Confessions from the Dollhouse

I confess: Some days are for good news… and some days are for bad news… for me, today was a day for both….. Today I was promoted!!! I’m the new store manager of the Anthropologie store I have been working at for the past year and a half… to say it wasn’t a speedy move up would be an understatement, but with a little luck, a lot of hard work, a few stumbles, and an opportunity to good to go for I had to go for it! I’d be lying if I didn’t say i was a smidgen proud of myself. Today I also lost a good friend of almost 16 years… my sweet dog Sydney… I am so sad to know that when I go to my parents house she will no longer be there to greet me, but I find comfort in the fact that I was able to go and say goodbye to her today before she was put to rest after a beautiful, full, long life. Sydney was there through many life milestones for me… graduating high school, graduating college, moving to San Francisco, and most recently getting married. Sydney was a very independent spirit, not much unlike myself, and she always kept it real! Sydney was bit of a feisty one and would nip and bite on occasion, but there was always a reason…. you were trying to take something away from her, you were annoying her, or you were making her uncomfortable…. Sydney didn’t have a voice to yell at you with so she used her teeth as her means of communication. I like to think if I were a dog, I would be just like Syd… you just can’t blame a dog for keeping it real. Sydney will be cremated and her ashes spread over her most favorite places to roam around in the backyard, the places that made her the most happy…. Rest in peace Sydney… I love you….