So long sweet summer

Summer has come and gone and so much has changed over the span of four months. From things as big as families members passing away to a more beautiful place to be with loved ones they haven't seen for years to little things like the sweet new scar I have on my arm, this has been the summer of change. New friendships were formed, old friendships became stronger, some became more distant and despite what happened during the last semester of my freshman year, friends I thought I would never speak to again came back into my life. In order to gain you have to sacrifice, but what if the things that you sacrifice are better than the new things you gain?

The Breeding Chronicles

So I'm trying to type a fast post and my computer is moving at a ridiculously slow pace. I think it knows that I want to go read H.P. instead of sit here with him.

Well, another thing is distracting me. My dogs are mating on the living room floor. You may be disgusted and not want to read the rest of the post, but you should be thankful that I didn't post a picture.

When dogs breed it is a ridiculous thing. This will be Lola and Casey's 3rd litter and they pretty much have the hang of it now. The first time they "bred" we had to hold Lola up to Casey while they were ......doing it. The reason for that is I have a secret dog breeding fetish. No I actually don't. We just didn't want it to hurt Lola so we held her in the same spot for 20 minutes until they were...done. Ok get to the point of the post, Chassidy.

Ok. Dogs only breed 2 times a year, once every time the female is in heat. The dog then carries the puppies for 5 months, births them, takes care of them for 7 weeks and then we sell them.

Please picture a human in that situation. You have sex only 2 times a year and only when you are on your period. You carry an average of 5 babies for 5 months. You birth them 15 minutes apart, take care of them for 2 months and then you sell them.

Sometimes we are lucky that we are not dogs. . . .. .

Time for Harry!!!!

I don't usually write the title until the post is finished. This time I wrote the title first.

A few days ago I heard something that enraged me so much that I knew I would be able to write an amazing post on the topic. It must not have been that dear to me because today when I woke up to write about it I couldn't remember what it was.... Something miraculous just happened.

I JUST REMEMBERED.

So I'm going to college right now and I'm paying a ridiculous amount for tuition and books. My parking pass this year alone is about $250. WTF Lloyd?!?! Fortunately the good ole University of Toledo didn't raise tuition this year. Unfortunately I had no money saved up for college, so I'm still taking out a sweet amount of student loans. (By sweet I actually mean not sweet at all.) Anyway, I have a friend who is 19 and she is getting tuition paid by the government. You may be thinking, "Chassidy, a lot of people get scholarships for college. Just because you pissed 2 years of high school away and didn't get any doesn't mean you should be mad at her."

WRONG!

She's getting free tuition for 4 years because of two words, insignificant in meaning when alone, but together they are worth....well a college education. Are you ready?

Single and Baby.

That's right. She was irresponsible during high school and had a child. Now she's a single mom, so the government is paying for school. A few months ago I would have said, "Wow! Cindy* that's great. It's wonderful that you're getting assistance. Now you can provide for little Tommy."

Regrettably my opinion has changed and it's not for the better. Now I feel like saying, "Wow! Cindy maybe if you would have been more responsible and used protection my tax money would be paying for MY education and not YOURS."

Of course I would never want to hurt Cindy with this, but I'm also not being caddy and saying it behind her back. If the topic came up in conversation I would most definitely bring it up. Maybe I'm just being a grempy grumper, as Grandma used to say. Or maybe the reality of paying bills is just hitting me. Either way I feel as though the government is, yet again, being ridiculous. I love using examples, so to me it's like saying, "Oh Frankie, that's OK that you just hit Johnny in the face. Would you like to go to the toy store?"

Well on a lighter note I am in love with David Beckham and if I could some how meet him I would gladly pay for Cindy's tuition out of my own pocket. I just saw that they have a Beckham Calender and remember I just moved into my new apartment and that would be a perfect house warming gift.
(After reading that sentence a few times I've decided that you have to emphasize the word remember for it to really make sense.)

*I changed Cindy and Tommy's names.