heart

my mom had to have open heart surgery to replace her aorta on thursday. it went well and she was moved out of icu today. it was pretty scary for our family to watch her go through that again. she had to have bypasses ten years ago and ended up bleeding internally so they had to go back in to fix it. it took her a long time to recover. so we're all hoping for the best this time around. it's been a pretty rough week for everyone. i was lucky enough to get some time off from work. first bbuster had put me on the schedule when i wasn't available. then to punish me they took me off the schedule entirely. so that worked out well. hhs said i could have the rest of the week off after i found out she needed surgery. i'm glad i work at a humane society. i went to their howl-o-ween event today. but i couldn't bring colby. i'd bathed and groomed him at work on monday and after that he was coughing all week. so i brought him to the vets friday and he may have a minor case of kennel cough. but i was told to keep him away from other dogs for two weeks. i'd already bought him a costume though so i came home and took some pics of him in it. i heart him.

momentum

i'm actually at work right now. i've been left in charge for the next few hours. but there's not much to do unless dogs come in or go out for grooming or boarding. or if people come by to see the dogs. i took more pics. this time of mr belvidere and yoda. they're on the same website as the last ones. i went to see the new doc on mon. he said it's just the muscles i haven't been using and may have had damage to that are hurting now. apparently i should have been in physical therapy six weeks ago. so i started my once a week for a month therapy yesterday. it went pretty well. i got stretched and pushed in some painful ways. but i'm actually feeling ok today. partly i'm sure from the muscle relaxers the new doc prescribed... that was yesterday. i took colby to work with me today. we put a baby gate up and now i can keep him in the office with me. he did

pretty well and most everyone seemed to enjoy having him there. i've been taking some pics at the kennel too. i hope i can keep up my momentum. maybe it's just the muscle relaxers i'm feeling but i'm absolutely exhausted. i've never gone to bed so early like i am these days. tonight i'll be asleep by seven... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

helping

i'm in the middle of my work-filled week but it hasn't been so bad so far. i'm actually off today so i got to sleep in but i'll be going in for the wellness clinic tonight if i'm feeling up to it. i was also off yesterday but had to get up early to help out with snip. i'm glad i went though because i was the only volunteer that showed up. so i got to do everything. it's nice to be useful for a good cause. i've also been taking pics of the new arrivals at the kennel. i took jake and carmen's here. this is the new puppy ginger in quarantine at the house. i've been able to hopefully help some birds too. my brother's having an event for project perry next month. i've been working on getting some great stuff for the silent auction. a gift certificate for a weekend of boarding at the hhs. a large terrarium from chrisi. and possibly a piece of art from gloria clifford. i'm really excited and hope the event is a success. gareth and i went to see the social network last week. it was pretty good but almost makes you not want to use facebook. he didn't do a review. he's been promoted to assistant manager at bbuster. that's the only way to get a raise there anymore. so i'm glad he's finally getting more of what he deserves. my manager's giving me a hard time about my availability now. i just hope they keep me on so i can keep my benefits. i've learned how important it is to have health insurance with everything lately.