I started this recap last year in January, then I wrote a quick summary of each month as the months ended. On a scale of 1-10, I would have to give 2009 a 5. It was both the best year of my life and the worst year of my life, so I'll stay neutral. ;)
January was a roller-coaster of emotions for me. Alana was officially career changed so she got to be my pet until she went to GDB for placement. I enjoyed spoiling her and having her be my little Princess Lana. I fondly look back on those short weeks and remember them as some of my favorites in this whole ride we call GDB.
February was a very happy month for me. I got to meet a wrinkly little puppy named Peyton, who would grow to become the very handsome, amazing dog I know today. It was also Alana's first birthday. It was a bit hard to not have her with me to celebrate, as I had assumed she would still be here by the time she hit the year milestone.
March saw Peyton growing up a little and becoming street legal.
April was the month we celebrated Luigi's fourth birthday (already!). I couldn't believe my first puppy had gotten that old that fast. Holly also went into season during this month, but was not bred.
May was possibly my favorite month of the entire year. School was winding down, Peyton got to begin attending school with me, my "N" grandpups had their first birthday, and on top of all that, Green Day's "21st Century Breakdown", their first album in five years, was released at last! Definitely a fun month.
June saw the end of the torture they call "school". By June 6, Peyton had hit the half year mark already. Peyt and I also suffered through an unbearable camping trip at the end of June. It was his first and most certainly his last (at least with me).
July meant lots of relaxing days at home and also lots of stuff with our puppy club. Summer always brings copious puppy club activities.
August was bittersweet. On the down side, we had to go back to a new school, and a new, unlikable school at that. Peyton handled it like a champ of course, and has ever since. On the bright side, August brought...FUN DAY! which was as awesomely fun as always. We had a great time. On August 24, I made the long trek to Sacramento to see Green Day while Peyton enjoyed the company of the puppysitters. ;) It was a lifechanging experience for me and I'll leave it at that.
September was a tough time for me on a personal level. Peyton went to my leaders' to be eval'd while Starling and I went to Tahoe for a week for a wedding. We also ventured into Carson City and Virgina City. Throughout the whole duration of the trip, I was terribly sick and all I wanted to do was sit in the hotel room and chat on AIM. haha
October was another rough month for me, but I believe Peyton had a good time. We went to Berkeley Repertory Theater to see the staged adaptation of "American Idiot", which blew me away. Later in the month, I had my birthday and Peyton and I got to experience what was essentially a private Five a.m. concert on Halloween. :D In addition, Holly came into season and was bred to Norbert during October.
November was also rather hard for me. We didn't do much because we just seemed to get caught up in the redundancy of our lives. Toward the end of the month, Miss Holly had her third birthday.
December meant that someone(s) had a birthday! Peyton, Patrice, Pekoe, Purity, Puzzle, Pima, Parson, Pacer, and Palmetto turned one on the sixth. On the fifth, the six "S" puppies from Holly's third litter were born. For Peyton and I, December meant the end of the semester and a well deserved rest.
Have a good twenty ten, everybody!
Elizabeth and Peyton
