My Social Media-less Life

This weekend I am on the last Christmas/New Year’s, help-people-with-their-dogs adventure for at least two weeks.

I promise I really did quit dog-sitting as a business. Last year Erica would wonder how much “quitting” was actually had…

Speaking of Last Year Erica… I was thinking about a year ago today. I remember how tired and frustrated I felt. I was with my favorite boi, Zeke, and I was concerned about how my “Penelope”— my 2012 Toyota Corolla— was leaking fluids and there wasn’t much I could do to fix her. It was getting to be more trouble than it was worth, and I just didn’t have money for much of anything… plus I hadn’t been able to sell my car off yet because the seller I tried couldn’t physically see the VIN card in the windshield and was unwilling to take the car.

Of all the silly reasons…

I was telling Zeke’s mom about some of the stress and out of the blue, she paid me $400 to put toward a new car. After I got over the shock and excitement of that, I immediately texted one of my other friends and asked if she’d be willing to go with me to look at cars. There was one I had been considering, but its time was short and we needed to move quickly.

That was a year ago today.

Today, I am with my new pup-friend, Jenkins. I met him a couple months ago; his other buddy was my friend Tucker. And this week, Tucker crossed over the Rainbow Bridge, as they say. And knowing Tucker, it wasn’t willingly, I’m sure.

My mom and I cleaned this house on Wednesday and we knew the second we saw him that Tucker wasn’t long for this world. Although my hello to him was also my goodbye, I knew for him, that was more than enough. And he got to chase the “evil vacuum” one last time as my mom did the rug around where he was resting.

Knowing that I got to see Tucker the week he passed on made it much easier on the whole situation of only watching the new pup and not the old friend. Not getting to say goodbye is harder… and I’ve had that happen before.

But the whole thing this weekend reminds me that although there have been endings— both last year and this year— for me, the new beginnings have been just as wonderful. I got my dream car and I get to hang with the most chill 8-month-old puppy I’ve ever met. (Although he is still VERY MUCH a puppy)

The Lord is faithful and gracious.