May 7th, 2014 - Randoms

It's 9:30am on a Wednesday and I've already had a repairman over to fix a window shade, walked Tucker, got ready for the day, ate breakfast, paid some bills online, started the dishwasher, drank 2 cups of coffee and emailed Mike about 10 times. Shouldn't I still be in bed? It's raining today, and it's perfect weather to lay in bed all day. But with no shades on the bedroom windows and the sun up by 7am...I can't sleep in. I guess it's a good thing. I'm not sure what I do all day, but I'm not sleeping in or taking naps. I should probably be working on my German. Oops.

The last two days were beautiful

Gloomy day today

My sewing machine, and knitting needles are still in transit. I really wished I put them in our earlier air shipment. This would have been the perfect time for me to practice. Our furniture will be here in 15 days, I feel so bad for the movers. We are on the 3rd and 4th floors, and our furniture is heavy. In addition to the furniture we have 66 boxes coming. It'll be interesting to see how we make everything fit. Once we get settled, I'll post pictures of our apartment. It's working out well so far, our only complaint is there is no garbage disposal. I never realized how often I used it.

Tucker is being boarded today. It's our second test run before we leave him to go to Mexico. He will be boarded for 9 days. He's never been boarded that long, and I'm nervous. The only place he's ever been boarded at is Petsmart (he typically stayed at my friend's house), and while I don't recommend their grooming services their doggie day camp and boarding is really good. He went there for 6 years and all the employees in that department knew him and his quirks. Someone was always in the room while he played with other dogs, he played inside with AC and a heater, was given "ice-cream" and kongs if requested, and they gave me "pawgress reports" so I know how he did. But here, dog's are treated more like dogs. The kennel area looked more like a dog shelter. Dogs play in a smaller area and unsupervised. And they don't know his quirks with other dogs. Dogs in Switzerland seem to be very well behaved, and I don't want them to take Tucker's moodiness with aggression. I'm sure he'll be fine. But this type of kennel is the norm here, and I need to adjust my expectations. He is just a dog and will be fine. Last Saturday we picked him up and he was laying outside in the sun (Tucker loves to sun bathe), not crying or upset in the least.


So why on earth am I leaving for Mexico when I just moved to Switzerland 3 weeks ago? To get married! Ok, technically we got married in the States before we moved. But we don't celebrate that day, and most people don't know when that was. So in our minds our wedding day is May 15th. It's an added bonus that I already did all of my name changes, so all that work is done! It'll be a 30 hour travel day to get there (instead of the 4 hour trip from Texas). A very long day, but we are excited to see our parents and friends. And I'm really excited for warm, sunny weather. It's still chilly in Switzerland.

Our wedding venue in Zihuatanejo, Mexico

We haven't done anything too exciting yet. We are still settling in and checking out the local Ikea and Media Markt (the Best Buy of Switzerland). It's still chilly and rainy here, but once the weather warms up a tad we'll start checking out places....and once Tucker forgives us for ditching him for 9 days.
I'll have much for exciting posts soon.

Good Day!

Michelle