hurting

kinda a crazy week. first and worst colby hurt himself. he was running in the yard through the ivy and ran into one of the sharply cut off branches on a stump. he made the worst cries i've ever heard. i picked him up and ran upstairs where gareth was and we took him straight to the vets. they had to perform surgery to close the wound. it had even cut into the muscle. poor pup. i got out of work that night to help with him and was glad i did. he cried for hours. he's been ok since but has to wear the cone so he won't lick at it. he's spent a lot of time sleeping and looking sad. except of course when my dad came the day after to help with him while gareth was at work. he acted like his puppy self for a few hours. he gets the drainage tube out today and the stitches in another week. it's been scary and stressful for all of us. i ended up overexerting myself in that whole ordeal and when i went back to work yesterday felt absolutely awful. so i went to the after hours clinic again when i got off. they were able to give me the strong pain killers again and a note to take another week off work. i'm going to see the spine specialist again on monday to talk to him about going on disability. before all that craziness happened i had a really nice weekend. gareth took me out to olive garden. my favorite. and i went home for my mom's bday on sunday. colby had another awesome time swimming in the lake and it was nice to see my family. we finally got the new tv today. and they're supposed to come and fix the cable later. so i'm looking forward to vegging out for a little bit after not being able to for some time.

slow

the appointment didn't go so well. i was hoping to hear that things were healing nicely and i could start doing more. instead they found two more broken bones and said i really needed to take it slow for another six weeks. and keep wearing the back brace. so that sucks. and that means i can't start at the kennel next month. but i did apply to a couple places for open vet assistant positions. one even took me around to see everything and meet everyone. the tech there said she did the distance learning program i'm going to apply to and now runs the classroom at john tyler where i'd be going. so i hope i made a good impression on everyone there. not much else has been going on. i did all that on my last day off and today will be another cleaning day with gareth's assistance. i think we're going to attempt to cut colby's nails again before bringing him back to the pet store. i really think we just need a table like they have there. we try and do it with him on the ground and he just squirms out of our grasp. kitt's not liking her new food. she keeps leaving it behind in the bowl after eating the old stuff. i've never seen such a fat picky cat. i think i'm going to try and mix it with canned food. that's what we've been doing with colby's when he's not interested. such picky pets. i think it's because they know i'll pander to them.

better

i just checked my camera and see i've taken no new photos since last week. i have been busy doing things but again nothing too interesting. we did a major cleaning of the pets yesterday on our day off together. colby finally got a bath. i think we figured out what he's allergic to. grass. how silly is that. he hasn't been as itchy with the rain we've had. in my research on different foods though i did decide to upgrade both what i get for him and kitt. they were getting science diet but it's not the best quality for what you're paying for it. i'm surprised i wasn't on top of that before. so now they're on wellness. or in the process of switching to it. it's a little more but looks a lot better. we went to see inception last night. gareth had seen the midnight opening and loved it so he was immediately up for another viewing. i loved it too. he saw predators last week. that one wasn't so great. our tv stopped working this week. i think we've picked one out now. just trying to figure out where to get it and how to get it here. i have my doctors appointment this week. hopefully everything looks good. it's been feeling better but i'm definitely not completely back to normal yet.

bearable

i went back to work on thursday. it's been much better with the back brace and taking the pain killers at work. i'm now in the middle of working six days in a row. so i hope it continues to be bearable. and that the pain killers last until my next appointment. or i'm no longer in pain. we decided not to go to the beach. by the time monday rolled around we realized there was so much to catch up on around the house we needed three days of not working to do it all. and colby had chewed at the base of his tail until it bled over the weekend so we had to take him to the vets on monday. turns out he might have allergies. and we have no idea what to. so we're in the process of switching his food and giving him beneadryl. he's doing better now. we finally got to see toy story three together. it's pretty intense. people were crying in the theater. i didn't cry but i did enjoy it. i had sent an email to the kennel i got the job at to tell them what was going on with my back over the weekend and hadn't heard back from them about it. so i called yesterday and they're willing to wait for my next appointment and for me to be feeling better to start. which also gives me more time to figure out what to do about bbuster. turns out they're closing two more stores in r'mond. we don't know which ones yet. i was supposed to go to the spca volunteer orientation this morning. i'd signed up months ago for it. but our power went out so my alarm didn't go off and i slept right through it. i probably needed the sleep though. and i'm sure i'll have lots of volunteer opportunities with the hanover humane society. so i'm not too worried about it. i haven't taken many pics lately since i haven't been doing anything interesting. i think this one sums that up.

broken

so i went back to the doctors yesterday and found out i have a break in my spine. it's in the disc across from where it says 0mm. it's the triangle that points down. the tip of it is broken off. but it's aligned perfectly and should heal just fine. it's just been painful. especially after working three days in a row thinking i was just sore from muscle and joint pain. after a day off i was still in pain and decided to get it checked out. gareth's worked my shifts last night and today for me. and i just got someone to cover sunday. so i have a week now to recover. with pain killers and a back brace. hopefully we're still going to the beach on monday too. shouldn't be too stressful and i'm sure i'll be stir crazy by then. i'm hoping gareth brings me home some movies today. i watched best in show the other night. wasn't too impressed. maybe i wasn't in the right frame of mind for it. gareth saw the new twilight movie this week. apparently it's the best one of the series so far. doesn't mean it's actually good. i got some good news on the job search. at the beginning of the week i got a call back from the hanover humane society about the kennel tech position i applied for. i went in and they offered me the job by the time i left. i'm still thinking about it though. it would be a huge pay cut. only part time. no benefits. and a lot of physical labor. but it would be a great way to get into doing what i want to do. and i could still do bbuster part time and keep my benefits. so i might end up doing it. i'm just not in the best place right now to make a major decision. i have an appointment in three weeks to get another xray to see how i'm healing and meet with a spine specialist. hopefully i'll be doing just fine soon enough.