So, if you haven't heard, I got a puppy for christmas! and her name's Leela.
She's a short haired chihuahua, and she's SOOOO amazingly cute. And she's a genius. She's my christmas/birthday present from matt. I love love love love her. Matt left for camp shelby today at 5, it was sad. I miss him soooo much already. It's a little easier being home alone all the time now that Leela's here. she sleeps a lot, but so do i. so it's alright. We have lots of fun. She won't eat her puppy treats, but she will do ANYTHING for a dryer sheet or a dust bunny. We got her some greenies a couple days ago, and she really likes those... we also got her assorted flavors of nylabones, but she only likes the bacon one, the smell of which drives matt crazy. I'm being a bad puppy owner and let her chew on a bone from my BBQ ribs. It said that it's ok, not dangerous or anything, but i feel like i'm spoiling her. she likes it so much though!
i think matt was right when he said i'm going to spoil her too much... she even has a puppy purse. it's so cute, she likes to sit in it and watch teevee with me. she's also figured out that if she gets in her purse when it's on the floor, i'll pick up the purse and put it on the couch so she doesn't have to jump up or climb the afghan.
slowly but surely the apartment is becoming puppy proof. matt and i intended to clean the day before we went to get leela... originally i was going to say home and clean while he went to best buy with his friend that i don't like so his friend could buy a laptop... then i decided i wanted to go along, so i did... then it took like FOUR HOURS at best buy because his friend was being moronic. so, we didn't make it home til like six, and we were supposed to have left for cedar falls (we were meeting guys from his unit) at like 5:30. So, we packed super fast, and headed to cedar falls. had fun in cedar falls, i was going to go swimming, but i fell asleep instead. SO, the next morning we headed up to mason city to get leela from the breeders, and then drove like... four hours back home. So, we got back to iowa city and cleaned up a little bit... but didn't really CLEAN. so, it's been puppy safe, but not very nice looking.
today after matt left i picked up after the new years party, moved furniture so i could sweep behind it, and cut sheets of cardboard to fit in the spots that lead behind couches and under tables and whatnot. now leela can't hide from me in the living room. The bedroom still needs some work... matt apparently brought like 90 pairs of boxers from home, and they all just got thrown into the bedroom when we brought leela home. every time i go into the bedroom to get something, leela follows me in and brings out a sock or a pair of boxers. So, cleaning the bedroom is next. followed by cleaning the kitchen. the kitchen is going to be difficult to puppy proof, but that's why i got a puppy gate.
alright, enough puppy blogging for now, i'm gonna go play with her for awhile before we go to bed. sooo, goodnight, and i promise i will post pictures of her asap.