Ethan’s Journey

 Today poison Ivey and myself are in a standoff. While I am still itchy, my back up (prednisone) is really helping to tip the scales in my favor. It is always great when you have the right answer in your corner! Suck it poison Ivey! My rash looks nasty but it just a little itchy at this point. I am winning. (Thanks for having my back prednisone!!!!). Paul didn’t get it! Yay!  Paul spent the day getting our dock in and ready. He and the neighbors were instrumental in getting this dock situated. The sense of community at the lake far outshines the news articles where it is reported that no one stands up for one another or helps one another. I did some weeding in the garden. I spent some time riding the bike while Penny and Moe ran along side it. I cleaned up the camper and prepared to be working all day tomorrow.  I have to train my coworker who is taking over part of my territories! She is so eager to get started. The next two weeks we will be mostly inseparable.  We ...

I  am proud of how much growth Moe has demonstrated. So far he has seemed to recognize his people from last year and even walk up to them to sniff and allow petting. Wow! Even men with hats and beards. I took the dogs on a few lengthy walks. Moe was so hot he did go in swimming briefly. He then napped for hours in the sun. Dog days of summer. Moe and Penny went on a run with the bike. They ran their brains out and then napped hard. We all pitched in and helped paint the dock. The plan in to put in the new dock tomorrow.  Paul is going to put the boards down, then install trex (material that never needs to be replaced) on top of the wood. Paul stained some boards and got things looking nice. Brian and I went on a nice walk with the dogs. We chatted and he was able to have nice conversations with everyone.  Andy got us with the prank war. I am finding cute little plastic figurines all over my camper, while he brought out garlic salt with a bright orange sticker that said -“...

 Have you ever turned the camera on, on your phone and the camera is facing you? This happened to me this morning and I had a jump scare. Ugh!!!! Scary indeed! Paul and I drove up to camp. We had a relaxing ride with only a few idiots getting in the way. One guy would speed up, then slow down. Paul had some un-tasteful nic-names We finally passed him. Dude was passed by a mini van. Ouch!!!! Paul and I worked throughout the day. My work day started at 6:00 am and I worked in the car. I worked outside for a bit overlooking the lake. I will not open my computer until Monday.  We had a casual dinner with Family. The wind died down and we had a campfire by the lake. My brother, Brian came up for a visit. We laughed and laughed.   Moe was impressive. He has embraced camping life. There was no barking at my cousin, Andy, when he arrived or at Brian. Moe had his tail cautiously wagging and he was enjoying receiving some good body scratches and pets all over. My poison ivy looks l...

 Today seemed like one step forward and two steps back…or maybe 5 steps back. I kept my head down and kept plugging away. I received a new transition plan that was altered by a week. I took advantage of that and took two days off the week after the 4 th. Yay! I wasn’t going to take anytime off with transitioning happening that week. I will consider this life being kind to me. I finished my work at 3:42 (barely) and ran up, changed into some scrubs and left for the vet clinic to arrive at 4:00. I didn’t even think about dinner. Rookie move! I was very rewarded with the animals I got to see and work with. A mean chihuahua (I love them), old and sickly animals, I love them….and people that care about these stinky beasts just looking for a way to comfort their best friend.  One pet was entering a hospice type situation. Riddled with cancer, giving medications to subside symptoms for just a little more time. These people just need kindness.  I talked to an owner about kidney d...

 Sarah came over this evening. I love that we have these frequent sleepovers. We are able to catch up and dream about sitting at the campfire at camp. She was sharing all the end of school year things her daughter is doing. All the wins of getting a first job and hopefully getting her driver’s license. All exciting things. She is going into her senior year. Tomorrow I am working at the vet hospital after work. I am excited to see my friends there. I want to catch up with them and hear the goings on at the clinic. We also share some laughs. My social time to touch other people’s pet’s and help them. But not touch them in a creepy way. I guess I should reword that. Someone may get the wrong idea. Ethan was out of sorts tonight. I am hoping whatever funk he is in, he can process and work through it.  For work, I have a lady on my team that I respect. She does a great job. She has been having a tough time with work the past couple of weeks. We made some plans to help ease her work...

​today was one solvable issue after another. But the kept coming. I finally shut my computer to just make it stop. I can deal with your issue tomorrow….leave a message. The dogs went for a couple walks. Ther was no pond jumping today. I kept Moe in a healed walk back to the front door.  Poison ivy is trying to win. I may need to call in the troops….medical intervention. Either way, I am going to win this battle. Screw you poison Ivy!!!!! -I knew what I was getting into!

​well I woke up with an itchy wrist. Blasted poison Ivey. I am not ready to lose! I am going to fight it! There is a small wound that was swollen that I likely sustained during my poison Ivey excavation. I wrapped it in gauze soaked in Domboro’s solution and secured it to my arm using dog bandage material that I had left over from Phineas. We will see how that turns out.  Domboro’s helps by removing the itch, reducing inflammation and DRYING rashes. Ewwwww. I have a rash. I am so attractive. 😩 as attractive as Typhoid Mary. Hopefully this halts things. If feels like I have 1000 single hairs lightly touching that area causing intense itching. The Domboro’s solution is helped immensely with the itch throughout the day. When Ethan got home from work, he worked on his fire works. My dining room table has some explosives on it. I looked around our house. There is clutter everywhere.  We have two Christmas trees in containers in our dining room for example. Once Ethan gets a floor ...