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Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Merry Christmas!


Christmas this year had its ups and downs. It was the first Christmas without my dad and we had to put Zeppie to sleep the day after Christmas. He had started having seizures that morning and Colin and I took him to the vet where they ran a bunch of tests and did some x-rays to find out he probably had some kind of brain tumor or maybe had a stroke or something. We decided the best thing for him so he wouldn't be suffering would be to put him to sleep. It was a really hard thing to do and of coure it brought us back 8 months earlier to when my dad died. Plus my dad loved Zeppie so much it was kind of like losing him again all over. But we knew it was the best thing to do.

Goodbye Richmond!



It's been a little while since I've posted anything but with moving I got pretty behind. I had to say goodbye to my friends in Richmond which we did at the Strawberry Street Cafe-the first and last restaurant I ate in Richmond.

These are friends from church-the Gianninis', the Walsh's, the Everly's, the Thompson's and the Fong's. I'm really thankful to have met all of them during my time in Richmond.



I also had to say goodbye to my resident friends-Kush and Michelle hung out with my family and I Saturday evening. We went to Chili's for dinner and then came back to our hotel and chatted for a bit. I think we were delaying the inevitable goodbye. It was a sad time, but we all knew it was coming eventually.