Soco-licious

This blog will be a shout-out to my beautiful girl. She is literally the best dog I've ever known. She is sweet, gorgeous and hilarious. Eric and I adopted this beauty when she was still just a lil puppy with her 11 brothers and sisters. She had the cutest lil white toe and we both fell in love with the same pup. We called her "toe" for a lil while, but Soco just fit. And when Eric moved away last October for his job down in Charleston, I was heartbroken because I now was in a long distance relationship with my bf and our puppy. But luckily, my bf is a sweetheart, and has let me keep her at my place for the past few weeks. It makes life a little harder, but so worth it.

Everyday when I come home for lunch or after work I start sayin "how's my girl? how's my little princess?" and she gets all excited in the cage. When the door opens she weaves in and out of my legs and I give her a good rub down while she stretches. She is so funny. We have to buy her the industrial toys that are not easily broken otherwise she ends up eating them, literally. But her all-time favorite toys are actually Tiger's cat toys. So far the "catnip mouse" has lost his ears & tail, the goldfish was removed from the string and his eyes were eaten, and she ate the little white cotton ball. Sorry Tiger, she makes it hard to keep your toys stocked.

And, of course, she has a new obsession with peanut butter. I can put a lil swirl of it inside her Kong ball and she will lick it for hours. But the funniest thing Soco does when she plays is knock her ball under a couch/table and when she can't get it out, she sighs and whines a little. Its not an obvious cry. Its that sigh you make when you're upset with your bf, but you want him to notice and ask what's wrong before you reply "nothing."

She's a good cuddler, smart as a whip and has made new doggie friends at my complex already. She's spoiled rotten, but I love her. So for lunch today, I'm takin my pbj and popcorn and headin to the dog park to give her a little roaming time.

Punxsutawney Phil was wrong . . .

This weather is fabulous. I hate being cold, but there are other reasons I would never live somewhere cold. When the days are shorter and its dark and cold, I'm not a happy person. On sunny days, I just feel better and I'm much happier. Its weird, but I've always been that way. My dose of Vitamin D from laying out Sunday afternoon was enough to get me through this week with a smile on my face.

So, as an addition to my adventurous streak, I decided to participate in the Krispy Kreme Challenge this past weekend at NC State. This endeavor meant running 2 miles, eating a dozen doughnuts, and running two miles back. I woke up at 6:30am on a Saturday by choice. I'm not exactly sure why I wanted to sign up for this. I don't like running and I don't particularly like doughnuts . . . but as I lined up with 4,999 other people to race to Krispy Kreme, not gonna lie, I got a little excited. About 5 minutes into the run, I immediately regretted this decision. But with huge encouragement from my friend, I made it to Krispy Kreme. And as glorious as 2,400 calories sounded, I could not eat the 12 doughnuts you're supposed to. But I did meet my personal goal of 4 doughnuts, and my daddy was proud.

Even though I was nauseous and pretty miserable the whole run back to the bell tower, it was a very cool experience. People were in costumes and I kept stride with a group of doughnuts that chanted while they ran. My favorite was a man in full army gear (pack and all). He was so inspiring and everyone that passed him said something along the lines of "That's true army right there. Thank you for all you've done sir." . . . . I love America. But, when you have people eating a dozen doughnuts, you also have people that can't keep those doughnuts down. Dodging regurgitated doughnuts is quite a feat, and hearing others lose it and keeping my doughnuts down was a personal victory. The 800 calories I consumed probably didn't balance out with the 4 miles I ran/walked. But it was for a good cause and it was actually fun.