Ch-ch-ch-changes.

We're losing a guy from the area of the newspaper I work. ... At.

That's 25% of our staffing. But of course, we're not going to hire to replace him.

So my hours and days off may shift to accomodate. I'll start working 1 hour later (which will cost me some time with my kids and wife), and I probably will have to occasionally rotate to a Tuesday to Saturday shift.

It's not horrible, but it does change what had been a dream schedule for me for several years now: Monday through Friday, 11 to 7. I guess it had to come to an end eventually.

Sigh.

-Zube.

Woof!

We got a dog.

There was a story locally about way too many dogs being euthanized because of lack of space at shelters, so we decided to go take a look for one, since the kids have always wanted a dog, but we didn't really have the room for one.

We had gotten on the net and found a great looking dog, and were all pumped to see him, but when we got there and he was brought out, he was indifferent to us and the kids. We were a little disappointed.

But my daughter had already spotted another dog nearby that was very friendly and looked like fun. We had her brought out, and she took up with me and the kids and my wife right away.

She's a border collie mix, don't know what with, but she's a pretty thing. Gonna be 2 in December, if I remember right. She came from animal control, and already had a name, Whistle.

She's great, she's already acting like our place is her home. She's chased birds out of her backyard and barked a lot at a car that parked in front of our house.

I think we made a great move.

-Zube.