Music, skunks, and a plane ticket....

I have recently discovered this awesome site called rdio.com it is pretty awesome, except after a free 14 day trial it is 10$ per month to use it. It is kind of like itunes in that is has everything and then you can make playlists and listen to it from your phone, computer, etc. It is pretty cool! Confession: I have about 4 emails two that I never use anymore and 2 recent ones, so for the free trial all it needs is your email so I have just given it a different email and gotten the free trial 4 times.... is that bad? I don't know, but it works, anyway I am now using my parents email and I feel like I might have to start paying for it soon...ugh. Anyway I have discovered some cool artists from rdio! Such as; Lenka, Lena, Regina Spektor, Ellie Goulding, He is We, and you know that song Royals that is soooo overplayed that you kind of hate it now? Yeah well I decided to look up other things by Lorde and she has some other pretty good songs so that's something. I only have 8 more days left before my last free trial ends, hopefully I can convince the parents to pay for a month or two.

So today I woke up and I smelled a very strange smell, I didn't think much of it but when I got back from seminary (early morning church class) I found Dad downstairs laying on the futon with a blanket over his nose. He promptly told me that George had gone out and gotten himself sprayed by a skunk and rubbed the smell all over the house....ewwwww. So the day consisted of looking up home remedies such as; tomato juice, bowls of vinegar everywhere, cooking spices (only made it smell like a spicy skunk sprayed), two dog baths, lots of air freshener and all the windows open. I have to say this is the worst smell ever, I mean yes of course you would expect a skunk to smell awful but this bad? I didn't think so, boy was I wrong. It is so gross and its everywhere! There is no escape! The smell also made me get a bad headache so I had a nap underneath all my blankets, which sort of helped. Anyway I really hope this smell will go away, if not I will simply have to leave...

Here is the culprit, he smells awful but he is so cute with his sad puppy eyes! We have kind of been shunning him all day, poor thing....

So my amazing sister Katie, who lives in Bielefeld, Germany, is pregnant and she also has three adorable little girls and her husband is in Japan for 3 months for work. She is having a hard time so my parents thought about it and looked at plane tickets and they were really cheap. So now the plan is in the works to go and live with my lovely sister for a month to help her out. Which will be fun because I will get to go back to Germany (Yay) and see my sister and nieces!! It will be hard but I'm hopeful I can give Katie a much needed and deserved break! So I am leaving on the Nov. 5 from DC which is conveniently where my bestie Ashlynne lives! So I am going to go and visit her for a couple of days before I fly out to Germany! I am so excited! I miss that girlie so much! We are already making all sorts of fun plans, it will be fantastic! So there is my life update. 

Katie with two cute girls! Isn't she gorgeous?

My bestie Ash! 

In other news Dad is doing amazing and he is almost done with his first chemo/radiation round! Tomorrow is his last day! He is such a touper I would just give up but he just keeps going! I love you Daddy!