First Day Frivolities

I've never had an especially keen sense of direction- especially for places I've never been before. Regardless of this, I wasn't too worried about finding class this morning- I was there an hour early after all, plenty of time to scout out the classroom, run to the library for quick reading, and to get to class on time. I knew the building, and had the room number, how hard could it be?
Thirty minutes later, after asking students for directions I asked a professor. The (very nice) professor didn't know where it was either, and led me on a brisk walk around the building before she asked someone who knew where it was. As it turns out, the class is in an (unnumbered) Band Hall... but it's not really a music class... Very strange.
On a less rambling note, it has been discovered that the Fruit Bat and I share a Biology class! I'm not sure Flying Foxes and Foxes should really be in the same class (wink wink, nudge nudge) but we are. I still have one more class today, but about an hour before it starts.

Climbing Back in the Saddle

Well, we're back at college now- Fruit Bat and I left our respective homes yesterday after lunch, and arrived back on campus before dinner. The next few hours were spent getting our rooms to look semi-functional.
Fruit Bat brought up an interesting point- since we've been home, this time around we both tried to make our rooms look more "homey"- for instance, I've put up pictures on the wall and bought a little candle. Fruit Bat had a candle first- which gave me the idea. She hasn't been assigned a new roomate yet.
When we could finally call our rooms presentable we went shopping, Fruit Bat needed a new fish since Hikari Toya died, and has one- he's missing a tail. This is unsuprising since the store where we got him also had two male betta's in the same cup.
Not a good idea, really.
I simply needed a few items I forgot at home, and some tape- because Jareth fell down- AGAIN! By this time it was quite late and I was quite hungry, so we bought some pizza and chips and had a movie night.
That's all for now... School starts on Tuesday.

the end... continued? What the heck?

I know that nobody asked me, but hey, nobody asked me before, right? Since I had all these lovely wolves, I figured that I should make them into a wallpaper! The background is a stock photo from Deviant ART, the wolves belong to Kay Fedewa, but were recolored by me, as the Kenshin pack. Kenshin doesn't belong to me either... To see who everyone is, either look at previous posts, or bask in your own knowledge of already understanding who they are. No skin off my nose. It's been a great break, but the fruit bat and I are being summoned back to active learning- the dreaded halls of schoool.

Seventh Day... the end

The seventh day of the seven days of the wolves. Hate to spoil the song for anyone, but the band that wrote it wasn't actually talking about wolves, they were talking about death- like the seven riders of the apocalypse. So on the seventh day, there are two wolves.
First wolf is Kenshin, the title character of the series, a generally sweet-natured guy, formerly an assassin, and now trying to atone by refusing to kill anyone and helping people.
For his canine form I chose a red wolf- I'm aware that actual red wolves aren't THAT red- but again, I'm warping reality. He's going to be really short for a wolf, and will often be mistaken for a dog- in the series, he was usually mistaken for a girl but somehow, I don't think that dogs make that mistake. Like Aoshi from the first day, he has a few scars, souvenirs of past fights.
And for the "death" wolf... which gets weirder the longer I think about it... Battousai. Also known as Kenshin. Battousai is sort of a split personality from Kenshin, and was the one that was in control during the war and was more than willing to kill those who crossed him. During the course of the show, when Kenshin gets very angry or those he cares about *coughKaorucough* are in mortal peril, the Battousai persona comes to the forefront, signaled by a switch in eye color to yellow (though in the Jineh episode we saw red) and the use of the word "I" when refering to himself. (Kenshin's other personality, nicknamed Rurouni, uses either "this one" or "sessha" which translates to "this unworthy one").
The Battousai wolf just looks cool to me- he's probably one of my favorites, and I'm sorry to say that he looks cooler than Kenshin. -_-;
As always, the drawings belong to Kay Fedewa, I just recolored them.
Well, here's the end of the the seven days, about a month later. Now what will I do with my free time?

Sixth Day

Welcome to the sixth day, brought to you with far less delay! Yes, I am a dork. The sixth day is Kamiya Kaoru, the female lead of the show. Kaoru works as the assistant master at the dojo started by her father- in actuality, she's the only one still there. When she first confronts a stranger in town, then invites him to stay at her dojo, the story begins. Kaoru is headstrong and tough, an able fighter in her own right- though she is somewhat lacking in "proper" skills such as cooking, remaining calm and looking elegant. Megumi never fails to remind her of this, often causing explosive arguements. Kaoru is very much in love with Kenshin, and is very open-minded and forgiving.
Choosing a canine for Kaoru was easier than I thought it'd be. In the manga/anime, she is given the nickname of tanuki or raccoon-dog, which is an actual animal! I was so suprised, but was delighted to have the quandary taken out of my hands. In real life tanuki's don't look quite the way I made Kaoru, they aren't as big for one thing- but since I'm altering reality anyway I don't think it matters. As always, the original art belongs to Kay Fedewa, and Kenshin doesn't belong to me either.

Dakota Update

Dakota was taken to the vet last Saturday to get his staples taken out. Unfortunately, the vet couldn't remove them yet because the incision hasn't closed up completely in the lower area. On the bright side he no longer has to wear the E-collar, and he's gained almost ten pounds! He looks MUCH better! :D He's a handful at home but we've discovered that he doesn't like compressed air being sprayed near him. I thank dog trainer Victoria Stilwell for that one. Her show "It's Me or the Dog" has helped much.

Dakota doesn't know what to make of Angelo. Food? Friend? Toy? LOL! XD Luckily he figured out that she wasn't food or a toy.

Bringing Others Together: A Miracle Dog

Dakota is doing well though he's a bit tired and out of it. I had to go buy an E-collar for him because he was pulling the staples out of his leg. I then had to take him to the vet due to the incision leaking blood and pus. My vet told me that she didn't like it that the vet's near my college (about 4 hours away) used staples to close the incision up. She said that they should have used stitches or something more secure. She didn't put anymore staples in his leg. She said that it needed to drain. They also didn't give me any antibiotics for him at the clinic near my college, so my vet here gave me some. She didn't understand why the vets over there didn't give me antibiotics either. I can't complain though. Those vets did a wonderful thing for Dakota. Poor Dakota was exhausted afterwards. He didn't appreciate being taken to the vet clinic. The little guy slept most of yesterday.

Good news! He's been putting weight on his left hind leg. He has even been walking on it! Hopefully he'll get full use of it back. I start physical therapy on him next week. He also gained three pounds! He now weighs 58 pounds instead of 55!

The only problems we're having with him right now is him pushing Toboe-chan around. He growls and snarls at him when he comes over to be petted by me. I'm trying to teach him that he can't do that. I have two hands and I am quite capable of petting them both. He also tries to steal Toboe's food. He needs to learn that it's not allowed. Luckily, he doesn't try to take food away from people in the house. Dakota doesn't even seem to notice or care. When we take his food away from him he let's us and doesn't cause any problems. I was worried that he might since he's been starved. He also thinks that he's allowed on the couch. I've been working with him on that. LOL!

Yesterday Dakota and Toby got into a fight. I had to break it up. Dakota discovered how much fun toys were and decided that he wanted the ball Toby had. Toby didn't like that. No one was hurt but they can't continue to fight over toys.

We had to take him to the vet again today because his leg was leaking blood and pus REALLY bad. They put two more staples in his leg and cleaned his right ear because he still has a bit of an infection in it. They left room for it to leak out because again, it's good for it too. We are just trying to keep him from laying on the carpet and getting blood on it. He's been pretty good about staying on his blankets. There was a sweet lady that overheard Dakota's story at the vet clinic and when we went back to the exam room one of the vets came in and told us that the lady had paid for his visit to the vet. We didn't have to pay anything. I can't believe that she did that. I wish I could have told her thank you but at least my mom got to. I had to stay in the exam room with him. My mom said that when she thanked the lady that she had said that she'd hoped to escape before we realized what she'd done for us. The lady had tears in her eyes and said that she felt the need to help because no animal deserves what he went through. She told my mom Merry Christmas and my mom did likewise.

The vet fell in love with him as well and told us that he'd only charge us for the exam. Nothing else. Dakota is bringing strangers together and showing everyone what miracles are by surviving against all odds. He's received the name "Miracle Dog" by us and others. Along with "Christmas Puppy." Absolutely amazing! God has a plan for him, I can see it. There's a reason he was meant to live.

That's pretty much it right now. I'll keep everyone updated on his progress.

I can't wait for you guys to meet him!

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He's being a dork in this pic! He was lying on his back. LOL! XD