February 20

My brother, Shane, lives in Boston, so I don't get to see him very much, but he is in town for the weekend! It's really nice to have the whole family together. Usually we just end up laying around and visiting, but we all get along so well together.

Another fun thing about Shane being here is that it's the first time we get to see his NBA Championship ring in person! For those that don't know, Shane is the Information Systems Designer for the Boston Celtics, so when they won the championship last year, he also won a championship ring (as did his wife, who also works for them on game nights). This is me wearing an actual NBA Championship ring!! Wow.

Also, he brought presents!! We got some Celtics shirts and clothes, and he brought Maggie and Tia some brand new made-just-for-them-by-Cassandra collars, like Ajax has! Maggie even got a leash that matches her new collar!! It's amazing!

She was so excited about them that I put all three of them on her at once. Then she tried to eat her old collar when it was laying on the floor.

Looking forward to a fun, family-filled weekend.