The past two weeks have been amazing.
-My fiance's family and I painted his grandmother's house and did a lot of yardwork and other fixing-up type chores. It looks so great now!
-My fiance's mom and dad have gotten all of their dogs in the past 15 years by picking up strays that have found their way to his grandmother's house. All of them have been beagles or beagle mixes, and all have shown up on holiday weekends. They still have one of their mutts, but had to put their most recent adoption to sleep around Christmas. Once again, two beagles arrived while we were working around Memorial Day, one just a 2-3 month old pup. We let them go because they had tags from a neighbor just up the road who had recently passed away, figuring someone was running them (the adult was obviously trained to hunt). The male reappeared alone for a few days, running off during the day, returning at night. Finally, the pup reappeared, this time with the right half of his face swollen and cut/punctured. The adult returned two days later, and the reunion was adorable!! Unfortunately, the male ran off before we could grab him, but no one at the house has seen him since. The pup is now much better and is being loved on by my fiance's sister.
-We went to Universal Studios as our "honeymoon" (we're getting married right after my first year and right before he starts his third year of medical school... no chance then). Yes, we visited Hogsmead, yes, we drank butterbeer, and yes, we bought wands for our future movie room. I guess we like to plan way way ahead.