Brain Tumors are kind of funny

So that 30 for 30 challenge was not a challenge for me at all!! I hardly wear anything in my closet and the few things I do wear get worn over and over again. I have lost all style and I could really use a makeover ;-) Walking dogs, pet sitting, cleaning and going to school don't really require a grandiose wardrobe so I live in jeans and sneakers. I think I need to step up the hair, makeup and accessories and just look cooler!! I'm bored with my drabness!
It's been almost a month since Charlie died and things are pretty good. Pete has settled in to being an only child and I have gotten comfortable with having only one baby. The idea of a puppy does excite me some but I also wonder if I should bite off that much right now. Two dogs are pretty expensive to maintain especially schnauzers. Monthly grooming, high grade dog food to prevent allergies, not to mention all the vet visits and what not. I'm just accustomed to two so I assumed I would get another dog but I'm just not so sure. Pete is pretty awesome on his own but I'm sure he'd like to have a partner in crime ;-) Charlie's urn came last week and it is absolutely beautiful!! Mariah at Ashes to Art in Athens, Ga made this amazing raku urn and it just made me feel so good to have purchased such a special piece for Charlie. Please check her out if you ever need such an item. http://ashestoart.com/default.aspx
On the school front...things are good. Had my first art history test this week and I think it went pretty well. Next week I have drawing homework due and a Spanish test. I'm very nervous about this test because the class is taught very intensely. The teacher never speaks in English, there is no review and the test is created by the department head. How crappy is that!?! Yesterday I heard a few students talking about how this is their second time taking the course!!! That aside, drawing class is really cool. At first I was not sure it was going to be a good fit but now I am really enjoying it and taking pride in my "abstract" drawings ;-)
Movies...Life as we know it, great chick flick and nothing more. I watch this with my mom which was perfect. We both really enjoyed it. Somewhere, I had great and high expectations of this film. It's a Sophia Coppola film and everything else she has done has been magic. If you're a fan of hers then you have to see it but just know I warned you. There is not much of a story here.
I'm trying to read The Wal-Mart Effect right now but with school, trying to read The Week weekly :-) and life it's been a slow start. I have read the first chapter and that in and of it's self was mind blowing.
So most of you know that my mom has a "brain tumor" of a sort. Last week she woke up from a nap and was deaf in her right ear. Shitty way to end a nap! Then over the weekend she found herself in the ER. She was overwhelmingly dizzy and nausious. They doped her up and sent her home with the hopes she would be able to get in with the surgeon at Emory asap. Looks like she's going to have to wait a month until she can get another MRI and see how much this tumor has grown. The dizzy spells are a side effect...so we've learned. In the meantime she's walking around like a drunk and saying "huh" all the time. She's in good spirits and feeling pretty good otherwise.