3 posts tagged “water”

Yesterday we took the pups to the dog park and then down to the lake for a little water fun before heading back home. Sadie has decided that swimming can be fun with a friend...she followed Marly right on out into the deep water and actually SWAM! She was so proud of herself on the way back to the car - her head was way up high along with her tail and she was prancing. 

Prior to the water, we let the dogs run around and chase some balls at the dog park. Sadie isn't really into chasing balls or even playing with the other dogs. She is pretty much just content with being outside and doing her own thing. I don't know - what do you think? Does that look like a happy dog to you? Hehehe! Unfortunately, Sadie has had a bad case of the runs the past few days. She is still eating (though not as much as normal) and drinking lots of water. I think maybe it is the lake water that has given her an upset tummy. The dogs went to the lake last week as well. I think I might forego letting Sadie swim there again until her system gets back to normal.

Marly loves the water. She is truly the quintessential labrador. From her companion behavior of following me around everywhere and hanging out with me, to the love of water, to the love of anything edible (or non edible for that matter!)...she is definitely all lab! It is too bad that I haven't found a nice secluded beach where I could let her off-leash to go swimming. I am still looking though. There must be one around here somewhere. We also had the displeasure of pulling Marly's first tick off of her. EEEWWWWW! I gave her a pretty good going over to make sure there weren't any more last night and then again today during her bath. Sadie, of course, got checked too. After the baths, both dogs got a new application of Advantix. I had them on a monthly schedule (as in the same day every month), but I think it may be that the stuff was wearing too thin at the end of each cycle, so now they will be on a 4 week cycle. With Marly's thick, dark fur it is really hard to look for/find the darn things, so I just hope the new application of the chemicals will kill any that might have been missed.

Of course, that had me looking at the stuff I use on the cats. Bandit is on Revolution, which is flea and heartwom (and other parasite) prevention stuff...but it doesn't do anything against ticks. I am tempted to switch him back over to Frontline Plus (which is what the other cats are on) that kills fleas, ticks, and chewing lice (edited - Frontline does not kill the mosquitoes...that is a K9 Advantix thing). So now for sure, I will call the vet on Tuesday and ask their opinion as to which is the larger threat/problem for an outdoor kitty around here.

Today was a lazy day of sleeping in and movies (though I did venture out this morning to get the plants watered). Tomorrow, I think will be more of the same with a trip back to the dog park thrown in along with a bunch of laundry. Tuesday morning I leave for VA Beach for work...*sigh* Even the long weekends are not long enough.

I am doing a review for a branch that is spread out in several locations locally this week. It is a blessing and a curse...mostly blessing. I get to sleep in my own bed each night. I don't have to get up at the crack of dawn each day (not that I don't do that naturally anyway). And all my toiletries are on hand without having to dog through a suitcase or a make-up bag. The curse is that I have quite a bit I ought to get done in the evenings that I am not doing because I am home and have other things to do during my off hours. Normally, this wouldn't be an issue even when doing a local review because most branches are a bunch of people in one place. Unfortunately, this is a bunch of people all in their own locations. Which means I don't even take my laptop with me because there is no place to hook-up and no time since all my 'down time' is spent driving to the next office. Ces't la vie. I will get it done tomorrow afternoon and Friday.

Tomorrow is another story all together. My manager is going to be listening in on one of my interviews as part of our internal quality control. It makes me nervous even though I know I have nothing to be nervous about. 

*sigh* I always feel like I am back in school and I am going to make some horrible mistake and get in big trouble. I HATE that feeling. Though, to be truthful, I live almost every day with that feeling...that I have somehow done some unknown terrible thing that is going to get me in huge trouble (i.e. permanently ruin my relationship, lose my job, get evicted from my home, have my dogs taken from me, etc.) Over-anxious much? Yeah. I dream almost nightly of major natural disasters and wake up in a panic (after fully panicking in my dream) because I am not ready. Well no shit (pardon the foul language), but no one, even if they think they are prepared, are truly prepared for such an event - I mean I am talking cataclysmic floods, earthquakes, etc. So yeah, my point with all this, besides pointing out to everyone just how much of a freak I really am? I am stressing out because I think I am going to lose my job tomorrow even though I logically know I won't.

So yeah...tonight I am going to veg out in front of the TV with a couple beers, a movie or two and my dogs...snuggle them close and try not to think about What-If.

So frustrating. It seems to me that they may just have to redo that connection there. I don't know anything about plumbing, but that would be my first/easy solution to the problem. We'll see what happens. Thank goodness it is still under warranty!

Also, I am somewhat worried about the vitex and may dig it up and replant it. It was terribly root-bound in the pot and I am not sure if I got the roots loosened enough for it. I think I might also plant it just a bit deeper so that it is easier to get water directly to the rootball while it gets established.