Crazy Week!

Last week was quite an eventful week:

• As most of you know, last Sunday started with me proposing to Jen. It went perfectly and was a very nice day for both of us. I'll write up a full description later with pictures.
  
  
• Then, we started the process of finding a new place... found a wonderful townhouse at the Waterfront (RiverPlace Square) that we got a great deal on... and we have closed on and submitted our applications for it. We are signing our lease papers this weekend and our move in date is April 1st (which was the max amount of time we could hold it for). We both have about 2 weeks to move all of our stuff out of our places after that.
  
  
• Vincent, my family's first dog, was put down this week. Apparently, he had re-opened a wound on his back and my mom found him struggling to move at home. They couldn't stop the bleeding so they took him to the vet and after discussing options... the call was made to put him to sleep. He was 17 years old... so he was definitely an old dog... but it sucks nonetheless.
  
  I remember when we first got him. Our parakeet had died and my parents told us that they were going to go get another parakeet. My older brother watched us while my parents were out. Several hours later, my parents bring in Vincent. We were so excited to finally have a dog (we had one when I was REALLY little... but he was so big that he trampled us and my parents had to get rid of him). Vincent was always a super-energetic dog. While he was small... he was exceptionally strong. He would actually swing a wheelbarrow around with his mouth in the backyard.
  
  He also was deathly afraid of Frodo (our Beagle) when we first got him. It took him a while to warm up to Frodo and then it became a dominance battle all the time. Frodo was always super-happy to see and play with Vincent... and Vincent was almost 9 at this point so he would play his grumpy old man routine and keep him at a distance. Eventually, Vincent and Frodo would be at each other's side all the time. They would still fight over food but overall they definitely became best buds.
  
  I still don't know how Frodo is going to deal with it. Now because there aren't two dogs to mess with the cat... they FINALLY are letting Damien (Dale's cat) out of Dale's room and roaming the house. When it was Frodo and Vincent together... they would gang up on the cat and Vincent would sometimes get mean because he would not want Frodo near the cat.
  
  In remembrance, here are a set of pictures of Vincent: Vincent Pictures
  
  
• My younger brother had interesting news this week. Apparently his new girlfriend (of about 2 months) is pregnant and they are planning on not only keeping the kid but getting married in December I believe. Despite many reservations I have about Benjamin's responsibility level (he seems to lack the capacity to keep a job)... I'm happy for him and just hope that he realizes he really needs to grow up now. He's been a lot better these past couple years but still I worry. I don't really know his girlfriend at all (I met her only once)... so I can't say whether she will be a good influence or not in that regard. She seemed nice, smart, and responsible. So I do hope that all works out. I guess it's weird that I will be an uncle by the end of the year.

So the week has been quite eventful. Look forward to seeing people at Poker night tomorrow night.