Goodbye 2007, Hello Samson

While I was expecting my Christmas break to be nothing but relaxing between the occasional family visit, it turned out to be much busier and more eventful than I ever could have expected.

Amy and I are lucky in that we both live close to our immediate families; within 40 minutes of everyone. It was very nice that despite 3 trips in a week to her dad's house, traveling time was hardly an issue.

The real news came early though as Amy finally, somehow convinced me to get a dog with her. I had been convinced that our space was not conducive to dog ownership despite the fact that our community is filled with dogs. For whatever reason, I became convinced otherwise and on the Saturday before Christmas we got Samson, a Pomeranian and Chihuahua mix.

The four pounder is a ball of energy. He has been a challenge; on no fewer than two medications, FREQUENT bathroom needs as well as common accidents on the carpet. Fortunately those accidents are pretty easy to clean up and we haven't had one of the....thicker accidents since the first few days. We are still waiting to get him up to 100% health wise which he apparently thinks he already is judging by his rambunctiousness. So, while a challenge, lots of fun too. The other good news to this is that Samson and our cat Sasha seem to get along pretty well although they chase each other everywhere.

And so I say hello to 2008 with high hopes and welcome its challenges.