Life Of A Military Wife: Lots Of New Things

I haven't updated in awhile and there is so many new things going on. I went home to Florida in March and stayed 3 weeks. I went to Wind Creek Casino with Memaw, my first time at a casino. We went twice during that visit, the first time I won $200...and the second time I won $800 so that was a lot of fun lol. I came back to Washington and me and Tylor found a little girl Elkhound puppy who lived in West Virginia. She was born on March 2 and the very last female left in the litter, and the breeder only had one litter a year...so needless to say we are now the proud owners of a 16 week old monster puppy named Valkyrie. She came to us at 8 weeks old on April 26...made the long flight to Washington. We are absolutely in LOVE with her. She learned not to use the bathroom in the house very quickly. She goes to the door and barks every time she has to go outside. She is a good puppy...but going through all the puppy stages again, we have realized what a GOOD dog Jaeger is. Haha. Her personality is so different from Jaegers, Jaeger kind of does his own thing. He is affectionate...but only when HE wants to be. She is ALWAYS wanting to cuddle and wanting attention. Always wagging her tail, she is such a happy puppy. Jaeger and her absolutely love each other. This has been so great for Jaeger, he is no longer bored with a puppy always stalking and pouncing on him. I can tell he really enjoys having another dog as a companion. We could not have asked for a better outcome. They lay down together, share their toys, Jaeger grooms her, he has really taken her under his "wing". If she bites him too hard or gets too rough he will "snap" at her (without actually trying to get her, he just makes the noise and the movement to make her stop lol) and she will yelp without him even touching her (because puppies cry about EVERYTHING lmao) as soon as she yelps, he will quickly get up with his ears back and go check to see if shes ok. They are so great together. I had one of my sisters, Brittany, come visit us for a week. The rain stopped us from doing too much of anything that was fun, but we did get to go to Pikes Place Market in Seattle and go snow tubing at Snoqualmie Pass. We all had so much fun snow tubing, but by the time our 2 hours were up, we were ready to go and get warmed up haha. I really enjoyed her coming and seeing us, even though I'm sure she was bored out of her mind on the days we sat around the house lol And was probably starving to death by the time she got back to Arkansas. I was in Washington for about 3 weeks before I did another visit back to Florida. lol I was able to see my sister for her 18th birthday and able to see my dad one more time before he left for Afghanistan for a year. Alex graduated in May..which is weird to think about because it still feels like I am the one still in high school and her in middle school. lol It doesn't feel like I've been out of school for 3 years. Speaking of school...I am FINALLY doing what I have wanted to do for awhile and started school to become a vet tech. I have been going back and forth on the idea for over a year...talking myself out of it because of how bad I am at math. (theres a LOT of math and science involved in the classes) I started in May and am now over half through the first semester. I have 3 more courses to go and then I will take my proctors and will be onto semester 2. So far I have made straight A's in all the animal related classes, but in the basic classes (like Biology) I have made B's. I was shooting for straight A's in everything...but I guess I can't complain...those grades are SOOOO much better than my high school grades. I think I passed biology with a 62 in high school. lol I am now starting Animal Anatomy and Physiology. I haven't done much more than flip though the study units online, I am waiting until my books get here because its much easier looking at a book than trying to look at the one on the computer. I wish I was going to an actual school, but with Tylor being in the military it is easier for me to do it online, and I like being able to go through it on my own pace. I do like this school though, it seems very involved and the instructors are great...most of them at least lol I have to have 2 hours of webinars a month and I absolutely love going to them. A lot of the time I go over the time needed because I attend more than the minimum. I really enjoy them. At the end of semester 2 and 4 I have to do a 225 hour practicum in a clinic. So I am hoping to find a job before I am at that point in the program. Bob helped me out SOOOO much by getting me a laptop as a present for going to school. Now Tylor can use his without complaining about all my girly music being on it lol. Other than that I can't think of anything new that comes to mind. We are in Washington...still. Ugh. Tylor is trying his hardest to get us out of here. He put in for Korea so he could get base of preference or a follow on base...so now its just the waiting game. We shall see. I am trying not to think about him possibly going to Korea for a year or I will get sad and tell him to take it off his dream sheet lol If he gets orders, he will be gone for a year, but halfway through he would get to come home for a month. We have done that before, it should be "easy"...but now I am so use to living with him and being with him all the time, I don't know what I would do without him there annoying me all the time. haha But before he accepted the orders, he would already know what his follow on base would be (he put Hurlburt for his number one, and I believe he put 8 other bases, all within 10 hours from home) and I would move home for a year. Then of course we would be better off with money because I would have a job back at home and he would get extra pay...AND we would be OUT OF WASHINGTON! lol So when we talked about it, we both agreed that it would suck, but the benefits outweigh the suckiness of not seeing each other for 2 six month intervals lol ..............I think thats all. My concentration is horrible right now so I can't think of anything else that has gone on..lol