everything's coming up dandelions

my friday the 13th got better or worse, depending on your perspective. i broke a coffee cup that i have been using at work for the past 15 years. it was a departure gift from my co-worker at the DOT (who is now in something like the number 2 position? and i'm just a schmuck) who also was a student in college with me. i don't have much memorabilia from my college days, so it definitely had some sentimental value. i didn't have a lot of fun in college, and for the most part i write off my past, but still, it was a loss.

Punkin's woobie was recovered, though! his teacher had stashed it during painting. we traveled up North with both woobies. that was a good thing.

i solo'd with Punkin coming and going this weekend. that meant taking the dogs to the vet/kennel solo as well. Punkin ends up short on his nap (he gets one, but not enough), but is very entertained by looking out the airplane window. on both trips we have had very little waiting time at the gate, partly because i have cut the time so close, and then we get to preboard. no one got hurt, so it was a relative success story.

the worst of it is a lingering depression. i don't look forward to being alone with Punkin. i can manage his basic needs, but he seems to have more fun with el Jefe'. and he is very sad when el Jefe' is gone. this is just temporary, and for the next couple months it is only a couple days a week. but Punkin misses el Jefe' (and i do, too.)

we saw some good houses this weekend. nothing we both fell in love with, but that's ok because we did not have a single soul go through our house in the South while i was gone for the weekend. we want to settle down when this is all said and done, and the prospect of the two bedroom apartment with two kids and two dogs is very real. and it's a minimum of $1,200 down the toilet each month until the house in the South sells. so it's financial worry, too.

and as much as i haven't pressed the issue at work, my transfer is still undefined. there are hints that my company will not cover relocation. i am initiating the transfer, so i should cover the costs. i wouldn't complain, but i know of countless employees who left our office to go to other offices in other states with the company, for personal reasons, who were well compensated. so i don't have a position, and i don't have a physical space to relocate to (work or home for that matter), and i don't have a lot of financial support from my employer. talk about career planning ...