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my life: it is chaos
Nov. 4th, 2021 07:01 pmStill minor chaos in the scheme of things but creeping up there
I had a nice weekend, relaxing even with the house showings.
Monday, we harvested potatoes for the work trial. Wasn't too bad other than the fact that I ended up being the stacker on the wagon and the truck and all 5k pounds of potatoes went into my arms. There was three people lifting the bags up to me. And then a third of the bags had to get put into different bins because we didn't have enough on the wagon. My arms. I was sore the next two days but not as sore as I would have expected.
That night/early next morning, Mara woke me up at 2 am. She had t o go to the bathroom really bad and she made it out to the grassy area before having some really nasty diarrhea. She's fine, no other bathroom problems although I worked from home tuesday to make sure. I had slept badly Sunday night as well, so tuesday I was so tired so I was kinda glad for the excuse to work from home and not grade sweet potatoes and make conversation with my coworker.
Wednesday, Mara had an afternoon vet appointment for some vaccination updates and heartworm test. Cool, no big deal, I got her a joint supplement too because she's been a little sore. Easy in and out, she was traumatized as usual and then we walked in the cool cemetery across the road. That night I got a phone call saying she had a tick borne disease and would need a course of antibiotics and a blood work test to check her platelet levels because the particular disease affected platelets.
Fuck, I said, many times. She gets frontline but I knew the serestos collar I had on her before didn't work super well because of all the hair and I had switched some time after last year's vet appointment, which is when she would have been tested. I've pulled dead ticks off her, so I know the frontline works. Ugh. She also picks up ticks everywhere. Her hair makes it so easy for them to hang on, although it takes a long while for them to actually make the climb in and bite her because I can usually see them easily.
I had also sent my realtor another listing yesterday and she let me know we could see it today (thursday) at 3pm.
So I worked from home today and then just before 2, I ran over to the vet's, picked up Mara's antibiotics and zipped over to the house.
At 3:15, no sign of the realtor, I called her and she picked up the phone apologizing because her daughter thought her baby was on the way, false alarm apparently but she said we could see the place at 5:15.
Okay. So I drove home, walked Mara, fed her the many new things (she takes pills easy with wet food dropped on them thank goodness, although I bet hot dogs will be in order at some point soon), ate a granola bar and then drove back to the house.
It was super cute, small, most stuff was in good condition, decent sized yard, the neighborhood was quiet and seemed nice.....huge bow in the one foundation wall. dang it. No on that place.
And tomorrow morning, I am driving to meet a coworker to hand over the box of microphones and webcams she needs for a hybrid meeting next week and then heading south to my parents' for the weekend.
I had a nice weekend, relaxing even with the house showings.
Monday, we harvested potatoes for the work trial. Wasn't too bad other than the fact that I ended up being the stacker on the wagon and the truck and all 5k pounds of potatoes went into my arms. There was three people lifting the bags up to me. And then a third of the bags had to get put into different bins because we didn't have enough on the wagon. My arms. I was sore the next two days but not as sore as I would have expected.
That night/early next morning, Mara woke me up at 2 am. She had t o go to the bathroom really bad and she made it out to the grassy area before having some really nasty diarrhea. She's fine, no other bathroom problems although I worked from home tuesday to make sure. I had slept badly Sunday night as well, so tuesday I was so tired so I was kinda glad for the excuse to work from home and not grade sweet potatoes and make conversation with my coworker.
Wednesday, Mara had an afternoon vet appointment for some vaccination updates and heartworm test. Cool, no big deal, I got her a joint supplement too because she's been a little sore. Easy in and out, she was traumatized as usual and then we walked in the cool cemetery across the road. That night I got a phone call saying she had a tick borne disease and would need a course of antibiotics and a blood work test to check her platelet levels because the particular disease affected platelets.
Fuck, I said, many times. She gets frontline but I knew the serestos collar I had on her before didn't work super well because of all the hair and I had switched some time after last year's vet appointment, which is when she would have been tested. I've pulled dead ticks off her, so I know the frontline works. Ugh. She also picks up ticks everywhere. Her hair makes it so easy for them to hang on, although it takes a long while for them to actually make the climb in and bite her because I can usually see them easily.
I had also sent my realtor another listing yesterday and she let me know we could see it today (thursday) at 3pm.
So I worked from home today and then just before 2, I ran over to the vet's, picked up Mara's antibiotics and zipped over to the house.
At 3:15, no sign of the realtor, I called her and she picked up the phone apologizing because her daughter thought her baby was on the way, false alarm apparently but she said we could see the place at 5:15.
Okay. So I drove home, walked Mara, fed her the many new things (she takes pills easy with wet food dropped on them thank goodness, although I bet hot dogs will be in order at some point soon), ate a granola bar and then drove back to the house.
It was super cute, small, most stuff was in good condition, decent sized yard, the neighborhood was quiet and seemed nice.....huge bow in the one foundation wall. dang it. No on that place.
And tomorrow morning, I am driving to meet a coworker to hand over the box of microphones and webcams she needs for a hybrid meeting next week and then heading south to my parents' for the weekend.
