4 posts tagged “dog”
It's so yucky outside...cold and a little rainy. The perfect weather to reflect a yucky day.
My Megan's Law hearing did not go well. I really can't stand cross-examining psychologists/psychiatrists. I swear it drives me batty. I don't think he gave me one straight answer the entire examination. Grrr.
Vacation has officially started, though. And that is a good thing.
I came home, walked the dog and let him loose to chase squirrels in the cemetary:
Then I came home, crawled into bed and had the best nap. Now I'm curled up with the kitty and a cup of coffee. The dog is running and hopping around, barking, desperately wants to be played with.
I'm just about done Christmas shopping. I know what I want to buy my mom, it's just a matter of getting out and doing it. Still have to get something for my brother and sister-in-law. I have a ton of knitted gifts that I need to hurry up and finish...sigh. That will hopefully be done tonight and tomorrow.
It's so quiet in my apartment building...I guess all of my neighbors have gone and are on their way home to their families...I decided to spend tonight here just to get some alone time in before the holiday. After the crappy week I've had, I need some alone time.
Where have I been, you ask?
I dropped my laptop. Again.
Yes. That laptop that had the brand new harddrive that I had JUST had installed (because I had dropped my laptop and had damaged the harddrive - which was also a brand new harddrive that had been replaced by Apple).
That's 3 harddrives in under a month.
After it happened, I turned out the lights in my apartment and crawled under the covers and decided that I was going to pretend it didn't happen. Only to wake up and have to deal with the fact that, yes, I had just dropped my laptop again and damaged my harddrive. Again.
I decided that I clearly wasn't responsible enough to own a laptop anymore.
I am composing this latest entry on my early Christmas present. My father decided that I was being a bit hard on myself and took me to the Apple store to pick out a new laptop. At first I refused, and then decided I was being an idiot for turning down his offer. But I refused to get a brand new one - so I picked out a "refreshed" MacBook that was the store demo, it's only 6 months old. It's AMAZING. Apple has really outdone itself. My dad then insisted to on having my old laptop examined and then have the harddrive replaced. I didn't understand why he wanted to waste another $200 on it, and then I realized HE wanted my old laptop. Ha! I think I have begun the Macintosh conversion on my dad! So the old ibook is off to Apple for a new brain and my spanking new MacBook is on my lap.
Other than that drama, things have been busy. Busy at work, busy with the dog. He had his surgery (neutering) on Friday and that was another drama. He went in early Friday morning and the vet released him later that afternoon. I thought they would keep him over night, but no. At first he seemed ok, but things went steadily downhill. He was in very bad shape and was showing symptoms that I just couldn't figure out. Plus he wouldn't eat or drink anything. He couldn't sit or lay down, just stood there, shaking, with a glassy look. Wasn't responding. I was in such a panic. Called the vet ER, they were a bit surprised he wasn't given any pain medicine. He just moaned and moaned and I couldn't even pick him up without hurting him. Then he just collapsed, fell right over. I flipped out, called the breeder - thank God she was there - turned out he was very hypoglycemic. I gave him some corn syrup and he bounced back like a champ. Then gave him some hot dog. Lots of hot dog.
Yesterday was still a bit touch-and-go, but this morning he's back to his bubbly, tail wagging self. I'll have to post some pics of him in his Elizabethan collar - it's very funny. He looks like a little buttercup. I think I'll decorate it :)
My eharmony matches, by the way, are getting better and better. I haven't met any of them yet, but there are quite I few who I am definitely interested in. Hopefully I'll be able to start meeting up with some of these matches after Thanksgiving.
Today, just hanging out with the family and Dash. Nothing exciting.
Last night I woke up to my dog humping my arm.
EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW.
He was really going to town. Totally freaked me out! It's the first time he's ever done that. Usually he just tries to hump all of the boy dogs in the park. When girl dogs come up he usually hides behind my legs. So I liked to think he was gay.
I was waiting for his blood test results to come back before I scheduled him for the big surgery. Up until now he didn't really seem to know what those 2 little things were for. And since he wasn't marking any of my furniture I was tempted to just let him keep them. Ha. Not after last night.
But he is so handsome in his little sweater:
Oh and I have soooooo many more pictures to post......
Seriously, though, this morning on our walk it was pouring. I felt so bad for him. He was miserable but he really wanted to run around. I need to get him a raincoat and boots. We were only out for 5 minutes and he was shivering so badly and whimpering, but at the same time couldn't make up his mind whether he wanted to stay out or go in. Finally I picked him up and carried him home he was shivering so bad. :(
My headache is still pretty bad. Last night was the worst. This morning I was trying to get it together, but after having thrown up all last night I was pretty weak. So I called out of work, forgetting that we have off on Monday, so now I have to get a doctor's note for missing today. Argh. Now I have to haul myself over to the doctor's office. I made an appointment with the chiropractor. He's my doctor. I see him for these damn headaches so that should be good enough. Of course, I haven't gone in about 3 weeks which is why this headache was so much worse than usual. I don't even take drugs for the pain anymore. Nothing works. Not even the narcotics they gave me in the ER. I have some percocet left from my surgery, but that doesn't help at all so why waste it.
I have some really funny pictures of the first few days of the dog-cat interactions.
I can't imagine what it must be like to have a child. You must be wanting to take a picture ever 3 seconds. If I'm this bad with my dog, can you imagine me with a baby?
Finallly my computer is fixed! It really didn't occur to me how much work I had to redo now that I have a new harddrive. Like getting back all of those stored passwords, email addresses, contact numbers, web links. Re-installing a ton of software. Re-installing all of my music. Getting all of the Mac updates. It's been a major pain in the ass. But, my computer works, I have a brand new harddrive, and it didn't cost me any money.
Life has been insanely hectic. I don't even know where to begin. I have had no contact with Mr. X. I have had some contact with Mr. Wonderful, but I'm doing okay. I ran into him one day after work as I was cutting through the park. It wasn't as emotional as I thought it would be, probably because he didn't act like a jerk (well, at least any more than usual). We chatted for a few minutes, hugged, and that was it. The next day he called me at work to thank me for talking to him. We chatted a bit more, and it started to feel just like old times. It doesn't sounds as though the counseling is really doing anything. I think he's right back where he was when he first met me. On Monday he sent me an email saying he had skybox tickets to the NFL game and didn't want to go alone. He kept alluding to me coming along with him, but didn't outright ask me. I told him that I knew what he was doing -- he was trying to get me to volunteer to go so that he could say that he didn't actually invite me. So juvenile. After work, he called me and told me that he was taking his daughter. He sounded so down. Which only made me feel better.
This past weekend I went to Chicago for a work related conference. The conference was painfully boring, but I just love Chicago. I could totally live there. It's such a beautiful city. On the way back to the airport, I fell asleep on the Loop. When I woke up, this really cute guy next to me started to chat me up. It really was just what I needed. He was attractive, my age, NOT MARRIED, intelligent, employed, and even had a pulse! Unfortunately, he lives in Atlanta. Oh well. It was just a great feeling to have a guy chat me up and actually enjoy the conversation. It's a nice reminder that there are other fish in the sea.
So the dog update: Eli spent the weekend with my parents. He (and they) had a blast together. I'm really relieved that it worked out because he was having some serious separation anxiety issues. He's a doll and really the best thing that's happened to me this year. Getting him was one of the best decisions I've ever made. The distraction and all of the new responsibilities have been really good for me. Not just emotionallly, but physically too - I'm walking up a storm so I'm getting a lot of exercise. He and the cat have adjusted to one another pretty well - she tolerates him and he leaves her alone. She is still the boss of the house, though, which is good. At night, she sleeps on my right and he sleeps on my left :)
