Hello, dear readers! Welcome to Thursday. So much has happened in the last week!
I got my first professional haircut and beard trim in 18 months.

It feels really good to feel like me again in a way I haven’t I’m a while. Even though I’ve been cutting my own hair every couple of months, I don’t do nearly this good of a job.
The most important news of the week, though, happened on Saturday morning.

We adopted a dog! Nova Sibirsk Hanson-Draeger is a Siberian Husky mix who was originally going to be adopted by her foster, but she didn’t get along with the resident cat. Lucky for us (though we did feel bad that the foster was heartbroken to see her go)!
We had an odd first few days (lots of people in and out, including a couple of friends staying with us Sunday afternoon through Tuesday morning), but she has been an absolute dreamboat of a dog so far. You’d never know by the way she’s already settled in that it’s been less than a week.
We love Nova to pieces already and we’re looking forward to spoiling her rotten for many years to come!