before i get into the rest of the post, i just want to say that i totally forgot to write about the perfumes that i liked in january so here they are:

anyway, onto the rest of the week...

week of 02/01

every 2-3 months or so my dog lily gets diarrhea and every time it happens i feel like i'm crazy. it happened again on monday. it's seriously my dark place. the same things happen every time:

so that's how i started my week (and month). the whole thing took 3 days, her best record probably. she's 100% better now, and the week has gotten progressively better (i guess when you start off that way the only way is up).

besides that, work has been pretty busy because i've taken up more responsibility (while being paid the same! i can't complain too much though because technically i put myself in this situation). i will say that i like projects that feel like a break from the day-to-day tasks of my job. they feel like a special arc. i won't speak too much about work on here but there's that...

i have been playing animal crossing like crazy, i want to share my island updates but i think my island looks better without all the snow so i'll wait until it's spring to share. i've just been redecorating my island and moving in new villagers. i bought a pack of blank nfc cards to create my own amiibos, that's how much i've been into it this week. i recently had fang, walker and lolly move in. my og villagers are henry, marshal, judy, stitches, monty, nan, and chevre. i think i have a pretty solid team!!! i don't really care about their personality types to be honest. can't a girl have 3 normal girls on her island anymore or no?!?!

i'm also falling a little bit behind on reading wuthering heights, but i'm confident i'll be able to catch up this weekend - then i'll be on track to finish before/around the time the movie comes out. i'm on chapter 5 of volume II and i am really liking it so far, there are so many themes to explore. i feel like you could just pick one and read it through that lens you'll get a different experience for each one, so i do think it's a book you kinda have to go through more than once. i'm not saying i would do that to be completely honest but there's a version of me who would. every now and then when i'm reading the book an image of margot robbie and jacob elordi flashes in my mind which is truly unfortunate. no shade but i'm just not seeing it for them and this movie. I THINK I'M GONNA DIE IN THIS. HOUSE...

now for the most important event of this week... paul's gotcha day! it's been 8 years since paul has been rescued by hana. we had to go big!!!

hana wanted to take him to the grove yesterday so we could get him a cake and some other treats from the dog bakery (that's the actual name of the place) and just walk around the area and sit on the grass. we rarely take the dogs out to do things like this because it's so overstimulating and paul is an anxious dog. he was pretty chill and seemed to enjoy himself though. initially hana had planned to go to the grove and go to a photobooth place that was closer to the apartment, but as we were walking around the grove we saw a photobooth pop-up that was completely free. what were the chances!!! he looks very concerned in those pictures which is a default setting for him. we pretty much ended the night there.

on day 2 of gotcha day weekend we booked a sniffspot so that lily could come with us. they had so much fun just sniffing and walking around a random person's backyard ;-; and that's literally all they did for 2 hours. it's been almost 8 hours since we got home but they are still dead tired from today (they are getting old ;-;). best $60 ever spent in the history of things that cost $60!!!

paul is such a special dog and i am so lucky that i am one of the -3 people he likes to be with. he's been so sweet to me lately, always wants to be on me or around me, asking for pets. considering i couldn't breathe in his direction just a couple of years ago (that is still the case sometimes) i think we've come a very long way. having him around keeps us grounded. we have roundabout ways of doing simple tasks just to accomodate him but i wouldn't trade it for anything else in the world. i think he's taken a liking to lily too, which has been one of my favorite things to witness over the years. they're not affectionate to each other in the traditional sense, but i think they do find comfort in being around each other. as i'm writing this i'm sitting on the floor while he eats his food. if i get up or move he'll stop eating (paul is the friend that has weird contingencies) so i think i have to end it here. byeeee.