Friday night, a friend found a pitbull puppy running around a neighborhood of Chicago. She took him in for the night, but he couldn’t stay there. So, he came to me on Saturday. Monday, he had to go back to her because of my landlord. In the meantime, the friend had become sick (I’m guessing unrelated) and was spiking a fever when she came to pick him up. Yep, guess who got sick. And then another friend got sick because she was with me most of this time.

Aside from that, having the puppy here was great! Okay, so trying to housetrain a puppy when the weather is a high of 3 degrees isn’t so great. But having an absolutely adorable, cuddly, playful, loveable puppy around? The best! I so fell in love. I have puppy fever now. Some people get baby fever when they’re around a lot of babies. I get puppy fever.

Ginny and Avocado didn’t react well to having him around, though. Avocado’s usually fine with dogs, Ginny takes a while to get used to them (and in general doesn’t like hyper dogs). Avocado’s reaction might have been because it’s been a while since he’s been around dogs, or he’s never been around an (unneutered especially) male dog, I don’t know. Eventually, I think, I’ll find the right dog to be a companion for them. Less hyper (but still playful because Avocado liked to play with Kali), and female apparently.

I miss Kali.

Anyway, the puppy story ended happy: the dog’s family called and they were reunited. And now all the activists are sick.