Down to the wire…
Have to keep tonight’s entry über-short, as I’ll be working through the wee hours of the night to prepare my apartment for Samson’s arrival tomorrow afternoon1 
My new family member, a 7yo beagle named Samson 
“Prepare,” of course, being different from “beagle-proof” — I’ve become acutely aware in the past 24 hours that even my more-spartan-than-most-normal-people living preferences still leave entirely too many objects within reach of a beagle capable of stretching out to 4ish feet when he wants something 
All supplies have been bought, except the toys he’ll pick out himself.
Got dog food in bulk so it’ll last until 2013.
Set to pick him up at 10:30am, then have an appointment with the groomer scheduled right after so he can get cleaned up from 4 months of living in a dog shelter. A trip to the vet is set after that so he can get a thorough going-over to ensure that, heartworms aside, he’s otherwise in good health.
And most of the ingestible and/or destructible stuff in dog reach has been removed already or will be gone shortly.2
Even though I’ve got a sterling past record as a caretaker, I still get a smidge terrified at how this is all going to turn out… 
Pictures and the background on his adoption hopefully coming tomorrow night 
Have a good night y’all!
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