Things have been pretty crazy around here. After Turtle was attacked, we had to bring him to the vet every couple days for a few weeks to get his bandages changed. I spent much of the time researching the dog bite laws and trying to figure out if we could get the owner of the dogs who attacked him to pay for the vet bills. Kat and I visited a free legal clinic and they said our first option should be to contact the guy's home owner's insurance and file a claim. My neighbor called his insurance to file a claim, but didn't do much follow up. I got the policy number and claim information from him and called them every day. Eventually they asked me to fax over all of the vet bills. Kat helped us write a letter to the dog owner and his insurance company to prove our case. Finally I got a call from the insurance agent saying they would pay the claim! It was a huge relief to get back the $5,000+ we paid for his treatment.

Last week Emily, my mom, sister and I went on a cruise to Alaska! There wasn't much to do on the boat, but we did get plenty of good gym and reading time. The excursions were the highlight of the trip. We hiked to the Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau, biked and hiked in Sitka and went on zip lines in Ketchikan. Lindsey drove the kitchen staff crazy with her complicated orders. She had to put her special orders in the night before, but by the time she sat down for dinner, she had either changed her mind or decided to eat elsewhere. I felt bad for the dining manager. She told him that she was a vegan, so she could order off the vegan menu, but would then order a rack of lamb to go with her vegetables.

On the way back from the cruise, Emily and I got stuck in Minneapolis. The airline put us up in a hotel and gave us meal tickets for dinner. We got to the hotel just after 11:00pm and the kitchen had just closed. We woke up very early the next morning, fought the mob of people trying to get on the 5:30am bus back to the airport and finally made it home on Sunday.

The day I got back to work, I put in two weeks notice at my job. The previous week I found out that I got the job I had been applying for at Proof. I will still be shooting and editing video, but I will be working on much higher end productions at my new job. My goal was to learn about this type of video production to broaden my experience in the video industry. I'll let you know how it goes!