I'm getting a dog! Well technically my roommate is, which will make it tough when we no longer live together, but for now the deal is he pays for everything, and all I have to do is share the love. We went to the Humane Society yesterday and picked out what was labeled a chow-chow mix, but looked a lot more like a shepherd dog of some sort. She black with white paws, 4 months old, rambunctious, but not vicious in any way, and didn't bark even once while we were with her. But she does love to play! I'm looking forward to taking her jogging. Her given name is cupcake, but I am not going to run around calling a dog cupcake, so we're changing that. Currently the split is between Audrey (my choice, of course), and Molly. Either one works for me.

This is all contingent on what the weight limit is in our complex. There are definitely dogs there that are bigger than 25 lbs, so I think we'll be ok.