So that story goes like this: Anthony was applying for a job with Petsmart. He needed references and he couldn't remember the name of the woman he'd previously worked for, so he found out and I didn't hear the name so I was like "TORTELLINI???" and we just both died laughing and I asked if we could put that in Minnie's name, so yeah. Tortellini.

Her last name is Anthony's last name :P

And there we are. Madam Minerva Ladybird (Tortellini-)Hernandez. Minnie for short. Oh, and occasionally Madam because she's just so active and hyper sometimes that we pick her up and say "EXCUSE ME MADAM" and she stops.

But anyway! Here she is :)

But by Saturday night, we felt really bad about keeping a dog at their place, so we snuck her into my dorm and she mostly slept the entire time she was there. She didn't pee everywhere or anything. She slept on my pillow next to Anthony, so I had to scoot down, and I woke up every hour gasping "OH MY GOD SHE'S PEED, HASN'T SHE", but to my surprise, everything was dry.

So, Anthony hadn't asked his parents if they could take care of Minnie until the semester was over. I know, I know, it was highly irresponsible of us to buy a puppy when we didn't even have a home for her. I know. But we just had to. If we had never seized the opportunity, we would never have met her, and I think everything happened the way it should have. REGARDLESS, he still hadn't asked if they could take her. Well, he called the day before he was supposed to go home, and they said no, so he had to drive two hours east to my parents' apartment in Katy and dropped her off there, then drove another four hours south back to Kingsville. Terrific, right?

Minnie loves my parents and they love her. Well, my mom loves her. My dad's never liked animals in the house but whatever. She's my baby :) This was her when I visited a couple of weeks later.

When spring break came along, I went over to my parents' for a few days, then I bought Minnie a car seat at Petsmart (for $17 with my PetPerks card, hollaaaa) and we endured a 5-hour drive down to Harlingen! 

Driving for 5 hours with a 3-month-old pug sounds like hell, but it actually went better than I expected it would go. She was extremely restless and irritated through the first 30 minutes of the drive, but after that, she was used to her seat and she slept. Yes, she slept through most of the drive. I stopped in Victoria so she could pee, then sprinted to the bathroom and back because I didn't want to leave her alone in the car too long (the windows were rolled down, of course!). I made another stop in Kingsville for gas, and she started to get irritated again, but she fell asleep for the last hour of the trip. When we finally made it to Anthony's house, she was so excited to be out of her seat. And Anthony was worried that she wouldn't recognize him, but oh boy, she did. Minnie loves her daddy very much :)

During the break, I got to see what Anthony would be like with her, and I am in absolute love with the way he handles her. He loves her so much. We were almost like real parents :P She would cry in the middle of the night and he would let her out to pee, we'd spend time with her outside, we'd play with her, feed her. All that stuff. It's making me really sad now, I wish I could experience that again :(

Finally, the semester was over and I came over to Katy to be with my babyyy! :)

She was so happy to see mommy :')

But yes. She is a puppy. I walked right into her trap. She is a handful and she will NOT let you forget it.