We're home!

We arrived here Friday evening after a veeeerrrrrryy long day of travel that started in Nova Scotia at 4:30 am local time. The weekend was a bit of a blur of tired mom and crabby children but we're getting settled. We're mostly unpacked, and I found the energy today to do laundry and dishes so that's a good sign. C is still not quite herself though and has been plummeting into a foul mood at the drop of a hat through most of this afternoon so we're headed for early bedtimes tonight.

One of the things I had told the girls was that we would get a pet this fall. Well, before we left Nova Scotia, I was browsing the classifieds for here and saw an ad for two shelties looking for a new home.  I emailed their owner, and heard back from her today. We met them this morning and they really are dear little things - the female is six and the male is twelve, and before we met them I was thinking we'd adopt the six year old. When they came here, though, C fell in love with the older (and much smaller) one. He's quiet, calm, good-natured and pretty much made himself at home. But I didn't make an immediate decision, and she carried on to take them to see someone else who had shown interest. This afternoon she called back and said that the six year old is definitely going to another home, so that removed the debate of which one. Although I was actually strongly considering getting both of them.

So now I think we will go ahead and get the older one. He won't have all that many years with us, being in his old age already, but he does seem like he'll be a sweet pet and we can give him a nice home anyway.

The other source of debate was that the local shelter has a Golden Retriever and a Maltese Terrier (crossed, methinks). Both are apparently good family dogs - the Golden more so - but both will need a lot of energy and commitment from us whereas the 12yo Sheltie is way past the puppy stage and won't need a lot of energetic playing.

Anyway, hubby was all right with getting the six year old and left it to me as to whether to take the other. Things have changed slightly now with her being spoken for, and now the discussions around here are centering around how long before A can get a kitten since the dog we get was C's favorite. LOL