well, yet again, i let a large span of time enter where i should have been journaling. i ended up getting that job at the vet clinic. i'm loving it. i'm still picking up shifts at the restaurant for some cash though. amadeo and i moved in together this spring. i was supposed to be able to quit the restaurant when we did that, but the house we picked out is more than we expected and amadeo has a car payment on a new car. so since he won't get a second job, it falls to me to keep mine. at least for the time being so as to save up money. we (amadeo, the cats, and i) love the new house and the new neighbors. it's a hundred year old house. thankfully, we're renting it, not owning it. there are too many things to go wrong and pay for in old houses. i'll be really happy when we're all settled. i still don't have everything over here from my old house. well, i gotta get to work. overnight weekends for me at the clinic -- 42 hours in three nights every weekend!