattoo. So yeah that MIGHT happen. I might get my first tat if I don't chicken out of course rofl. What exactly do I want? Well I'm not quite sure. I was thinking of getting Chloe's Pawprint {which would just end up being just a regular old paw print} on my shoulder or something like that. I wanted to get something on my wrist but seeing as it is my first, I don't think that would be such a good idea to get one there for right now. I will eventually get a wrist tattoo eventually but not now. So yeah if I don't get the pawprint, I'm not sure what else I would get. I'd have to look into it first before I make a final decision. With my indecisive ways, I probably won't end up with a tattoo at all XD
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Rest easy, kid
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So today we had to make the most hardest decision. As some of you may know, if you read my previous journal, Chloe hasn't been doing well. Well, the past few days she was going downhill. She was starting to make a coughing sound as though she was coughing up a lung. She would do this in the middle of the night, during the day, and basically all the time. My mom was concerned that her coughing could have something to do with the lump on her thyroid so she made an appointment for to see the vet. In the mean time, we watched as day by day, Chloe wasn't acting like herself. She wasn't barking whenever she heard a noise like she normally would, she would sleep more than usual, she rarely came down- coming down only to go outside and eat. Even when it came to eating, she was showing signs of being uninterested. My mom and dad also noticed that she was losing weight.
So on Feb 18th, it started off as any other day. Chloe's cough was getting worse though she did stay downstairs and hung out with the family. Today was her vet's appointment so my mom and dad took her to the vet. Hours before she went to the vet, she was completely fine. It was when she came home things started to take a turn for the worst. Chloe was panting really heavily and making whimpering noises when she was panting. She ran upstairs into my room and ended up throwing up a big thing of mucus. We were all concerned so my mom called the vet again to tell her what just happened while I stayed upstairs to try and calm Chloe down. She was very anxious and very distressed like she couldn't get comfortable. She went from bedroom to bedroom and at one point went into the tiniest corner of my sister's room; I thought she was stuck but she managed to make her way out. She went into my room in the corner and did the weirdest thing. I have a huge stuffed penguin sitting on my floor so she went over to it and like rested her head on it when I was petting her. I don't know what that was all about, like if she was looking for something soft and cuddly to make her comfortable or maybe it was just nothing but I found it weird. Chloe was too distressed to even lie down and her panting was getting heavier; she was even starting to drool. While all this was going on, Coconut took one of her toys at was in my sister's room and was trying to play with Chloe; I'm not sure if she knew what was going on but all she wanted to do was play with Chloe. Anyway, eventually, Chloe came down the stairs and went into the kitchen. She did try to drink some water and she was still panting. All of a sudden, she got comfortable on the kitchen floor but her panting got a lot worse. Her eyes were bugging out, her tongue was turning purple, and she started to bleed from the mouth; ends up she bit her tongue but still seeing the blood made me panic. All this time, my mom was on the phone with the vet who said to bring her in. It was time. Chloe wouldn't even move off the floor so we called a friend that helped my dad get her onto a blanket in order to try to carry her to the car. Chloe didn't like that at all but she mustered the strength to stand up so in the end, she was able to walk to the car.
I didn't go to the vet. I just couldn't. I had no intentions to anyway. I had said my teary good byes while she was still lying down on the floor. I honestly didn't think this day would come this soon though I knew it would eventually. It ends up, the lump on her thyroid had moved further down in her throat. That's why she was coughing the way she did and the vet said when she threw up, it made the situation even worse. My mom said the vet tried everything she could to try and ease Chloe's pain; she gave her three sedatives and that didn't help. The vet said that if we were to take Chloe home, she would have died at home. I suppose it was best that they did it at the vets. I mean, I wouldn't even know what to do if she did end up dying at home. So yes, my best friend is gone. The vet gave use a little thing of her paw print and some of her hair in a baggie as a keep sack; she gave us three so one of them is going to go into the urn while I can keep one for myself as a reminder of Chloe
How am I feeling? Okay I suppose. I'm just in shock at all that just happened. I think it will hit me tomorrow even worse when I no longer see her face in the morning. Honestly, do I care if anyone reads this? No. Do I care if you don't care about what just happened? No. I just needed to write down what happened and get it out of my system. Weather it is seen or not.
RIP Chloe
March 24, 2000 to February 18, 2011
Edit: 02.20 The past two days have been rough as expected. On Saturday, when I woke up, I started to cry. On my way to work {I got a new job as a bather at another store but I'll talk about that later}, I started tearing up again. When I walked into work, I guess my eyes were all red because my boss asked what was wrong with my eyes. I suppose she thought I was high or something, lol, but I was too chocked up to even tell her but she figured I was crying. When she asked why, it took me a minute to collect myself and I told her what happened; she started tearing up too because she had to put her dogs to sleep just last year. Anyway, I collected myself enough to continue to work, as long as a lab didn't walk through those doors I would be fine. Guess what. With my freaking luck, a lab just did happen to walk in to get a bath and so I started to tear up. It was a black lab, luckily, but still I saw Chloe in this dog. The dog kept on looking at me with those wide, caring eyes and it had a ball in it's mouth and wanted to play with me which just made matters worse lol. Oh, when I was bathing the lab, one of the groomers asked if I had a lab too and the boss told her that I had to put her to sleep. Can't I get a break here? I mean, I don't blame the groomer because she didn't know but still.
Probably the worst came at night. Usually when I go to bed, I have to watch where I step because Chloe would be sleeping in the middle of the hall way and believe you me, I've had my share of tripping over her at night. Forgetting about what happened, I found myself being cautious as I headed towards my room, not wanting to trip over Chloe. But then it hit me and I realized, Chloe was no longer there and I didn't need to watch my step. I took Coconut out of my parents room and put her into her cage but I was too upset and was crying so I took her out and put her onto my bed and just cuddled with her until I felt better. It was bad.
There are just things I'm going to have to adjust to now that she's not here anymore. The house is a lot more quieter here and like, it's just really weird. Today, I'm feeling a bit better though it's only for today.
So on Feb 18th, it started off as any other day. Chloe's cough was getting worse though she did stay downstairs and hung out with the family. Today was her vet's appointment so my mom and dad took her to the vet. Hours before she went to the vet, she was completely fine. It was when she came home things started to take a turn for the worst. Chloe was panting really heavily and making whimpering noises when she was panting. She ran upstairs into my room and ended up throwing up a big thing of mucus. We were all concerned so my mom called the vet again to tell her what just happened while I stayed upstairs to try and calm Chloe down. She was very anxious and very distressed like she couldn't get comfortable. She went from bedroom to bedroom and at one point went into the tiniest corner of my sister's room; I thought she was stuck but she managed to make her way out. She went into my room in the corner and did the weirdest thing. I have a huge stuffed penguin sitting on my floor so she went over to it and like rested her head on it when I was petting her. I don't know what that was all about, like if she was looking for something soft and cuddly to make her comfortable or maybe it was just nothing but I found it weird. Chloe was too distressed to even lie down and her panting was getting heavier; she was even starting to drool. While all this was going on, Coconut took one of her toys at was in my sister's room and was trying to play with Chloe; I'm not sure if she knew what was going on but all she wanted to do was play with Chloe. Anyway, eventually, Chloe came down the stairs and went into the kitchen. She did try to drink some water and she was still panting. All of a sudden, she got comfortable on the kitchen floor but her panting got a lot worse. Her eyes were bugging out, her tongue was turning purple, and she started to bleed from the mouth; ends up she bit her tongue but still seeing the blood made me panic. All this time, my mom was on the phone with the vet who said to bring her in. It was time. Chloe wouldn't even move off the floor so we called a friend that helped my dad get her onto a blanket in order to try to carry her to the car. Chloe didn't like that at all but she mustered the strength to stand up so in the end, she was able to walk to the car.
I didn't go to the vet. I just couldn't. I had no intentions to anyway. I had said my teary good byes while she was still lying down on the floor. I honestly didn't think this day would come this soon though I knew it would eventually. It ends up, the lump on her thyroid had moved further down in her throat. That's why she was coughing the way she did and the vet said when she threw up, it made the situation even worse. My mom said the vet tried everything she could to try and ease Chloe's pain; she gave her three sedatives and that didn't help. The vet said that if we were to take Chloe home, she would have died at home. I suppose it was best that they did it at the vets. I mean, I wouldn't even know what to do if she did end up dying at home. So yes, my best friend is gone. The vet gave use a little thing of her paw print and some of her hair in a baggie as a keep sack; she gave us three so one of them is going to go into the urn while I can keep one for myself as a reminder of Chloe
How am I feeling? Okay I suppose. I'm just in shock at all that just happened. I think it will hit me tomorrow even worse when I no longer see her face in the morning. Honestly, do I care if anyone reads this? No. Do I care if you don't care about what just happened? No. I just needed to write down what happened and get it out of my system. Weather it is seen or not.
RIP Chloe
March 24, 2000 to February 18, 2011
Edit: 02.20 The past two days have been rough as expected. On Saturday, when I woke up, I started to cry. On my way to work {I got a new job as a bather at another store but I'll talk about that later}, I started tearing up again. When I walked into work, I guess my eyes were all red because my boss asked what was wrong with my eyes. I suppose she thought I was high or something, lol, but I was too chocked up to even tell her but she figured I was crying. When she asked why, it took me a minute to collect myself and I told her what happened; she started tearing up too because she had to put her dogs to sleep just last year. Anyway, I collected myself enough to continue to work, as long as a lab didn't walk through those doors I would be fine. Guess what. With my freaking luck, a lab just did happen to walk in to get a bath and so I started to tear up. It was a black lab, luckily, but still I saw Chloe in this dog. The dog kept on looking at me with those wide, caring eyes and it had a ball in it's mouth and wanted to play with me which just made matters worse lol. Oh, when I was bathing the lab, one of the groomers asked if I had a lab too and the boss told her that I had to put her to sleep. Can't I get a break here? I mean, I don't blame the groomer because she didn't know but still.
Probably the worst came at night. Usually when I go to bed, I have to watch where I step because Chloe would be sleeping in the middle of the hall way and believe you me, I've had my share of tripping over her at night. Forgetting about what happened, I found myself being cautious as I headed towards my room, not wanting to trip over Chloe. But then it hit me and I realized, Chloe was no longer there and I didn't need to watch my step. I took Coconut out of my parents room and put her into her cage but I was too upset and was crying so I took her out and put her onto my bed and just cuddled with her until I felt better. It was bad.
There are just things I'm going to have to adjust to now that she's not here anymore. The house is a lot more quieter here and like, it's just really weird. Today, I'm feeling a bit better though it's only for today.
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What up, DA?
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So what's up everyone on DA? Happy new year to you. I haven't been around lately so I wanted to know how all your holidays were and how 2011 is treating you. Good? Oh that's wonderful. Me? Oh fan-fucking-tastic. Please note the sarcasm there because I know it's hard to tell via the interwebs. Well where should I start?
My holidays sucked major ass. I became ill on Christmas Eve so for both days, I stayed home with the dogs and slept all day while my parents and sister went to see the family in NY to open their presents and what not. I continued being sick after that. I was still sick during New years- both days. What did I do I New Years? Well I have no idea on the count that new years is a blur to me. So that was the beginning on my 2011.
Alas it gets better. Something happened at work with me, something I will not get into too much detail on the count that it's a lengthy amount of bullshit to read but long story short- I undercharged a customer, got in trouble, came home and got a phone call from my boss telling me that I'm fired, and then the truth of how my boss actually felt about me and a whole bunch of other bullshit she decided to pile on top of me all at once which by the way I had no idea about half the stuff she was telling me on the fact she never mentioned it to me, happened. And thus, I am left with no job. Which leads me to having to have to find another job, once again. -sigh- I hate looking for a job on the count that for one thing, they never give you a clear answer as to whether or not they are hiring. That leads me to having to call and leave a message or sent an application online which I have no idea if they get or not, and make me wait. If I don't hear back from them soon, than that makes me have to call them back and I feel as though I'm sounding to be annoying and blah blah blah. A whole lot of shit I just don't want to deal with right now. I did, however, sent in an application to PetSmart to be a bather- because this manager lady said that I should do that first and if I bathe a number of set amount of dogs, they'll send me to grooming school where I will actually learn opposed to what I was doing at my other job, so I can be a groomer then. There was also another grooming salon that a friend of mine brings her pets to and I talked to the owner of the store who told me to leave a message at her other shop and said she would call me back, yet I am still waiting. Until then, I guess this means I'm still going to have to look around in the meantime.
And now here's some news about Chloe. So one morning my mom let Chloe out to do her business. Luckily the ground was covered with the mountains of snow that we have; this helped my mom see that there was blood in Chloe's pee. Now, Chloe is a 10 year old old lady dog and is spayed so obviously, it has nothing to do with her getting her "you know what." Seeing the blood caused for alarm so my mom and dad took Chloe to the vet on Monday. The vet gave us antibiotics in the meantime and told us to watch her and make sure that there was no more blood when she went to the bathroom. The vet said that Chloe could possibly have bladder stones. Of course, Chloe hasn't been feeling her best. She's been very mopey and makes a groaning noise a-lot, as though she were in pain. She's also doing this funny thing when she eats that like she keeps her head down so she ends up chocking on her food. I don't know. She's acting weird. Seeing how she seemed to get a little worse, my mom made another appointment to see the vet. So today, my mom and dad brought Chloe back to the vet and took an x-ray of her bladder. Unfortunately, they couldn't see what was going on because Chloe was all backed up, they couldn't see anything. This means, Chloe has to so in for a sonogram tomorrow. How wonderful. The poor dog xD. I'll keep you posted if anyone cares.
Update 02/03/11: So as I mentioned yesterday, today was the day when Chloe was going to get her sonogram. So my mom dropped her off at the vets at 8:30am and basically stayed there {chloe not my mom} the entire day until my parents picked her up at like 7pm. Probably the worst thing ever could have happened to me is happening right now. Like honestly, I feel as though this is all a dream like it's not real. Like how could this happen? Why now? why so young? Okay rewind a bit. I don't remember if I mentioned this but Chloe has a bunch of lumps on her body that when she first got a sonogram, turned out they were not cancerous and nothing to worry about but we had to keep an eye out to see if they have gotten bigger. When the sonogram result's of today have confirmed that each bump has indeed gotten bigger. Also, it also showed that one of the lumps as gotten so big that it's covered half of her liver. My parents asked the vet what can be done and there are two options: 1) Chloe can under go surgery to, I guess, remove the masses or 2) We let Chloe get comfortable and basically allow to live her life until it's time. If she gets worse, we'll have to put her to sleep. My mom doesn't want to put Chloe through surgery because of her age she doesn't want to stress her out- plus the cost of it alone is a lot. So it looks like we have no choice but to go with option two. So basically, at this moment, Chloe is dying. My mom asked the vet how long she thought chloe had left and the vet had no answer. The vet also mentioned that the lumps could possible pop and bleed inside of Chloe. My mom asked how would we know if that were to happen and the vet said, Chloe pretty much collapse. When I heard the news, of course, I started crying. I am feeling like a wreak right now.
Update 02/08/2011 Things aren't looking up for Chloe. Lately, she has been snoring a lot, like it sounds like she's having a hard time breathing, and whenever she eats her food, she always seems to be chocking. Last night, after Chloe took her breaks in between eating her meal, she ended up throwing up twice. We were thinking that since Chloe likes to eat snow, perhaps she cut herself while eating ice and that was what is causing her to have a hard time eating- since it would be hurting her and all. We went even as far as cooking ground meat and rice together and adding it into her kibble so it could help her eat better; of course since Chloe had to have it, Coconut did to xD. My mom said if she was getting worse, we'll take her to the vet. Well, that's what happened. Today my parents took her to the vet and once again had to drop her off. Ends up, there is a large mass in her throat that is causing her to have a hard time eating and is making her act the way she is. The vet said that this lump is maybe cancerous but they are going to have another vet check her out. The only way to fix it, so far, is by surgery but with all the recent vet trips we have taken and saving up for other things, that is out of the question. -sigh- I don't know what's going to happen but I'm afraid. Yes, I know that dogs don't live forever but once you've grown attached to them and since I've had her since she was a puppy, sometimes it's hard letting go. And just the idea alone is making me depressed.
So how is school? Good? That's great. Me? Ha dude I'm not in school anymore. That's right. I am currently not in school. Why? Well I wanted to take the semester off to focus on grooming. But seeing how I no longer have a job and have no school, I'm just being a lazy ass at home. To be honest with you, I really don't want to go back anyway. I know "Oh but you made it through 3 semesters. Why not finish your last one and be done with it?" Well, for one thing I'm getting sick and tired of school. The last semester I had, I was failing pretty much all of my classes due to sheer laziness and not caring; I actually had to drop my Biology class but I was sucking pretty bad in that class. So I was down to only three classes by then and out of those three, I only passed one just by the skin of my teeth. And it wasn't the class I am majoring in. Plus, I heard that I was short a few credits so I would have to take another math class on top of retaking a Biology class {and I suppose in this case know a speech and photography class} so I was all like "Fuck this shit. Seriously." Honestly, I'm about to throw in the towel for good. If I want to go back to college, I will on my own time. But for now, I have no intentions on going back.
Hm, what else. Random blob: I've been having the sudden urge to want to get a tattoo- like really bad. Ever get that feeling? Like you're thinking about something that you want and you want it really bad and like feel like just jumping into your car and going out to get it? Well yeah that's what I feel like doing. Ever since my cousin got his second tattoo and we were talking about tats, me wanting to get one has gotten worse lol. He was like "Don't you want one?" And I was all like "Yeah. of course I do but I have no idea what I would want" And this is true. I was thinking about it the other day and I came up with something. I was thinking of getting a tattoo on the back of my leg- probably the right- that's like the shape of NJ and has a banner around it that says "It's a Jersey Thing" Now why the fuck would I choose it to be a NJ tattoo and on my leg? I have no idea. That was the first place that popped into my head. Thinking about it now, would that be a stupid tattoo? Be honest with me. Lol. Especially for it being my first. Like I guess it would be cool if I got it later on- or not at all. Then again, I was thinking about it and I'm thinking of maybe getting like paw prints or something like that. I don't know. I also have another idea of getting the lyrics "Though you swear that you are true, I'd still pick my friends over you" or maybe simply "My friends over you" somewhere on my body after like one my most favorite songs; of course it wouldn't just be the words but some sort of design would have to be incorporated with it. And I was also thinking of getting a dolphin because honestly, that was always one of the things I would get as my first tattoo. -shrug- I just want to get something I am 150% sure I want to get and won't regret getting after it's done.
Hm,, and that's all I can think of right know.
Thanks for reading.
My holidays sucked major ass. I became ill on Christmas Eve so for both days, I stayed home with the dogs and slept all day while my parents and sister went to see the family in NY to open their presents and what not. I continued being sick after that. I was still sick during New years- both days. What did I do I New Years? Well I have no idea on the count that new years is a blur to me. So that was the beginning on my 2011.
Alas it gets better. Something happened at work with me, something I will not get into too much detail on the count that it's a lengthy amount of bullshit to read but long story short- I undercharged a customer, got in trouble, came home and got a phone call from my boss telling me that I'm fired, and then the truth of how my boss actually felt about me and a whole bunch of other bullshit she decided to pile on top of me all at once which by the way I had no idea about half the stuff she was telling me on the fact she never mentioned it to me, happened. And thus, I am left with no job. Which leads me to having to have to find another job, once again. -sigh- I hate looking for a job on the count that for one thing, they never give you a clear answer as to whether or not they are hiring. That leads me to having to call and leave a message or sent an application online which I have no idea if they get or not, and make me wait. If I don't hear back from them soon, than that makes me have to call them back and I feel as though I'm sounding to be annoying and blah blah blah. A whole lot of shit I just don't want to deal with right now. I did, however, sent in an application to PetSmart to be a bather- because this manager lady said that I should do that first and if I bathe a number of set amount of dogs, they'll send me to grooming school where I will actually learn opposed to what I was doing at my other job, so I can be a groomer then. There was also another grooming salon that a friend of mine brings her pets to and I talked to the owner of the store who told me to leave a message at her other shop and said she would call me back, yet I am still waiting. Until then, I guess this means I'm still going to have to look around in the meantime.
And now here's some news about Chloe. So one morning my mom let Chloe out to do her business. Luckily the ground was covered with the mountains of snow that we have; this helped my mom see that there was blood in Chloe's pee. Now, Chloe is a 10 year old old lady dog and is spayed so obviously, it has nothing to do with her getting her "you know what." Seeing the blood caused for alarm so my mom and dad took Chloe to the vet on Monday. The vet gave us antibiotics in the meantime and told us to watch her and make sure that there was no more blood when she went to the bathroom. The vet said that Chloe could possibly have bladder stones. Of course, Chloe hasn't been feeling her best. She's been very mopey and makes a groaning noise a-lot, as though she were in pain. She's also doing this funny thing when she eats that like she keeps her head down so she ends up chocking on her food. I don't know. She's acting weird. Seeing how she seemed to get a little worse, my mom made another appointment to see the vet. So today, my mom and dad brought Chloe back to the vet and took an x-ray of her bladder. Unfortunately, they couldn't see what was going on because Chloe was all backed up, they couldn't see anything. This means, Chloe has to so in for a sonogram tomorrow. How wonderful. The poor dog xD. I'll keep you posted if anyone cares.
Update 02/03/11: So as I mentioned yesterday, today was the day when Chloe was going to get her sonogram. So my mom dropped her off at the vets at 8:30am and basically stayed there {chloe not my mom} the entire day until my parents picked her up at like 7pm. Probably the worst thing ever could have happened to me is happening right now. Like honestly, I feel as though this is all a dream like it's not real. Like how could this happen? Why now? why so young? Okay rewind a bit. I don't remember if I mentioned this but Chloe has a bunch of lumps on her body that when she first got a sonogram, turned out they were not cancerous and nothing to worry about but we had to keep an eye out to see if they have gotten bigger. When the sonogram result's of today have confirmed that each bump has indeed gotten bigger. Also, it also showed that one of the lumps as gotten so big that it's covered half of her liver. My parents asked the vet what can be done and there are two options: 1) Chloe can under go surgery to, I guess, remove the masses or 2) We let Chloe get comfortable and basically allow to live her life until it's time. If she gets worse, we'll have to put her to sleep. My mom doesn't want to put Chloe through surgery because of her age she doesn't want to stress her out- plus the cost of it alone is a lot. So it looks like we have no choice but to go with option two. So basically, at this moment, Chloe is dying. My mom asked the vet how long she thought chloe had left and the vet had no answer. The vet also mentioned that the lumps could possible pop and bleed inside of Chloe. My mom asked how would we know if that were to happen and the vet said, Chloe pretty much collapse. When I heard the news, of course, I started crying. I am feeling like a wreak right now.
Update 02/08/2011 Things aren't looking up for Chloe. Lately, she has been snoring a lot, like it sounds like she's having a hard time breathing, and whenever she eats her food, she always seems to be chocking. Last night, after Chloe took her breaks in between eating her meal, she ended up throwing up twice. We were thinking that since Chloe likes to eat snow, perhaps she cut herself while eating ice and that was what is causing her to have a hard time eating- since it would be hurting her and all. We went even as far as cooking ground meat and rice together and adding it into her kibble so it could help her eat better; of course since Chloe had to have it, Coconut did to xD. My mom said if she was getting worse, we'll take her to the vet. Well, that's what happened. Today my parents took her to the vet and once again had to drop her off. Ends up, there is a large mass in her throat that is causing her to have a hard time eating and is making her act the way she is. The vet said that this lump is maybe cancerous but they are going to have another vet check her out. The only way to fix it, so far, is by surgery but with all the recent vet trips we have taken and saving up for other things, that is out of the question. -sigh- I don't know what's going to happen but I'm afraid. Yes, I know that dogs don't live forever but once you've grown attached to them and since I've had her since she was a puppy, sometimes it's hard letting go. And just the idea alone is making me depressed.
So how is school? Good? That's great. Me? Ha dude I'm not in school anymore. That's right. I am currently not in school. Why? Well I wanted to take the semester off to focus on grooming. But seeing how I no longer have a job and have no school, I'm just being a lazy ass at home. To be honest with you, I really don't want to go back anyway. I know "Oh but you made it through 3 semesters. Why not finish your last one and be done with it?" Well, for one thing I'm getting sick and tired of school. The last semester I had, I was failing pretty much all of my classes due to sheer laziness and not caring; I actually had to drop my Biology class but I was sucking pretty bad in that class. So I was down to only three classes by then and out of those three, I only passed one just by the skin of my teeth. And it wasn't the class I am majoring in. Plus, I heard that I was short a few credits so I would have to take another math class on top of retaking a Biology class {and I suppose in this case know a speech and photography class} so I was all like "Fuck this shit. Seriously." Honestly, I'm about to throw in the towel for good. If I want to go back to college, I will on my own time. But for now, I have no intentions on going back.
Hm, what else. Random blob: I've been having the sudden urge to want to get a tattoo- like really bad. Ever get that feeling? Like you're thinking about something that you want and you want it really bad and like feel like just jumping into your car and going out to get it? Well yeah that's what I feel like doing. Ever since my cousin got his second tattoo and we were talking about tats, me wanting to get one has gotten worse lol. He was like "Don't you want one?" And I was all like "Yeah. of course I do but I have no idea what I would want" And this is true. I was thinking about it the other day and I came up with something. I was thinking of getting a tattoo on the back of my leg- probably the right- that's like the shape of NJ and has a banner around it that says "It's a Jersey Thing" Now why the fuck would I choose it to be a NJ tattoo and on my leg? I have no idea. That was the first place that popped into my head. Thinking about it now, would that be a stupid tattoo? Be honest with me. Lol. Especially for it being my first. Like I guess it would be cool if I got it later on- or not at all. Then again, I was thinking about it and I'm thinking of maybe getting like paw prints or something like that. I don't know. I also have another idea of getting the lyrics "Though you swear that you are true, I'd still pick my friends over you" or maybe simply "My friends over you" somewhere on my body after like one my most favorite songs; of course it wouldn't just be the words but some sort of design would have to be incorporated with it. And I was also thinking of getting a dolphin because honestly, that was always one of the things I would get as my first tattoo. -shrug- I just want to get something I am 150% sure I want to get and won't regret getting after it's done.
Hm,, and that's all I can think of right know.
Thanks for reading.
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Updates of some sort.
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Updates that will bore the living shit out of you!!!
This comes in like 3 parts: Recap of new found glory concert, Some crazy highlights of my vacation, and just some good news that is going on at my job.
Part I:
Okay so on Monday the 2nd, my cousin Aprile took me to go see one of my favorite bands, New Found Glory. They were playing in Asbury Park at the Stone Pony so neither of us of been there before, well no that's a lie aprile has been there before but not in a while, so it was an interesting experience. So when we got there, we just got there on time.Two bands, one local and the other I don't remember where they came from, opened up for NFG. The first band, the local one, was pretty good while the other one pretty much sucked and I was just waiting for them to be over with; that's how bad they were. When the second band was playing, Hayley Williams from Paramore sneaked into the room and watched them from the side and then Jordan, NFG's singer, came in and watched the band with her; get this, I was too distracted by them and enjoyed seeing their faces then having to standing around another minute and listen to the second opening band. I just did not like them at all xD. Oh, it was an open floor type of concert so me and Aprile got really good seats at the beginning of the show; we were like two rows away from the stage! As the show progressed, however, we found ourselves in the back somehow though we were still close enough to see the band- we were next to the speakers so you can imagine I went deaf that night lol. So when New found glory came on, everyone including myself went crazy! OMG how great of an experience this was. I was singing and dancing to pretty much all the songs they sang- they sang a combination of their old and new songs which was good. There was like maybe just one or two songs I didn't know but the rest I did. There were mosh pits at the concert which I personally didn't go into the pit but there was one close to where I was standing and I definitely felt the aftermath of it. I guess the person that was being pushed around got pushed to close to the person who was standing next to the pit because the pushing just continued down the row and I found myself being pushed around more than once xD. Aside from the pushing, there was also another thing I wasn't to thrilled about at the stone pony- that being the space. It was so cramped and at one point someone was like climbing up on top of me, it was ridiculous and it was so hot in there I was sweating like a damn pig xD. But other than that, it was fun. When the concert was over, their tour bus was parked in front of the stone pony. Aprile and I weren't going to leave anytime soon so she was like to me "If we wait a while, we might be able to meet the band." So that's what we did and that's exactly what happened!!!!! I took pictures with the lead singer, lead guitarist, drummer, and Hayley Williams - she was there because she is dating one of the members of the band. I didn't get to meet all the members, there was like two, I didn't get my picture with but as we were walking to the car, the bassist said Hi to me and my cousin which was pretty cool. :'D. Oh my, that was a night a seriously will not forget. I can now say that after that concert, I am now more obsessed with the band then I have ever been lol.
Part II.
So in the second week of Augest, my family and myself went on a vacation to Ocean City, Maryland. We stayed in a hotel that my cousin, a different cousin than the one I went to the concert with lol, had stayed in and recommended we stayed there. Of course, we listened to her and never again! I mean, aside from the poor services and the sucktastic shower, the room wasn't that bad. But I must tell you what happened the first day I was there!!! So, after a long 5 hour drive, I was too tired to do anything so my parents took myself out to the boardwalk to eat something while I stayed in the room to take a nap. So I'm in a deep sleep until the fire alarms started going off!!! After hearing the alarms go off, I jumped immediately jumped out of bed, grabbed my shoes- didn't even put them on, luckily I had socks on- and booked it out the door and ran down the stares. xD. I'm not going to lie, I was scared. I mean, I had no idea what the hell was going on, for one thing, and I was pretty pissed that I was awaken by a nice slumber. So, the firefighters and police came and by then we already had a crowd of people asking what was going on and watching to see what was going on. In my panic, I forgot my phone in the room so I asked some guy if I could borrow his and call my parents, just to tell them what was going on. So after the firemen checked the building, it ended up it was nothing- no fire but on the fourth floor, the heat alarm went off, probably because someone was smoking and you could only smoke on the fifth floor, where I was. So after that whole ordeal, I had to go to the front desk for another key- I seriously just took my shoes and that was it that was all my brain could process at the time, lol. After that, I ended up going on the boardwalk and meeting up with the family. So what a first night that turned out to be. The second day, which was the first full day we were there, I went out to the pool to get my tan on, right. Do you want to know how white I really am?? I wasn't even out there for like a half hour and I ended up getting burnt all over the place!!! It sucked so much and the remainder of my trip, I had to cover up whenever I was at the pool. I couldn't even enjoy the pool after getting burned. Hm, what else? Oh I went to the zoo to on vacation! Lmao. Whenever we go on vacation, we MUST go to a zoo. This zoo we have been to before- the only reason I wanted to go was because they had wolves but unfortunately, they didn't come out -_-. Me and my dad went to the arcade on the boardwalk- as we always do- and there was this one game where you sit in like this..like booth where the game is inside and there are two shooters on the counter and in front of you is a huge screen where you play the game. The name of the game is Deadstorm Pirates & it looks like this: www.namcoamerica.com/games/dea… . Anyway, your a pirate on a ship and you go on adventures, killing skeleton pirates, an anaconda, kraken, a huge crab, and the final boss in while on your adventures. It is actually a pretty addicting game and me and my dad wasted so much money on it just to beat it xD. When we first beat the game, we ranked 3rd but we played again, beat it, and that time we ranked 2nd. It was such a fun game xD. Also, can I just tell you all the hot guys I saw down at the shore??!! lmao. Me and my sister were scoping out all the hot guys whenever we were on the boardwalk. *sigh* What a loser that I am. Hm, I think that is all I have to recap on from my vacation..
Part III.
A lot has been going on at work. For one thing, I am starting to learn how to groom dogs- like actually shave them down and such. I told my boss that I was interested in going into the dog grooming business and she said that she would teach me. The thing is, I am not getting paid for like 3 months- which sucks- because I am in training but in the end, honestly, it will all pay off in the end. I actually wrote a list of supplies that I need- like clippers, shears and such. So that's exciting. Also! My boss is thinking of going on a vacation and she asked if I would be able to dog sit her dogs!!!! I was like I had to talk to my mom about it but I definitely going to do it if she hasn't found someone else already. She has 6 dogs- five schnauzers and one mastiff- so I will have a lot on my hands but I can so handle it
And that's all for now, kiddies.
This comes in like 3 parts: Recap of new found glory concert, Some crazy highlights of my vacation, and just some good news that is going on at my job.
Part I:
Okay so on Monday the 2nd, my cousin Aprile took me to go see one of my favorite bands, New Found Glory. They were playing in Asbury Park at the Stone Pony so neither of us of been there before, well no that's a lie aprile has been there before but not in a while, so it was an interesting experience. So when we got there, we just got there on time.Two bands, one local and the other I don't remember where they came from, opened up for NFG. The first band, the local one, was pretty good while the other one pretty much sucked and I was just waiting for them to be over with; that's how bad they were. When the second band was playing, Hayley Williams from Paramore sneaked into the room and watched them from the side and then Jordan, NFG's singer, came in and watched the band with her; get this, I was too distracted by them and enjoyed seeing their faces then having to standing around another minute and listen to the second opening band. I just did not like them at all xD. Oh, it was an open floor type of concert so me and Aprile got really good seats at the beginning of the show; we were like two rows away from the stage! As the show progressed, however, we found ourselves in the back somehow though we were still close enough to see the band- we were next to the speakers so you can imagine I went deaf that night lol. So when New found glory came on, everyone including myself went crazy! OMG how great of an experience this was. I was singing and dancing to pretty much all the songs they sang- they sang a combination of their old and new songs which was good. There was like maybe just one or two songs I didn't know but the rest I did. There were mosh pits at the concert which I personally didn't go into the pit but there was one close to where I was standing and I definitely felt the aftermath of it. I guess the person that was being pushed around got pushed to close to the person who was standing next to the pit because the pushing just continued down the row and I found myself being pushed around more than once xD. Aside from the pushing, there was also another thing I wasn't to thrilled about at the stone pony- that being the space. It was so cramped and at one point someone was like climbing up on top of me, it was ridiculous and it was so hot in there I was sweating like a damn pig xD. But other than that, it was fun. When the concert was over, their tour bus was parked in front of the stone pony. Aprile and I weren't going to leave anytime soon so she was like to me "If we wait a while, we might be able to meet the band." So that's what we did and that's exactly what happened!!!!! I took pictures with the lead singer, lead guitarist, drummer, and Hayley Williams - she was there because she is dating one of the members of the band. I didn't get to meet all the members, there was like two, I didn't get my picture with but as we were walking to the car, the bassist said Hi to me and my cousin which was pretty cool. :'D. Oh my, that was a night a seriously will not forget. I can now say that after that concert, I am now more obsessed with the band then I have ever been lol.
Part II.
So in the second week of Augest, my family and myself went on a vacation to Ocean City, Maryland. We stayed in a hotel that my cousin, a different cousin than the one I went to the concert with lol, had stayed in and recommended we stayed there. Of course, we listened to her and never again! I mean, aside from the poor services and the sucktastic shower, the room wasn't that bad. But I must tell you what happened the first day I was there!!! So, after a long 5 hour drive, I was too tired to do anything so my parents took myself out to the boardwalk to eat something while I stayed in the room to take a nap. So I'm in a deep sleep until the fire alarms started going off!!! After hearing the alarms go off, I jumped immediately jumped out of bed, grabbed my shoes- didn't even put them on, luckily I had socks on- and booked it out the door and ran down the stares. xD. I'm not going to lie, I was scared. I mean, I had no idea what the hell was going on, for one thing, and I was pretty pissed that I was awaken by a nice slumber. So, the firefighters and police came and by then we already had a crowd of people asking what was going on and watching to see what was going on. In my panic, I forgot my phone in the room so I asked some guy if I could borrow his and call my parents, just to tell them what was going on. So after the firemen checked the building, it ended up it was nothing- no fire but on the fourth floor, the heat alarm went off, probably because someone was smoking and you could only smoke on the fifth floor, where I was. So after that whole ordeal, I had to go to the front desk for another key- I seriously just took my shoes and that was it that was all my brain could process at the time, lol. After that, I ended up going on the boardwalk and meeting up with the family. So what a first night that turned out to be. The second day, which was the first full day we were there, I went out to the pool to get my tan on, right. Do you want to know how white I really am?? I wasn't even out there for like a half hour and I ended up getting burnt all over the place!!! It sucked so much and the remainder of my trip, I had to cover up whenever I was at the pool. I couldn't even enjoy the pool after getting burned. Hm, what else? Oh I went to the zoo to on vacation! Lmao. Whenever we go on vacation, we MUST go to a zoo. This zoo we have been to before- the only reason I wanted to go was because they had wolves but unfortunately, they didn't come out -_-. Me and my dad went to the arcade on the boardwalk- as we always do- and there was this one game where you sit in like this..like booth where the game is inside and there are two shooters on the counter and in front of you is a huge screen where you play the game. The name of the game is Deadstorm Pirates & it looks like this: www.namcoamerica.com/games/dea… . Anyway, your a pirate on a ship and you go on adventures, killing skeleton pirates, an anaconda, kraken, a huge crab, and the final boss in while on your adventures. It is actually a pretty addicting game and me and my dad wasted so much money on it just to beat it xD. When we first beat the game, we ranked 3rd but we played again, beat it, and that time we ranked 2nd. It was such a fun game xD. Also, can I just tell you all the hot guys I saw down at the shore??!! lmao. Me and my sister were scoping out all the hot guys whenever we were on the boardwalk. *sigh* What a loser that I am. Hm, I think that is all I have to recap on from my vacation..
Part III.
A lot has been going on at work. For one thing, I am starting to learn how to groom dogs- like actually shave them down and such. I told my boss that I was interested in going into the dog grooming business and she said that she would teach me. The thing is, I am not getting paid for like 3 months- which sucks- because I am in training but in the end, honestly, it will all pay off in the end. I actually wrote a list of supplies that I need- like clippers, shears and such. So that's exciting. Also! My boss is thinking of going on a vacation and she asked if I would be able to dog sit her dogs!!!! I was like I had to talk to my mom about it but I definitely going to do it if she hasn't found someone else already. She has 6 dogs- five schnauzers and one mastiff- so I will have a lot on my hands but I can so handle it
And that's all for now, kiddies.
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