Plastic is my choice...

So my dog really, really has a fascination with bags.

She loves to investigate them. But then proceeds to get her head stuck in them and walk around the apartment looking pitiful.



"Mommy, please help me" is the look shes giving me. Yes, that is indeed my dog's head in the handle of a plastic bag.

It is so cute and I always take it off asap, but had to snap a photo first this time. She does this ALL THE TIME with ANY bag she finds.

Paper or Plastic?

My dog is insane.

Last night I sat working on my MIC 102 lab report on the sofa. I hear rustling coming from the dining area and then I see my puppy running full pelt past me with the remnants of a plastic bag. She proceeded to run laps around my apartment for a good ten minutes, bag in tow.

Today, she played with the spoils of her hard work last night.


Because life is so much better when you are in a plastic bag.

Becoming Espresso's Mom

We counted down the days till bringing her home. I skipped an afternoon class so we could leave even earlier to pick her up on that Friday.
On the way home, with my 3 lb charge in my lap, I was completely terrified and completely in love. I know I sound like a new mother. But really, I had become one that day.

Luckily puppies > babies.

Why?
1. You can leave them in a crate while you are gone.
2. They aren't picky eaters.
3. They never learn to talk.
4. The keeping you up at night phase lasts a week or two tops.

So completely in love, I brought my new baby puppy home. I have virtually no pictures from the first months of her life. Long story short, two days after bringing her home, David cut his hand open and I spent the next months taking care of him, transporting all three of us places, doing the house work, dealing with the new puppy...basically I had no time for photos.

The only photos from that first day of being her "mom" were cell phone shots my friends later sent me.

She literally fit in one hand.

I am so thankful for these. Why? Because I became Espresso's mommy that day. I was terrified of the title at first. It bothered me. Scared me. But now its my favorite title.

Study Buddy

So Espresso is pretty much the best study buddy ever.

This is a prime example of Espresso helping me study.



I personally credit my 100% on the weed section of my viticulture exam due to her help.

And by the way, by best study buddy ever, I mean it's kind of amazing I can pass my classes at all.

1. Espresso has a NEED to be in my lap AT ALL TIMES. If I am sitting down, sort of seated, or any other way that exposes my legs, she NEEDS to be sitting on them. This as you can imagine becomes very difficult when I need to type on my laptop.

2. She IS SO DISTRACTINGLY CUTE (see previous post).

Very Distracting

So I wonder how I can feel behind on the very first day of class. I mean, I shouldn't have things to distract me too much at this point.

But then I look next to me on the couch.

Oh right. (Excuse the photo, it was taken with my cell.)

Pretty much Espresso's cuteness is the MOST DISTRACTING THING EVER.

Take Out

With the whole life-killing-thesis project, I not only neglected Espresso more than I care to admit. I neglected to eat. Many times.

So often, at random hours of the day between 3 to 11, I would try and figure out where to procure a meal. Being a Chipotle-lover, I lived off burrito bowls for about one week in March.

Espresso likes when Chipotle was brought home because it meant a) there was food in the house for once that wasn't kibble and b) there was a paper bag that she was entitled to play with.


See, you have to stick your ENTIRE BODY in the bag in order to lick the bottom where a trace of meat or fajita might be.

Looking for the Bright Spot

So I have been neglectful of A Shot of Espresso, but I have been neglectful about most things in my life as of late (eating, laundry, cleaning, etc) due to my thesis.

But with the freedom that is spring break arrived, I plan on trying to makeup for lost time by posting as many entries as I can. I have been able to take some photos between cram-sessions and now I finally have the time to post and write about them

Ironically, as my work load got extremely heavy, the weather outside went from rainy and cold to sunny and warm.

I felt terrible for Espresso who would sit longing to be outside. It doesn't help that at this time of year, her sunspot has shrunk to 1/10 its winter size.