Over the past week I’ve been emailing with the principles at Nicker Barker Farm about getting a puppy from them. After checking me out they decided to approve my application and last night I sent in my deposit. Sometime between December and March I’ll be bringing home a female pup. My position at Skidmore has finally enabled me to get my own dog, something I’ve wanted to do for over 10 years but have been unable to because of my work situations and the fact that I’m single…well, most of the time anyway.

Skidmore has a dog friendly campus, so I can bring the puppy to work with me most of the time, and I live very close to campus and hope to live even closer. The stars are aligned for me to finally have a dog.

Now all that remains is to pick a name. Somehow the name ‘Soolin’ (pronounce it Sue-Lynn) got in my head while I was looking over the Nicker Barker site, but I’m open to suggestions. I’d like something distinctive – if you have something in mind feel free to comment and I’ll pick one between now and when I pick up the dog.