Hi all!
So, most of you have heard the drama about Derek possibly having Down Syndrome. The blood test I did ruled that out, thank heaven, but the doctors still might take him a month early if his kidneys get worse. The prognosis on that is actually looking quite good though, so Mitch and I are staying optimistic. I'm still hoping he comes 3 weeks early so we can finally hold our baby boy - and we can get the tax rebate, lol.
I'm working on my paperwork to get out of ROTC and will let you know when I'm officially a civvie. School is going well - Mitch has 12 credits this semester due to a happy coincidence with him already fulfilling a graduation requirement with another class. He's got a full workload so he stays busy. We live for weekends when we see each other more than a few hours every day. I have three tests this week - I'm going to take one in about an hour, one tomorrow and one on Friday. We'll see how I do. I think Mitch has his first test next week or the week after.
We're pretty much fully recovered from the nasty virus that I got and gave to Mitch. He only had it a few days, but he really felt bad, poor thing. The rat sales are picking up and I'm really hopeful this next litter will sell quickly because they're a bit rarer. Blue point siamese! I got 6 of them out of 10 - the other 4 are black. I'm stoked: these babies look beautiful and I hope I got some dumbo. My competitors have now joined forces into a joint rattery and have slashed their prices - hard to compete with that, especially when they have cute babies. My babies are way more socialized though, which proves that looks aren't everything.
Del Rio called back and we aren't allowed to have rats in the housing. That sucks. Mitch says I can get a dog before we get down there. I'm looking at a smaller dog that I can easily manage, but we also want a german shepherd puppy. Not sure which we'll get first, though base housing allows 2 pets (dogs or cats or a combo of the two). Mitch doesn't want a cat, so I'm looking at small dogs - maybe a shitzu or miniature schnauzer or scottish terrier. I'm getting pretty good with the clippers (Mitch has fewer chunks missing when I cut his hair, haha!) so I feel confident I can clip a small dog by myself. Derek will be about 4-8 months old when we move (or so we estimate our moving time) so it won't be difficult to manage a baby and a small dog. Mitch wants to train the puppy himself, but we'll see.
Well, hope you all are doing well! Have a great week!
