Long time coming update
I've not been on here in so long and it seems like sonsof2ravens is the only friend I have left that actually posts here on a regular basis but I am in sore need of an outlet of thoughts, and feelings and emotions. It's been 7 months now since we moved to New York and at first I loved it. In some ways I still do, but right now I'm hating it with all my heart. I'm so far away from all my family and friends, and I just throw myself into working to pass the time. I didn't realize that's what I was doing until I was talking to a friend last night and he asked if I had seen any friends or family for Thanksgiving? I wanted to cry! I just said no. I don't have any real friends here that I would hang out with on a regular basis. I have one lady that I have coffee with every now and then, but no one like my best friends that I could just spend the afternoon with and be myself, let down my guard.
So what all has been going on in my life??? Well let's see...
xtown_traffic is enjoying working again. It's good to see him feel like he can do things on his own again. His health is getting a bit worse for wear but we are dealing with matters as best we can. He will be going on Dialysis soon we just don't know when it will start but he has already had the surgery to put the port in so that when it's time it's ready to go.
Our relationship is still very rocky. He seems to think everything is fine no matter how many times I tell him I need things to change. I still don't feel like he loves me any more. He has not changed the way he behaves towards me since he fell in love with Abby. That may have been the death of our marriage as I can't seem to get past him telling me he wanted to leave me to be with her. It's been over 1.5 years since The stuff with Abby started, but I just can't let it go.
My work is going good! I'm walking dogs on a regular basis, as well as doing training, and teaching classes. I'm learning so much from Sherri. She is the owner of the facility where I teach classes - I even have my own Rally class which I LOVE!!!! I can't believe how lucky I am to have been able to learn from her. She has a very holistic approach to everything, and trains with the dogs best interests at heart. Which is what I love about training. I thought I was a positive trainer in Atlanta, but working with her, I have learned so many better ways of teaching things that make the dogs feel much more safe and secure. I'm so thrilled to be working for her. Now I'm starting to pick up some hours in her daycare as well and I just love being there. I think I could go up there all day everyday if I didn't have other things to do.
I'm teaching Taz to do scent work and that's not going so well, I think Chihuahuas have forgotten how to use their noses. Sherri has Chihuahuas too and her little boy Bailey is having the same problems Taz is so I don't think it's just him. I've got to find a better way of working with him.
We are going to a holistic vet on Monday because Taz's behavior is just getting worse and worse. I also had a car accident about a month ago which totaled my jeep and I think that Taz may have gotten hurt in the accident. I tried to give him a bath the other night and while he has never liked his baths he has NEVER tried to attack me during one before so that was something really out of character for him.
I'm really homesick, but thankfully I'm going home in January for Daddy's birthday and I can't wait! I've even gotten to the point of listening to country music because I'm so homesick. (that's all my dad has ever listened to, and what I grew up listening to) I'm sure that this being the first holiday in about 10 years that I've not had the option of going home if I wanted, has a lot to do with it.
So what all has been going on in my life??? Well let's see...
xtown_traffic is enjoying working again. It's good to see him feel like he can do things on his own again. His health is getting a bit worse for wear but we are dealing with matters as best we can. He will be going on Dialysis soon we just don't know when it will start but he has already had the surgery to put the port in so that when it's time it's ready to go.
Our relationship is still very rocky. He seems to think everything is fine no matter how many times I tell him I need things to change. I still don't feel like he loves me any more. He has not changed the way he behaves towards me since he fell in love with Abby. That may have been the death of our marriage as I can't seem to get past him telling me he wanted to leave me to be with her. It's been over 1.5 years since The stuff with Abby started, but I just can't let it go.
My work is going good! I'm walking dogs on a regular basis, as well as doing training, and teaching classes. I'm learning so much from Sherri. She is the owner of the facility where I teach classes - I even have my own Rally class which I LOVE!!!! I can't believe how lucky I am to have been able to learn from her. She has a very holistic approach to everything, and trains with the dogs best interests at heart. Which is what I love about training. I thought I was a positive trainer in Atlanta, but working with her, I have learned so many better ways of teaching things that make the dogs feel much more safe and secure. I'm so thrilled to be working for her. Now I'm starting to pick up some hours in her daycare as well and I just love being there. I think I could go up there all day everyday if I didn't have other things to do.
I'm teaching Taz to do scent work and that's not going so well, I think Chihuahuas have forgotten how to use their noses. Sherri has Chihuahuas too and her little boy Bailey is having the same problems Taz is so I don't think it's just him. I've got to find a better way of working with him.
We are going to a holistic vet on Monday because Taz's behavior is just getting worse and worse. I also had a car accident about a month ago which totaled my jeep and I think that Taz may have gotten hurt in the accident. I tried to give him a bath the other night and while he has never liked his baths he has NEVER tried to attack me during one before so that was something really out of character for him.
I'm really homesick, but thankfully I'm going home in January for Daddy's birthday and I can't wait! I've even gotten to the point of listening to country music because I'm so homesick. (that's all my dad has ever listened to, and what I grew up listening to) I'm sure that this being the first holiday in about 10 years that I've not had the option of going home if I wanted, has a lot to do with it.