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15 more Days

I've finally started packing. With the positive inspection and the mortgage paperwork percolating in the background, there's really nothing left for me to do until the closing. So far, I've packed 5 boxes. Well, 4. One was already packed. I figure if I do a couple every day, I'll be all ready. It's already starting to look a little bare around the apartment.

I got a little early dog training on Friday and Saturday. A lost dog showed up at school on Friday. Unfortunately, our local town has no animal control and the dog was somewhat disrupting. I did hear that one administrator was terrified that the dog would poop on a floor - how that would hurt 35 year old heavy duty vinyl tiles, I'm not sure, but a freak-out was immenent. So I took the dog into my classroom for the rest of the day. She was a 6 month old puppy, really sweet and mellow. I kept her overnight, until Saturday morning when her owner was found. Thanks to unknown house training, I walked about 4 miles over 12 hours... I'm happy to say that my carpet remained stain free.

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