Happy Hallowienerdog!

This afternoon, we went to our local dachshund society's 2007 Howl-O-Wiener party. Charlie was a lobster. It. Was. AWESOME.

Sorry we haven't updated in a while--we've been awfully busy with full time grad school and a full time job (Travis) and two part-time jobs that add up one one full time job and then some (me). In addition to that, I've been able to pick up some freelance feature writing with our suburb's local weekly newspaper. In case that wasn't enough to keep me out of trouble, I'm also going to be doing some volunteer work (mostly public relations stuff, writing press releases and doing some photography) with the Gateway Pet Guardians, an area organization that helps find homes for homeless cats and dogs.

We're doing well, though. Travis has been doing extremely well in his grad classes (I'm so proud of him!), we've finally finished unpacking and are 100% settled in, and the dog and cat are playmates and, dare I say it, friends. Because it's getting colder (FINALLY), the cat has been sleeping in a tightly-wadded kitty ball at the end of our bed every night. Charlie sleeps under the covers, always making sure he's touching both of us. It's cozy, two people and two pets to a bed, but we wouldn't have it any other way.

I'm still planning to blog about our last few weeks in Indonesia and our wonderful trip home, where we flew Cathay Pacific's incredible business class all the way from Jakarta to Los Angeles. (Best. Flights. EVER.) I'll do it soonish, I promise. In the meantime, I hope everyone is having a fabulous autumn, and I will leave you with these lovely photos of our fuzzy "kids" in their Halloween finery. Charlie, as I mentioned, is a lobster and Beans is a business cat who sells paper for Dunder-Mifflin. He's assistant to the assistant to the regional manager. Dinkin' flicka.