On the road again.

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Music: Both kinds, country and western
I am on the road next week to Edmonton. Yee haw.. or is that a Calagary thing? One of Canada's fastest growing cities because of the oilfields, and also the dubious distinction of being the current murder capital. The worst thing is, I looked at the weather forecast and it is going to be frigid. The high on this coming Saturday is only going to be minus 23 C.  Whoe wants to come and keep me warm by snuggling and sharing body heat? It is the Canadian thing to do.

Friday- Time to drink wine

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It is time for the annual Food and Wine show here, and the Friday afternoon is usually called the "trade" afternoon, where the serious winos and foodies go to do their stuff before the amateurs show up after work. I am going to be able to put my sommelier training to good use. ;)  Of course after the first hour or so my tasting skills tend to go to hell in a handbasket, because I tend to swallow not spit. LOL That is a good principle to apply in more than just wine-tasting.  I am already anticipating starting out with an 85 Chateau Palmer. Not the best year for it, but still pretty good, and not something I get to drink very often.

For those who have access to my galleries, I put up a picture of my pup.

Roll on the weekend.

Puppy is home..

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Mood: WOO HOO
Cost me three times what I paid for her for vet bills, but she is home, still breathing hard, but getting better every hour, and being the royal pain in the ass she was before she got sick. :P  I am so damned happy.

Puppy update Partie deux

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Mood: Pretty good, Music: Happy days are here again
Saw Mackenzie out of the oxygen tank. She reponded to my voice, wagged here tail, which she didn't do when I took her in. She barked.. and bit my nose and did all the other great puppy stuff. The Vet Technician has seen her everyday since she has been in, and she says she is really coming along. I think we may be out of the woods. Gotta keep those positive vibes going, and she might be home tomorrow. :D   Now if I can afford to buy her food after this.. j/k   :D

Puppy update

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Mood: Hopeful, Music: Anything cher

Well good news and bad news. She seems to be getting feistier... and giving the Vet and techinicians attitude which is good.  She is tolerating force feeding now, and has actually eaten on her own. The bad side is her breathing is still very laboured and she is still on oxygen, which is costing me an arm and a leg. The other bad thing, is that if she still needs oxygen tomorrow, there is not much hope for recovery. :(  

Get to go see her at 5 o'clock and see for myself what shape she is in. Think positive thoughts, and she could be home soon. I don't want to think about the other alternative.

Not again.

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Mood: Anxious, Music: anything upbeat

I don't write in here much, but I am hoping now it will take my mind off of things. If you read here a couple of months ago I had to make the awful decision to euthanize my cat who had been my buddy for 20 years.

A house without a pet isn't a home, so two weeks ago this house acquired a new puppy. A cute little West Highland White Terrier. I had a Westie as a kid, and I love them. They are full of life and spunk. They look like cute little lap dogs, but they are about 20 pounds of muscles and teeth and personality.  Little Mackenzie has only been here two weeks. On Wednesday she got a bit listless and developed a cough. I took her to the vet, and he put her on antibiotics. On Thursday, she got more listless, and was having trouble breathing. Took her back to the vet, and they took x-rays and she has pneumonia. Her lungs are only about 25 per cent clear. She is now in the emergency vet hospital, on oxygen fighting for her too short life. She is stable, but hasn't improved, and I know tomorrow I may have to make the terrible decision once again, and say good bye to a little girl I thought was going to be my buddy for the next 15 years.

I hope her Westie spunk helps her fight disease.

Its Friday.......

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Mood: releived, Music: The Muckin' of Geordie's Byre

The weekend is here, and not soon enough. The best things about it? Cold beverages, I don't have to drive through the traffic for two whole days, I can sleep in, I can stay up late and not suffer, and I don't have to put up with usual office nausea.  

Oh yeah, and I am wearing red because it is Friday, and I am showing support for our troops. (a new Canadian thing, all the other Canucks better be toeing the line)

WTF??

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Mood: perplexed
What is with this place? I stop paying real attention to what is going on.. and all of a sudden all hell breaks loose. Dammit, can nobody just play nicely?

The circle of life

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Mood: crushed

Not that anyone reads this, but I thought I would put it down into words. maybe it will be therapeutic. I am wallowing in sadness right now, because tomorrow morning I have to take a cat I have had for 20 years to the vet for his final trip. The poor wee bugger is at home now, but he is ailing. I feel so guilty when I look at him, but I know it is for the best. This follows a weekend where I had to go see a friend I have known for almost my whole life in a funeral home. I am not having a good week.

I am not looking forward to tomorrow, but I have to tell myself it is for the best. I cannot prolong the agony of this little furball who has made me smile for all these years. Damn I am going to miss him.

 

Summer time.. and the liver is greasy....

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Mood: Sweltering

I love the summer, but it means I am not on as much as I am in the winter. I tend not to leave messages and stuff. I also haven't been motivated to write much or be too sociable lately.

It only seems I write in here to rant about something. Maybe it is effective therapy. My latest rant is about a trend I have noticed lately, that really pisses me off. It deals with people who are so wrapped up in their own lives they don't realize they are treating their friends in a disrespectful manner. This has happened to e several times lately, and it makes me just go "meh".

I only make a commitment if I intend to keep it. If I tell a friend I am going to be somewhere or am going to do something, I do it. I know that others make decisions or investments of time and effort based on my commitment. I am even cautious sometimes making sure and double checking on others intentions. Despite this I frequently find people blowing off their commitment without a thought of what it does to the other person. It has happened several times in the last few months. I have made a commitment, an investment of time, money or effort, and find the other person has changed their minds. Not even the courtesy of a forewarning. What a perfect show of disrespect for a friend.

Bottom line, if I say I am going to do something, I do it. If I am unsure, I tell the other person that as well. It is only common courtesy.   I have some plans over the next couple of weeks. Lets see how they turn out.

Here endeth the rant.