A New Life

Hey everybody. So, I've moved to Chicago in the last month after pretty much a split-second decision. I've accepted a job as a dog walker and an English tutor. I would go into details with all this, and I probably will at a later time, but I'm also under a bit of stress right now. I think my cell phone was stolen this evening and I'm so glad that I'm not panicking (if you believe in God, you could probably back my belief that the Holy Ghost has been helping me not panic). I called up USCellular and told them to suspend my number.

All this was after a comprehensive search so I'm not just jumping to conclusions. I am, however, trying to be realistic. My parents will be able to bring me my old Android phone, so I can have all the stuff I used to, just with a smaller screen. Even if somebody picked it up intending not to use it, it would be very difficult getting it back to me.

As for the pet/house sitting job, I'm an independent contractor with a business called Pawlosophy (very cute name!) I take appointments that are approved by the administration and set my own schedule every day within the time frame that the clients supply. I've been shadowing other sitters thus far during my training days as they've gone on their routes, particularly the woman I will be replacing. I've met most of the dogs in my area. Next week, I have an appointment with a cat, but I'll be training for that later. 

Among the dogs in my area, I have a number of Golden Retrievers and Chocolate Labs, a pit-bull mix, a darling (albeit huge) puppy who gets very shy during the rain, a deaf dog, a huge Pointer, and 3 VERY rambunctious dogs that don't even go on a walk, but rather race around their huge basement area. I'm allowed inside all the clients' homes, except for a few people who want to meet me before I go and pet-sit for them. 

Most of the homes I visit are in very high-class neighborhoods (probably since the people living in them are the ones who can afford it) and the houses are big and amazing. Quite a few of the clients have property near Lake Michigan, so I can take their dogs on walks by the beach. I'll take pics of some of the more beautiful sights when I can. If I can take pictures of the dogs, I'll post those too.