I have three big exams early next week so I’ve been studying non-stop. Pacha tends to sit on the couch with me when I study. In the evening we go for a walk, but during the day I’ll just let her out a few times to go play outside a while. I have a fenced-in yard so I don’t tie her. When she gets bored, cold, tired, etc. she barks and I let her in. She gets cold pretty quickly so if I don’t hear her barking within a 15 minutes I go check on her. Sometimes she’s just sitting on the patio watching over the neighbourhood, other times she’s walking around with her bone looking for a new hiding place or at the fence staring down Blackout the evil neighbourhood cat.
Today I was absorbed in my studies so I don’t know if she had been out there more than 15 minutes but when I went to check she was nowhere to be found. It’s happened before, but she is usually just in an area I can’t quite see or she somehow got through the fence and is sitting on the other side trying to figure out how to get back in. I thought I had blocked all the holes in the fence, but I guess not!
I ran around the house desperately looking for her. She was nowhere! I ran inside, grabbed my phone and some shoes and started to walk down the street. My heart was racing a mile a minute and I thought I was going to cry. Why hadn’t I checked sooner?! I was 4 houses from my house and was about to call someone; anyone, to come help me look for her when my phone rang. It was my vet! Pacha has a rabies ID tag with my vet’s phone number and her ID number. The vet was calling to let me know someone had found her.
Turns out she was at the house right behind mind. She had somehow gotten through the fence to the other side and was pacing back and forth trying to get back in when the neighbour saw her and picked her up. She had her wrapped up in a blanket because she was shivering (probably more from stress, than anything).
I was so happy to hear she hadn’t actually run away! My stomach is still doing flip-flops over the situation! I consider myself a really calm person, but I sure wasn’t calm when I thought I had lost her. Gah! I can’t imagine how emotional and crazed I’ll be when I have kids!
Now I need a new tag that says: Hi, my name is Pacha please call my Mommy before she has a heart attack at 123-4567.
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Friday, September 19, 2008
Today, My Dog is a Real Dog
I am so proud of Pacha! She actually did a dog-like thing. I gave her a bone (I think it was a cow hip or something like that). Anyway, she was so excited and gnawed on it most of the day. Later on she went outside and brought her bone with her. When I went outside a little later on I was shocked when she showed me she had buried it! Ok, she actually shoved it under a tree and put a few leaves over it, but it was very dog like.
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Finally. Pics!
Finally. Here are some pictures of my most recent projects (laminate floor and headboard).
The old floor. This is actually the floor in the hallway because I forgot a before shot of my room. It was painted soft wood. Eventually I'll do the rest of the house.
The new floor! I hadn't planned on installing laminate, but my sister had extra and gave it to me so i figured why not?
To create the headboard I took an old wooden door, cut it to size, framed it with 2 x 4 and painted it. Then i attached it to the wall. Here are the results:
The door looked like this before the construction:
Close-up. It's too bad you can't see much.
I'll be hangning some B&W photos I've taken, but for now I just placed them above the headboard.
I also made the bedskirt and all the cushions as well as the night table cover which you can see in an earlier picture
Finally, I took an old wicker laundry hamper I had since I was 14, fixed it up and repainted it to match. The bottom had fallen out so I "sewed" it back on with twine.
The old floor. This is actually the floor in the hallway because I forgot a before shot of my room. It was painted soft wood. Eventually I'll do the rest of the house.
The new floor! I hadn't planned on installing laminate, but my sister had extra and gave it to me so i figured why not?
To create the headboard I took an old wooden door, cut it to size, framed it with 2 x 4 and painted it. Then i attached it to the wall. Here are the results:
The door looked like this before the construction:
Close-up. It's too bad you can't see much.
I'll be hangning some B&W photos I've taken, but for now I just placed them above the headboard.
I also made the bedskirt and all the cushions as well as the night table cover which you can see in an earlier picture
Finally, I took an old wicker laundry hamper I had since I was 14, fixed it up and repainted it to match. The bottom had fallen out so I "sewed" it back on with twine.
Friday, September 12, 2008
... $1,319 later
That’s how much I’ve spent in books and school material so far this semester! Yikes! It’s pretty much because I have to buy the big 1st year books and the even bigger 2nd year books at the same time.
I’ve been back to school for two weeks now and it’s crazy busy! Therefore, it’s going to be another point form post for now. Hopefully, once I get into the groove, I’ll be able to post more frequently.
- As I’ve mentioned before, I’m taking 7 classes. 5 classes is pretty much the norm; 6 classes is considered a heavy semester. For 7 classes you need special permission! It’s intense and doesn’t leave me much time for anything but reading and homework. There is A LOT of reading and prep work to do! I mean, I have $1,300 worth of reading! Hah!
- My classes are all very interesting with the exception of biology. The ironic thing is, biology would normally be my favourite class, but now I’ve been introduced to better things. :-)
- I’ll be starting my hospital clinicals in just two weeks. Things progress quickly in this program. I’ll be in the hospital 2 days a week, every two weeks. In the beginning it was quite overwhelmed. It seemed like I had just decided to study nursing and would already have my first client before the end of the month! EEEK! I’m getting used to the idea, though. There is no doubt that I will know by the end of the semester if I like this career path or not.
- I had read this summer that the average age for a first year student in nursing was 32. That was obviously a US statistic because I’m definitely the oldest one there! There is one more girl who is an LPN and now studying to be a BN/RN and she looks close to my age. Other then that, everybody seems pretty young. Even some of my profs are younger!
- I bought a stethoscope this week. Now I really feel like a nursing student. I sat on the couch and listened to my heartbeat for 15 minutes. Hah! Then I listened to Pacha’s heart. I already know that any nurse out there will be frowning on my listening to my dog’s heartbeat. Yeah; I’m pretty sure it’s a no-no. Her heartbeat was all whack! It was completely irregular. I checked online thinking it was a dog thing, but apparently dogs should have a rhythmic heartbeat somewhat like ours. Hmmm... I’m going to have to check that again.
- I'm back to work at the restaurant and am really happy I'm working one day a week. It's nice to have the cash and do something other than study. It's also nice to only have one day, though!
- I’m done my headboard and finished installing laminate flooring in my room, but don’t have any pictures yet. Soon – I promise! I really need to clean my room first.
- I have new pictures of Pacha, though!
This is her "Rub Mah Bell-eh" pose
When you stop rubbing her belly she does the wiggle dance which means, hey! Don't stop rubbing my belly!
"I go on couch now?"
Earlier this week my nephew came over to cut my lawn and he brought Gabi with him. Gabi and Pacha go nuts when they are together. They ran around the yard while Alex cut the lawn. After a while they came inside for a drink of water and I discovered two alien-pawed dogs!
I’ve been back to school for two weeks now and it’s crazy busy! Therefore, it’s going to be another point form post for now. Hopefully, once I get into the groove, I’ll be able to post more frequently.
- As I’ve mentioned before, I’m taking 7 classes. 5 classes is pretty much the norm; 6 classes is considered a heavy semester. For 7 classes you need special permission! It’s intense and doesn’t leave me much time for anything but reading and homework. There is A LOT of reading and prep work to do! I mean, I have $1,300 worth of reading! Hah!
- My classes are all very interesting with the exception of biology. The ironic thing is, biology would normally be my favourite class, but now I’ve been introduced to better things. :-)
- I’ll be starting my hospital clinicals in just two weeks. Things progress quickly in this program. I’ll be in the hospital 2 days a week, every two weeks. In the beginning it was quite overwhelmed. It seemed like I had just decided to study nursing and would already have my first client before the end of the month! EEEK! I’m getting used to the idea, though. There is no doubt that I will know by the end of the semester if I like this career path or not.
- I had read this summer that the average age for a first year student in nursing was 32. That was obviously a US statistic because I’m definitely the oldest one there! There is one more girl who is an LPN and now studying to be a BN/RN and she looks close to my age. Other then that, everybody seems pretty young. Even some of my profs are younger!
- I bought a stethoscope this week. Now I really feel like a nursing student. I sat on the couch and listened to my heartbeat for 15 minutes. Hah! Then I listened to Pacha’s heart. I already know that any nurse out there will be frowning on my listening to my dog’s heartbeat. Yeah; I’m pretty sure it’s a no-no. Her heartbeat was all whack! It was completely irregular. I checked online thinking it was a dog thing, but apparently dogs should have a rhythmic heartbeat somewhat like ours. Hmmm... I’m going to have to check that again.
- I'm back to work at the restaurant and am really happy I'm working one day a week. It's nice to have the cash and do something other than study. It's also nice to only have one day, though!
- I’m done my headboard and finished installing laminate flooring in my room, but don’t have any pictures yet. Soon – I promise! I really need to clean my room first.
- I have new pictures of Pacha, though!
This is her "Rub Mah Bell-eh" pose
When you stop rubbing her belly she does the wiggle dance which means, hey! Don't stop rubbing my belly!
"I go on couch now?"
Earlier this week my nephew came over to cut my lawn and he brought Gabi with him. Gabi and Pacha go nuts when they are together. They ran around the yard while Alex cut the lawn. After a while they came inside for a drink of water and I discovered two alien-pawed dogs!
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
A Quickie!
I haven’t been a great blogger lately so here’s a quick update:
- I’m on vacation this week – yay!!
- I’m working on a few projects such as building a headboard out of an old door and installing laminate flooring in my bedroom. The headboard is coming along nicely and I will be starting on the floor soon. My sister gave me her left over flooring; what a sweetie she is!
- It’s Pacha’s birthday today! She is 2 years old. :-)
- After 14 long months on the market my sister finally sold her house last week and moved yesterday. Their new house should be ready in a few months. I’ve been visiting the lot regularly and it looks awesome!
- My Mom also sold her house last month and is moving tomorrow. She bought a brand new condo and will be moving in next month. I’m so excited for both my mom and my sister.
- I accepted Pravus as my friend on facebook with limited access to my profile. This morning I saw she posted a memorial for my brother complete with pictures of his final days. I feel so bad… she always wants expose the worst pictures of him. I’m sure my brother would prefer not having pictures of himself in a hospital gown for the whole world to see. *sigh* she also doesnt seem to understand the concept of caps commas periods general punctuation ugh
- I start school next Tuesday and I am so excited! I have to buy a stethoscope, which makes me ridiculously happy.
- I’m done working at the hospital and am returning to work at the restaurant this weekend.
- I promise pictures of my projects and new pics of Pacha in my next post!
- I’m on vacation this week – yay!!
- I’m working on a few projects such as building a headboard out of an old door and installing laminate flooring in my bedroom. The headboard is coming along nicely and I will be starting on the floor soon. My sister gave me her left over flooring; what a sweetie she is!
- It’s Pacha’s birthday today! She is 2 years old. :-)
- After 14 long months on the market my sister finally sold her house last week and moved yesterday. Their new house should be ready in a few months. I’ve been visiting the lot regularly and it looks awesome!
- My Mom also sold her house last month and is moving tomorrow. She bought a brand new condo and will be moving in next month. I’m so excited for both my mom and my sister.
- I accepted Pravus as my friend on facebook with limited access to my profile. This morning I saw she posted a memorial for my brother complete with pictures of his final days. I feel so bad… she always wants expose the worst pictures of him. I’m sure my brother would prefer not having pictures of himself in a hospital gown for the whole world to see. *sigh* she also doesnt seem to understand the concept of caps commas periods general punctuation ugh
- I start school next Tuesday and I am so excited! I have to buy a stethoscope, which makes me ridiculously happy.
- I’m done working at the hospital and am returning to work at the restaurant this weekend.
- I promise pictures of my projects and new pics of Pacha in my next post!
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Evil on Facebook
I can’t believe this has happened! Pravus has asked to be my friend on facebook. Gah! I don’t know what to do. She’s the type of person that would totally hold a grudge if I wasn’t her friend, but I also DON’T want Pravus to know any personal details of my life! Granted I don’t share much on facebook, but even have her see a recent picture of Pacha makes me nauseous.
Newer readers might not be acquainted with Pravus. If you search my blog you might eventually make sense of who she is. She is essentially someone I don’t like very much who is somewhat related to me. I am no longer full of hatred and loathing whenever I see her, but I can’t say I like her either.
Newer readers might not be acquainted with Pravus. If you search my blog you might eventually make sense of who she is. She is essentially someone I don’t like very much who is somewhat related to me. I am no longer full of hatred and loathing whenever I see her, but I can’t say I like her either.
Thursday, August 7, 2008
In my bed? But I trusted you!
Pacha, Pacha, Pacha! Last night she peed in my bed! I couldn’t believe it. And here I thought we were doing so good. We had 3 days in a row without any incidents and then yesterday was just an overall bad day. When I got home she had peed twice in her “room”. Then my roommate told me she had let her out while she was home and she had peed on the landing in front of the stairs. That evening I brought her for a long walk and figured she would be all peed out. When I went to bed I brought her with me as usual. I always place her on my bed while I go get ready in the washroom so she doesn’t wonder into one of roommates’ room. When I got back I was shocked to see the big pee stain on my sheets! Luckily the sheets made it to the washer before it had time to reach the mattress. Finally, in the middle of the night I got up to go pee and figured I would bring her with me… not trusting her alone in my bed and she peed on the washroom floor. This time she didn’t even try hiding from me. Ugh.
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