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What's Up Wednesday?!
This week has been a little meh, but looks to improve.
Monday, I signed on for a flaming on the other board I frequent re: a post on my dogs. I knew it would spark some heat and I posted it anyway. What was I thinking?!! So, Monday was not the most productive.
Yesterday was my work remote day - which I love, but I had to spend the whole day working on a powerpoint presentation, not so fun. I also had running group - which I thought I would miss but was able to make it - and it was my favorite hill repeat route. I was jazzed about that, but the run itself beat me up a bit.
Today, should be able to focus on my regular stuff since the presentation is *almost* finished. That's a good thing.
Re: What's Up Wednesday?!
I saw your OP. We have much the same situation with our dogs and I have some of the same fears. I'm not going to bring the crazy here but if you ever want to discuss we can. There is this older book by two great trainers. It's called Childproofing your Dog or Dogproofing your child, something like that. It's out of print but I think I have a photocopy. I can copy that and send to you if you want (don't tell the library/copyright police!!). Pretty much it's just identifying problem behaviors & working on them, reinforcing basic commands, etc.
As for me, I'm having a super crappy week. Our Lily is pretty sick & we almost put her down yesterday. After two days at the vet & a big bill she's back home & feeling a little better. She's anemic, has an infection, & has underlying liver disease. The vet hopes she can recover with time. I hope so too, even if we just get another 6 months or a year with her. The uncertainty sucks.
Other than that, work is ok, even good.
((( Hug )))
Been there, done that with a similar situation. I feel you on how heart-sick and powerless these things render you - especially when they can't vocalize what hurts and you're playing the 'best guess' game on how to treat & make comfortable. I hope things work out the best that they can for all of you, whatever that may mean.
Thanks for the book recommendation - I'll let you know if I have a problem tracking a copy down. I've had some constructive recommendations since on ways to work with him.
Today I'm both crushed and relieved because it was just announced that Alexandria/Cairo is out and Istanbul is in for our upcoming cruise. It helps that I was mentally preparing myself for the possibility of not going to Egypt but I can't help to be bummed. I've been dreaming of riding a camel in front of the Great Pyramids, seeing Tut's treasures, and real mummies for the past two years so I guess the dream can still wait.
On a happier note, this decision makes it easier to plan again. I hear Istanbul is a great place to visit and easy to DIY which should save us some money. We'll have an overnight there so if anyone has suggestions please feel free to pass them along
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By the way, I now have that stupid Istanbul not Constantinople song stuck in my head...yah for that...
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Nota, I saw that craziness on MM and almost chimed in since I was home (vacation day), but the crazy was just too thick for me. My belated 2 cents: I think you were being entirely reasonable in you thoughts, and in fact DH and I had just had a similar discussion about our aggressive, medically-challenged, litter-box-avoiding cat. Only in our case, re-homing really isn't an option, because who would put up with all that? Hopefully you can work with your dog--you've got plenty of time!
This week is pretty tame so far. I started reading the book for the book club last night, and I have a bunch of volunteer stuff to do for the cat shelter (about 70% done with that so far). I'm also fighting my urge to decorate more rooms in our new house because we just had to pay out a couple of big bills, which means fewer dollars leftover for decorating projects.
The Fluffy Cat says... "Boxes are the best toys ever invented!"
Nota, thanks. I really want her to get better but I also want her to give us a sign one way or the other. The rollercoaster sucks! On the plus side, my usually uber-cheap husband has been ok with this last vet bill. Ugh!
And Christine, I too would love to go to Egypt! Europe is first on my list but Egypt is next. DH wants to go to Hawaii first. Makes me feel like yawning!
So far, so good. I'm out of the funk I was in Monday and Tuesday. I'm slowly catching up on paperwork (even though this is not how to do it) and I have a chai latte and a low-fat blueberry muffin. That is happiness. Work was pretty good today so far - one more appointment. I think I successfully talked a 6th grader down from beating up half his school.
My hill run last night beat me up, too, but at least by the end I managed to beat it back. I was tired and cold and soooo not in the mood to run, but glad I did afterward. Still fighting shin splints, too, and those hills took the pain to a whole new level. I'm thinking I'm going to skip my run tomorrow in favor of swimming instead.
I also just booked my flight to NYC for the weekend of the 25th. I'm pretty stoked for that. H has to go there for work for two weeks, so I'm going to go spend the weekend with him. Even if it's not WARMER, it'll do me good to get out of here for a weekend. Plus I've only been to NYC once, for one day, so I can't wait to get to see more of it! (And I'm hoping he can talk his boss into buying us a fancy dinner, since he was the one who suggested that I come out too!! <--And I mean CORPORATE boss with the big bucks!)
Well for me this week has dragged on. I think it is just because we have been so slow at the bank all week.
As for today it was a good day but now I am kinda bummed my work team lost this Bankademics challenge we were in. It sucks mostly just because we were ahead then the team that won came out of nowhere and killed us at the end with things nobody on my team knew. I am kinda glad this challenge is over now because it was causing me a little stress.
Hope everyone has a great end of the work week!