FML: the unhappy things list continues.
This afternoon Ela cried out when she tried to stand up.
She did it several times over the rest of the evening. We gave her more pain meds around 4 and then a second pill that's supposed to be a combo pain med and anti-inflammatory with her dinner.
After dinner I sat on the floor with her head in my lap while Small Boy and I rubbed her belly and massaged her and she licked our faces and pressed against us.
Around 10 pm she threw up all the contents of her stomach.
I am booked with clients from 8 AM until 9 PM nearly every day. My husband is out of town. I cannot even imagine how I can fit in vet visits, and our vet thinks it's probably cancer and won't even give a cortisone shot just in case it's bursitis. (The vet thinks it's the kind of cancer you get from vaccination injections.) I'm feeling like I'd like to try someone else, but there's just no way I can manage to get the dog to the vet right now.
Meanwhile, remember that tree that fell on our house Thursday morning? The insurance adjuster still hasn't arrived. The tree guy has chopped up some of the tree that fell but still hasn't come back to remove the brush that is all over the sidewalk. The half of the tree that remains is teetering over the $8,000 worth of slate on pallets in our driveway. I moved my minivan into a position to try to save the slate if the tree falls; the slate is worth a hell of a lot more than the minivan (which is insured anyway.) The tree guy who is supposed to take the teetering tree-half down hasn't come back to do it.
You know what makes this all so much better? Our neighbors called the police on us because we haven't cleared the the sidewalk and we're trashing the neighborhood with our torn siding. We got a $10 ticket in the mail yesterday for our infraction of having a tree fall on the house. Ironically, we actually DID clear a path in the snow around the tree. Apparently it wasn't enough for our compassionate neighbors.
This week-end is when the clocks get put forward an hour. I'm not a morning person, and my husband is out of town so I'm in charge of the morning shift with the dog and Small Boy.
My period started tonight unexpectedly.
I'll try to get a happy things list out of myself before I head to bed. Here goes.
1. It's passover so there are chocolate jelly rings on sale at the grocery store.
2. I went to the grocery store! B. left us without any milk in the house, so I trundled Small Boy to the store with me and I wandered the edges of the store in awe. Eggs! They had dozens and dozens of eggs! I didn't even have to wait for them to be dropped off at my door! Also, they had grapefruits and zucchinis and out-of-season vegetables and fruits galore! I fondled some swiss chard that looked sort of sickly before I settled on a plate of pre-chopped vegetables to stir-fry.
3. We had a yummy dinner of things we found at the super-market; lobster bisque soup, fried chicken, and I stir-fried some veggies. I love vegetables so much!
4. I made a shit-ton of money today and deposited it on my way to the grocery store at a different bank than I usually go to. (The one I walk to isn't open evenings.) It was oddly fun. I don't get out much.
5. I drove! I don't drive. I don't go anywhere. I don't recall driving ANYWHERE since January. I sit at my desk, I walk downtown or to the park, but getting in a car and turning on a key and driving it someplace? We were out of milk and I'm Small Boy's only parent right now... it was happy to remember that I can just drive to the store if I want milk.
6. I bought a very very big plant while I was at the grocery store with my minivan. Very VERY big. B. will be displeased. Six foot tall houseplants aren't his idea of a good thing. Heh. In that case he should have gotten us milk before he left. I like my new plant.
7. I've discovered Words with Friends. Jim tried to tell me about it six months ago, but I'm slow to catch on. Now I play a word or two a day in several games. It's a pace that works for me. I've always loved scrabble. I mostly play with random partners, but they're pretty bad and I feel terrible about beating them so soundly. I should probably pick on people my own size. Jim, I'll ping you. (Anyone else want to tell me their words with friends name? I don't want to link it to Facebook.)
8. Did I mention chocolate? Dark chocolate exists and I have it if I need it.
9. Ditto whiskey.
10. Small Boy. We're sad together about Ela, but we're together. He and I are muddling through and I have to confess that I haven't appreciated him enough lately. He's really stepped up to the plate as the only child (or, as he puts it, "the man of the house") and he's doing a good job of being helpful and loving. I'm going to go tuck him in now, and give Ela her nightly meds. There is still joy in my life.
She did it several times over the rest of the evening. We gave her more pain meds around 4 and then a second pill that's supposed to be a combo pain med and anti-inflammatory with her dinner.
After dinner I sat on the floor with her head in my lap while Small Boy and I rubbed her belly and massaged her and she licked our faces and pressed against us.
Around 10 pm she threw up all the contents of her stomach.
I am booked with clients from 8 AM until 9 PM nearly every day. My husband is out of town. I cannot even imagine how I can fit in vet visits, and our vet thinks it's probably cancer and won't even give a cortisone shot just in case it's bursitis. (The vet thinks it's the kind of cancer you get from vaccination injections.) I'm feeling like I'd like to try someone else, but there's just no way I can manage to get the dog to the vet right now.
Meanwhile, remember that tree that fell on our house Thursday morning? The insurance adjuster still hasn't arrived. The tree guy has chopped up some of the tree that fell but still hasn't come back to remove the brush that is all over the sidewalk. The half of the tree that remains is teetering over the $8,000 worth of slate on pallets in our driveway. I moved my minivan into a position to try to save the slate if the tree falls; the slate is worth a hell of a lot more than the minivan (which is insured anyway.) The tree guy who is supposed to take the teetering tree-half down hasn't come back to do it.
You know what makes this all so much better? Our neighbors called the police on us because we haven't cleared the the sidewalk and we're trashing the neighborhood with our torn siding. We got a $10 ticket in the mail yesterday for our infraction of having a tree fall on the house. Ironically, we actually DID clear a path in the snow around the tree. Apparently it wasn't enough for our compassionate neighbors.
This week-end is when the clocks get put forward an hour. I'm not a morning person, and my husband is out of town so I'm in charge of the morning shift with the dog and Small Boy.
My period started tonight unexpectedly.
I'll try to get a happy things list out of myself before I head to bed. Here goes.
1. It's passover so there are chocolate jelly rings on sale at the grocery store.
2. I went to the grocery store! B. left us without any milk in the house, so I trundled Small Boy to the store with me and I wandered the edges of the store in awe. Eggs! They had dozens and dozens of eggs! I didn't even have to wait for them to be dropped off at my door! Also, they had grapefruits and zucchinis and out-of-season vegetables and fruits galore! I fondled some swiss chard that looked sort of sickly before I settled on a plate of pre-chopped vegetables to stir-fry.
3. We had a yummy dinner of things we found at the super-market; lobster bisque soup, fried chicken, and I stir-fried some veggies. I love vegetables so much!
4. I made a shit-ton of money today and deposited it on my way to the grocery store at a different bank than I usually go to. (The one I walk to isn't open evenings.) It was oddly fun. I don't get out much.
5. I drove! I don't drive. I don't go anywhere. I don't recall driving ANYWHERE since January. I sit at my desk, I walk downtown or to the park, but getting in a car and turning on a key and driving it someplace? We were out of milk and I'm Small Boy's only parent right now... it was happy to remember that I can just drive to the store if I want milk.
6. I bought a very very big plant while I was at the grocery store with my minivan. Very VERY big. B. will be displeased. Six foot tall houseplants aren't his idea of a good thing. Heh. In that case he should have gotten us milk before he left. I like my new plant.
7. I've discovered Words with Friends. Jim tried to tell me about it six months ago, but I'm slow to catch on. Now I play a word or two a day in several games. It's a pace that works for me. I've always loved scrabble. I mostly play with random partners, but they're pretty bad and I feel terrible about beating them so soundly. I should probably pick on people my own size. Jim, I'll ping you. (Anyone else want to tell me their words with friends name? I don't want to link it to Facebook.)
8. Did I mention chocolate? Dark chocolate exists and I have it if I need it.
9. Ditto whiskey.
10. Small Boy. We're sad together about Ela, but we're together. He and I are muddling through and I have to confess that I haven't appreciated him enough lately. He's really stepped up to the plate as the only child (or, as he puts it, "the man of the house") and he's doing a good job of being helpful and loving. I'm going to go tuck him in now, and give Ela her nightly meds. There is still joy in my life.