An Evening with Moses

I like to think I have good judgment. I'm a born rule-follower with a Catholic conscience. So imagine how much fun I must be having at a university where I'm pretty sure if there were a club for people who don't associate themselves with under-age drinking, I would be the president and one of the few members with high-functioning social skills. We would eat pizza and talk about our favorite sitcoms every Friday night.
...okay wait. That sounds way too much like what I actually DID do last Friday night...

Society thinks I'm lame. But that's not the point of this post because who cares what "society" thinks? I think I'm awesome.

Anyway, sometimes its kind of a bummer not having that many exciting, "you'll never believe what I did in college" stories. These are supposed to be our "glory days" and the "best years of our lives" right? So on Sunday, I took in a stray Dog thinking, "This will be so hilarious and crazy. Imagine the stories!" And how could I refuse this precious baby's face?

Let me give you a timeline of events:

9:00pm: My brain: "I'll take him home with me tonight and take him to the shelter first thing in the morning! It will be so fun! I know my apartment doesn't allow pets but....*this is where I decided to stop thinking*
9:15pm: Catherine and I took him INSIDE Wal-Mart on a leash--okay it was actually a piece of rope someone found. Maybe those people who make the "People of wal-mart" videos saw us.

9:30: Me to Elizabeth, my roommate, when I walked in the apartment with a puppy: "You know how sometimes you have those moments where you're like 'I'm in college and want to do something stupid for once?'"
Yall, her face when I brought a puppy into our apartment unannounced. Let me take a second and talk about Liz. She's freaking awesome. We met when we lived together last year in a dorm and I think God had such a good laugh watching us together last year that He wanted us to live together again. And round two has been even better than round one. So anyway, a few seconds after the initial shock, Liz fell in love with Moses.

9:35: Moses pees on the carpet
9:36: What the heck was I thinking? Ugh but he's so cute.
9:37: Suddenly this apartment feels a lot smaller than I remember. You think the animal shelter is still open? (they closed at like 5...)
9:38: Oh yes, this is why I don't do this type of thing.
9:40: Calling the non-emergency animal control people...they weren't there.
9:41: Giving up on that and giving Moses a bath! I know he looks like he's trying to run away in this picture, but he was so good! And so dirty!

10:00: discovering he had fleas...yay!
10:15: Falling more in love with his preciousness. He was actually a very good dog--super sweet and cuddly. But he did whine when he was left alone...I was planning on staying up all night and being with him so he wouldn't whine. While I turned off my judgment, I thought it would be fun to stay up all night because college is supposed to be about crazy late nights right? Here's what I think about that--why can't we do crazy stuff during the day and then sleep at night? Its a win-win situation. Whatever college social standards. You do you and I'll do me and sleep at night.
He was so sleepy after his bath.

 



11:00: I had an intramural soccer game and I didn't want to just ditch Liz with the stray dog I had brought home an hour ago, so Moses came along and in typical Moses fashion, made some new friends.

Shout out to Jake and Emily for keeping Moses warm and happy while I rocked left forward.
11:20: Halftime. Frantically texting a friend I ran into at Wal-Mart who was thinking about making Moses her dog!
11:45: Game over (Bears win!) and Moses goes to his new family. Shout out to Ashton for taking him in!

And just like that, he was gone. I think 3 hours of college craziness was enough for me. But Liz and I miss Moses already! Ashton's roommate is in one of my classes and reported to me today that Moses (who they renamed "Boone" after T. Boone Pickens) is doing fab.

So there it is, the non-biblical story of Moses. I guess college isn't about having terrible judgment, but making memories while still getting a healthy amount of sleep so you can get up in the morning and eat a good breakfast before your test that you studied for over the weekend. These are our glory days! ;)

Bye Moses!