Published on
February 29, 2008 in
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I came home to see this after a late night grocery shopping trip.
Great… it’s even more destroyed than it was before. I’m extra pissed about this because today I went to Petco, bought a tension gate designed just for dogs and set it up so she’d stay in her corner. I also invested in the “Wee-wee Puppy Pads” to see if she’d use them. Well, I get home… see she’s somehow used her 4.5 pound body to shove open the gate and continue her attempts at digging under my door. That was the last straw. I’m hiring a personal doggy trainer to come here and give me one-on-one advice. She’s destroying my home and my life. But I’m in love with her (darn it) so I can’t just get rid of her. Which sounds harsh, but I’m in over my head… and in different circumstances I wouldn’t put up with this. She pees and poos wherever the heck she wants. So, it’s time for tough-tough-TOUGH love training. In her crate all the time except to let her out to pee or eat whilst I have my eyes only affixed on her. If she doesn’t do her duties, back in she goes. She’ll have to wait until next time out. Oh yeah…. I can already hear her whining.
Anyways, I had a really productive day and I’m totally exhausted. But take a look at this… you can see how much I did!
It’s a crappy picture of my to do list. Anyways, I filled in a lot of circles! Yay. Oh yeah, and there’s a hint to the big secret on there too. DONT LOOK FOR IT! Haha. I need to go strangle my pillow and vent some more somewhere else.
Last dog picture for awhile. But yes… she is in fact the devil.
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Published on
February 28, 2008 in
General.
I got the most amazing and surprising phone call today. Well… voicemail. I tend to not answer my phone if I don’t know the number. But I’m not going to write about that yet because I really don’t know where it will lead to. But it’s exciting and I’ll share more once I can. Today was kind of a strange day. I ended up waking up really late and feeling kinda weird. I got a little stressed out over rent but got it figured out with my mom and a friend (thank you). I had to head out to my mom’s but ended up not getting anything done that needed to get done. Tomorrow is going to be very, very busy. I’m already working on a list, haha. Anyways, I hope everyone has an awesome “leap day” of February. I know mine will be busy, busy, busy.
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Published on
February 25, 2008 in
General.
I’m not going to linger on all this weeks drama much more. Tomorrow I’ll know the real deal as far as Daisy’s health is concerned. I’ll talk to the vet and who knows, maybe it’s nothing serious or something that’s easily cured. Or maybe she’s dying. But either way, I’m just gonna take it and still give her the best time of her life. Am I pissed that the kennel I got her from left A LOT of information out? A little. But mostly I think I should have just been a bit smarter, and even though she’s a total sweetheart, I just wasn’t mentally prepared to take care of training, obedience, 24/7 attention and major vet bills. I guess I got her out of a really bad situation however and I’m glad that I did what I thought was right. Anyways, this precious little gem…
did this to my carpet…
I’ve got to give her the cake though, she’s got more issues to deal with than I do. (Although I’m the one cleaning up her urine every two hours. And the one paying to have my carpet replaced. Hmmm…) This is a fresh week and I only want things to go smoothly. For a few days. Please?
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Published on
February 22, 2008 in
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Gah, time flies when you’re… busy as hell! This week has been kinda crazy. I took Daisy to the vet to get some tests done to see if she’s okay for surgery (she’s getting spayed and a tooth removed). Basically I’ve kinda been freaking out about her health because I’ve found out a lot of disturbing things in the past week that I’ve had her. She has a mild heart murmer, she has terrible teeth (I don’t think her previous owners cleaned them much), and she has a leg condition that makes her hind legs lock up occassionally. So the vet bills have been piling up, much more than expected. But I’m dead set on giving her a wonderful life, no matter what! I love her to death and I’m so glad she’s in my life. She’s the best. Really. Tonight my mom and brother are coming out for game/dinner night at my place. So I’m excited about that because I haven’t seen my mom in a week. Also, I have a doctor appointment in a little bit. So I’m running behind on an update for the week. I’m trying hard to get something ready to post up tonight, but dang, where did time go?!? Well, I’m sure you all know how it goes sometimes. My dad finally made it out here for the first time today too. I was so excited about that! I was worried he’d never visit me because he has a hard time getting around sometimes, but he did fine and we had lunch together. It was super! I guess I’ll stop babbling about my family, because it’s not too interesting. Just hang on for a sexy update tonight. This week went by much faster than expected. You are all lovely’s!!!
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Published on
February 18, 2008 in
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I’ve got my puppy! Daisy’s here. Yesterday was scary for us though. She wasn’t eating, drinking, playing, or going potty. She was coughing and gagging too. So I got really scared and went to the emergency pet center. They told me that they couldn’t see anything obviously wrong with her, but they could do a bunch of tests just to be sure. But I thought that it could very well just be her nerves and the effect the flight might have taken on her body/mind. So they gave her an injection of fluids so that she wouldn’t dehydrate. That made me feel a lot better because if I hadn’t done anything and she died or something. I would’ve felt so bad. But the moment she got home she came running out of her crate and I got her to drink some water. She’s been in the best mood ever all day today. I got her to eat some biscuits and I tricked her into eating some of her actual food. So today I’m just going to be monitoring her closely and making sure she’s staying active and such. Here’s a picture of her sitting on my lap while I watched some tv. She lovesssss to cuddle. And sleep in MY bed. Haha.
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Published on
February 12, 2008 in
General.
Man oh man oh mannn… well, the last few days of my life have been a complete disaster. I’m physically and emotionally drained. I guess I’ll start by telling you the simple story, a pipe burst in the apartment above mine. There were huge puddles (or so I’m told) sitting on the floor above my apartment that is seeping through to my ceiling. Needless to say, my apartment has been damaged. Probably not nearly as bad as the one above me. But my ceiling has major water damage and the plaster is all soggy. Also, I had to completely empty my bedroom and I’ve been sleeping on various couches for the past few days. Yesterday I got home to find that someone had turned my thermostat up for 80 degrees F. And it felt like I was living in a jungle. It was humid and nasty and not good for all the mold I’m now surrounded by. So after having a panic attack, taking my sleeping pills and trying to sleep in the unbearable heat… I called my brother to come pick me up so I could sleep on the couch at my moms. I felt really bad because I now live about 30 minutes from my mom and brother and dad. So it was out of the way for him. But I slept good last night. I suppose that should count for something. But I’ve been dealing with carpeters, three different maintenence men (coming in and out of my apartment at any time of the day/night), and carpenters and painters. I guess I missed them today, because I had a note on my door telling me that someone would be coming tomorrow to fix the plaster and paint. Yeahhhh…… so I basically have to move everything into the tiny corners of my apartment that are not affected by the damage so they can work. Otherwise I’ll have plaster bits and paint all over my brand new furniture. I’m fucking pissed to be honest. I’m angry and depressed that this would happen within 10 days of me living here. I was just finally getting used to it and I was really enjoying it. I’m in a foul mood.
However, I finalized everything for Daisy! I’m changing up my lease on Thursday (don’t remind me, it’s lovely Valentines Day…I won’t be celebrating.) And the kennel said they could fly her out on Friday!!!!! Gahhhhhh I’m so excited. You probably think I’m just a big dorky animal lover now but I’ll try not to talk about her too much. (But just so you know, I’m so fuggin happy about it.) So that’s really the only good thing that’s been going on. I need to earn some more money to pay for my gigantic electricity bill (they have two huge utility fans blowing 24/7 in my bedroom) and for the fee for the dog, and for her flight ticket out here. Then for the following vet visit. I’d like to think I’m not in over my head. And so far I’m not. I just really hope I don’t get charged for any of this water damage stuff. That would just send me over the edge. Because I’d have to fight them about that and I’m no good at that. Anyways, if I don’t post for a few days you’ll know why. I’m going to be doing everything I can think of to come up with the extra money I’ll need for this month. (And no I’m not asking for charity from anyone. I just want you to know that I’m going to be busy working hard this whole week.)
Also there’s just been constant annoying snowfall here. Making it really difficult to just do regular chores and errands like grocery shopping and dog preparation stuff. I’m really, really, done with winter. This has been the worst winter I can ever remember being alive for. And it’s giving me the bluuuuuuuues. 
I want sunshine! Sorry for all the complaining, but I’ve had a series of unfortunate events affecting my life all week. I’m no happy camper. But I’m glad I can get it out there in my blog. You guys are great and having an outlet like this really helps me just suck it up and deal with things. So thanks. I mean it!
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