Phew! It’s been a while! I’m starting the blog back up, I’m sure that’s a relief to all the people who read it (nobody).

I did end up switching to Jekyll, and I’m using Github Pages. It’s just simpler, I don’t have to worry about hosting it myself, etc.

Setting up was a lot more complicated than I was thinking, but I did end up finding an incredible theme in the form of Persephone. It’s exactly what I wanted: clean, simple, elegant, minimal.

I just noticed that it’s been almost exactly a year since I last used this blog. I wonder if there’s something about the fall that makes me want to do this.

Quick recap of my life since I last was here:

• Got a new job as a Sr. Software Support Specialist 👷
• Lost a few pounds (yay!) ⚖
• Lost Licorice, our 18-year old pomeranian 😢
• Got a new puppy, who we are currently training! 🐶
• Some biiiig changes in my personal life that I don’t want to go into too much 🤫

But back on the puppy! Her name is Xochitl and she is FREAKING ADORABLE. Just look!

She’s amazing and I love her. BUT it has been super stressful as well, to be completely honest. Especially when we first got her, because she had a broken paw and the vet told her we probably wouldn’t be able to keep her because of her breed (the vet incorrectly said that she was a Belgian Malinois). We got an Embark test, and sure enough, she’s a regular ol’ pit-mix mutt! She’s awesome, pretty high energy but amazing.

OKbyyyeeee.