yes, my dog is a child

Five Fast Findings:

1. I posted a few weeks ago that I had finally re-entered the world of popular music. It's so fun listening to music that isn't from high school! Of course, everything that is now deemed "overplayed" is still new to me. I still like Teenage Dream by Katy Perry, and I'm in love with Our Kind of Love by Lady Antebellum. Give it time though, give it time.

2. Are you eating? K, don't read on until you're done. My dog's habit of dragging his butt on the ground apparently indicates he may need his anal glands "expressed." eew, but apparently what you have to do is press on a certain spot under his tail to release the buildup of what's described as foul-smelling fluid. Anyone who's ever met my dog, please feel free to cue laughter now. My dog doesn't even like his collar, let alone some crazy person (me) poking around his a**. After one try, he caught on and simply refused to expose his backside to me. I felt like a pedophile. The vet will have to do it when he gets sedated for his nail trimming (which is a whole nother post).

3. I've started taking Vitamin D, starting at 4,000 IU for a week then will reduce to 2,000, because the Oprah Magazine said it may help me shed abdominal fat. Well, I'm paraphrasing. Here's the article: Super D

4. Because I have so much free time at work to play on the computer, I've begun playing Facebook games. My favorites are Sorority Life, Frontierville and City of Wonder, in that order. I love Sorority Life because you get such cute outfits. I get the rush of shopping, but without spending the money! It's awesome, and I can change outfits a hundred times a day if I want. Here's my latest one, obtained by finding each piece of the outfit through my "sorority sister" postings on facebook:



5. I wrote my very own song this week. Well I didn't do it on my own, my friend Skyler helped me with it, but I wrote the lyrics and he showed me how to play chords on the piano for it and helped me come up with the melody. It was fun. I'm hoping to write another one soon. It's quite a catharsis.