So what's new? A few things worth mentioning. I was fortunate enough to be hired for another job, as an activities assistant at a long term care facility. I trained this weekend in their Alzheimer's unit (where I'll be every other weekend), and I got good feedback on my skills from the person training me . . . so that was encouraging. This job is part time, so it meshes perfectly with my other part time job; plus, it will work well with my school schedule come fall. Hopefully I can soon secure a summer school position, and my weekly number of hours worked will stay constant.

I took the PLACE exam this weekend, which is required for admittance to the Early Childhood SPED grad program at UNC. I think I did well; I'll find out in two weeks.

Now, for the main reason I thought to post anything. An awful thing happened today, and I still don't know exactly how it did. I was taking Mobius for a walk, and somehow the leash detached from his collar. How this happened I do not know. He ran out in the street and got hit by a car, going about 25 mph. We took him to the vet and he has no broken bones, and his blood work came back ok. They're just worried about his kidney, which looked out of place on the xray. It could be the way it was since birth, or maybe the accident knocked it out of place. He's staying overnight to be observed. Hopefully we can bring him home tomorrow. It's shaken us up a bit . . . say a prayer he'll be ok.