busy

it hasn't been a very exciting week but it's been a pretty busy one. this is my first day off since my last post and it's my only day off this week. next week's going to be even harder. i'll be working or volunteering every day. and starting tomorrow i'll be getting up even earlier to start learning the kennel tech part of the job. hopefully i'll be up to doing that soon. i got my records and xrays from the docs to bring to the new doc. so i was able to get a better shot of my fractures. i also caught up on the rest of my photos. i got this shot on my way to the hhs this week. soon i'll be seeing the sun rise on my rides. i don't know how dad did it for years and years. i'm already exhausted. i hope i'm able to keep up with everything. it's been raining the past few days so it's really feeling like fall. i guess it's a good reason to stay in today and take it easy.

experience

i thought i'd written since that last post but i guess i've been too busy. i started my volunteer work with the hhs. they had their wellness clinic last week where i got to not only observe the vet and volunteers but also help fill vaccinations and learn about everything going on. yesterday was my first spay and neuter clinic. it was pretty intense to see my first surgery. but i was ok watching and actually got to prep the dogs by the end. it was a really good experience. i went out after the clinic and got my first scrubs shirt. i'm excited to get to wear it next time. not a lot else has been going on. it's been nice to only be at bbuster a couple days a week now. i'm a lot less stressed now even though i'm doing alot. i also ended up making an appointment at another orthopedist for my back. i'm supposed to be healed by the end of the month but i'm still in a lot of pain. so i'm hoping if there is something else wrong that it will be found and fixed by someone else. maybe i just haven't given myself the time and rest to heal right. gareth saw a movie a couple weeks ago i forgot to post. machete. i haven't taken many pics lately but here's one of a groundhog i saw at the hhs the other day.

hopeful

it's been a pretty good week. i started at my new job yesterday. it's going really well. i like the people and the dogs. i'm learning quickly and it's pretty easy so far. i also get to mostly sit for now so that's been better than bbuster for my back. that should be beneficial in at least the last part of my healing process. i have a new ailment though. i think i have a mild case of poison ivy. i got a breakout of little bumps all on my leg the other day. luckily it hasn't spread elsewhere and i was able to treat it once i realized what it might be. i'm still not sure that's what it is. i've never had it before. i may have gotten it when i went out to louisa for labor day this week. i took colby out for a get together with my family. it was my brother's bday celebration and i made a cake. it was a nice day but perhaps i need to be more careful walking in the woods. my parents also headed out this week to yellowstone for an adventure. dad sent an email and it sounds like they're having a good time seeing all the wildlife. it actually started snowing there and some of the roads were closed. i wonder if they'll get to see any wolves. that would be the best part for me. maybe someday i'll make it out there myself. we've decided not to make plans to travel for this year. it's been enough to deal with everything around here without trying to go somewhere else. maybe that means we can make big plans for next year. i'll be hopeful.

ending

i made it through the past week and and a half. it was exhausting. but at least i get a nice four day weekend off now. and i'm officially part time. i start at the hhs next weekend. and it looks like we have a plan now for moving to nova. it won't be for another year. but i'm excited to have an idea of something new to do. i got gareth to go with me to the docs the other day. the good news was there are no more breaks. the bad news is it's going to take at least another month to heal and for me to feel better. i've got my next appointment in two months and it should be completely healed by then. we took colby in for his six month appointment too. he's doing great now. i'm glad he's all better. i know i will be soon too. we saw our first sign of fall this week. a lovely tree turning to red. i'm glad to see summer ending.

ridiculous

things may be a little better. but they're going to get a little harder. my manager's on vacation for the next week and a half. so i'm in charge. my introduction to that today was an employee changing his availability for this week. so i worked on finding someone to cover his shifts and called him to let him know i got it covered. and he tells me he can't do what i've changed it to. ridiculous. i put my two week notice in today to drop down to part time. i'm taking the job at the hanover humane society. they're giving me a desk job at first. i didn't get the job at the vets. but hopefully this will get me started going where i want to go. i don't really know. gareth and i talked last night about the possibility of moving to nova. if we did i could go to an actual campus and get my degree in two years instead of three. so who knows what i'll actually do. i just hope i do something soon. and i hope i eventually heal so i'm able to do things again. i finally got my disabilities note back from the doctor. it says i'm supposed to be sedentary at work. like that's possible. i have an appointment next week to see how i'm healing. and get more pain killers. i missed my sister and niece's bday celebrations yesterday. at least i got to hang out with gareth for an evening. he saw piranha last week. i saw something decent that comes out tomorrow. city island. and i'm almost through with the ken burns series on national parks i got for christmas. maybe by dropping down to part time i can take time off and go somewhere this summer. i could really use a vacation.

rough

it's been a rough week. turns out disability only covers what i've already taken off. and i've been having a hard time getting through to anyone who can help at the doctors. my schedule at work has been a pain to make right. and i'm pretty much in constant pain through all this. to top it off today i was supposed to meet my parents in r'mond for dinner when i got off today. the person coming in to relieve me was an hour late because someone else said that was fine. and no one told me. so i missed dinner. i didn't hear back from the vets either. i'm pretty bummed about everything. but i need to get myself together and figure out what to do next. it's just not been easy for me. at least colby's doing better. he got the stitches out and is pretty much back to normal now. gareth got back monday night but has had to work every day since then. he works nights and i've been working mornings so we haven't seen much of each other anyways. he saw the extendables this week but they posted someone else's review. i did get a chance to catch up on my photos this week. i'd been trying to get my niece's old computer to work with my old hard drive for months and finally succeeded. but only got about a day worth of it working before it was broken again. that's all the complaining i have to do for now. hopefully this next week will be better.

rainbow

everyone's doing better this week. which is good because gareth's out of town all weekend for a wedding. and i went back to work yesterday. i'd filed for disability monday and they waited until the last minute of the last work day of the week to call and leave me a message saying they needed more info. so i don't know if and when that will happen. i had some great news this week though. i got a call back for an interview from the vets where i'd most wanted to work. again i think it went well so hopefully i'll hear back from them the beginning of the week. we took colby back in monday to get the stitches and swelling looked at. they said everything looked good and the stitches can come out next week. poor pup's still wearing the cone and now he has pjs he wears to bed and when we're gone so he can't scratch the stitches. i have some good news about a pet. budd laid the last of the eggs this week. i'm quite happy that ordeal is over with. nothing else too exciting has happened. i did go back to f'burg on my last day off for a visit to the dentist. they didn't find anything really wrong. just a lot of staining since my last visit. at least they didn't have to do much scraping this time. there were a few storms while i was there and i got to see a nice rainbow on my way back. made for a nice ending.