I am just sitting down here so tired I am a little bleary eyed. What a long day it’s been.
I had to get up at 7 so I could get Pugsley out and fed and get dressed and hop in the car with him to have him over at the vet at 7:30. Today was his “spa” day. I have long taken my pugs to the vet once a month because I need them to do toenails and while they would charge $15 just to do toenails they only charge $20 to do toenails, clean ears, and bathe them (and they get all fluffed up under the dryer so I call it their spa day). It was the first time I have only taken one little pug and I went with a lump in my throat and a knot in my stomach. 4 weeks ago I took both Pugsley and Delilah.
Since we are going through an adjustment period with Pugsley being left alone I had things I had to get done while he was there. A banking errand, a trip to the pharmacy to refill Pugsley’s medication for his collapsed trachea, gas in the car, and a big, once a month, grocery shopping at Costco. I was so relieved to be able to do all of these things while he was at the vet. It is a familiar place for him, the vet techs adore him and baby him, and he was safe and happy there while I ran around like mad getting things done and EVERYTHING took longer than expected. We got home just before noon and after walking Pugsley, and carrying in all the groceries and putting them away, getting him a treat, and then making myself a cup of coffee, I came in here to the studio and just about collapsed. Too early, too tired, too fast, too much to do, but once home having gotten it all done I felt an enormous sense of relief.
I tried, I really tried, to get this post done earlier this afternoon but I was tired and bone weary and there was still so much to do. Dragging in the trash and recycling barrels, watering all the plants, and there are a lot of them, on the front porch, going in and out with my small boy, making lunch, and on and on. Finally I curled up with him in our cozy chair and read for awhile. I wanted, badly, to take a nap but I just couldn’t go to sleep.
Now it is just past 6, I have to get him out again and get his dinner and then my sweet daughter Rachel is coming over this evening and I have to make dinner for us so I had to do a quick blog post. Not exciting, not earth-shaking, but there you go. Some days are like that. And I am so excited to have Rachel here this evening.
A funny thing happened that I will share. Since we don’t have a fenced yard to use now I walk Pugsley in the big front yard. I rarely ever see any other animals around although there are a couple of feral cats I see once in awhile and I am assuming they are the culprits. Yesterday, in horror, I saw a snake in the front yard. It was smallish and I realized it was dead, in fact something had bitten it’s head off and left it in the yard. Dead or no I was still sheepish and horrified but I was going to dispose of it today. When we went out this morning it was gone. I was relieved and mystified. Who left the headless snake? Who removed it? I have lived here for 8 1/2 years and never seen a snake though other people in the neighborhood see them and my back yard is very large, woodsy, and just beyond my fence in the back is a creek. I know they are there but I have never seen one. Until the last couple of days. Now you see it, now you don’t. I’m glad it disappeared!
Okay I’m off and running again. Until next time…
Hawks, perhaps, snagged the snake remnants. I just did a Wildlife Gardening program again today (I’ve done them for decades— this was an updated version). It’s good to have snakes in your garden — they eat voles, moles, mice, etc.
So glad that you had a good day out.
Thank you dear Lisa, what wonderful work you do with your Wildlife Gardening program. I know people must really enjoy it. And yes I know snakes are good, I just happen to be afraid of them. But honestly I felt sorry for the little one I saw in my yard, it was small, but then it disappeared. Nature works in mysterious ways, hawks or cats or whatever!
It was a good day and an absolutely lovely evening with Rachel. Now a quiet morning, and dear Eleanor who helps me here a couple of times a month comes today. I hope you have a lovely weekend. 🙂
Sounds like a long and full but accomplished day, Maitri. I hope you get some well deserved rest this weekend.
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Thank you Maggie, it was a good day and a lovely evening with my darling Rachel. This weekend I am going to be spending a lot of time putting together photos, etc for insurance for the hurricane, a task I dread but which must be done. It sounds like you are having a lovely time with your daughter and her family. Enjoy your sweet time with them. I hope your daughter’s wife came through fine…
Ah, poor snake. It was likely non-poisonous (?) and fell victim to one of many possible predators. They get a bad rap, these snakes, yet are so integral to our comfort on the planet. How sweet, that the vet staff loves the lone canine you now bring them. Does that make the loss a smidgen easier? Losses are horrible, but I doubt any of us would opt for a life without the love they give us before they leave us.
Dear Cathryn…. Yes, I know snakes play an important role and I wish them no harm, I just don’t want to have personal encounters with them!
And I do appreciate, always, my wonderful vet’s office and staff, they are all wonderful, and I got a beautiful card — they always do this when one loses a pet — signed with lovely notes of condolence from both vets and everyone in the office, and they always make a donation to the Humane Society in the name of the lost little one so Delilah was honored as was Tanner and other babies before them. I am always deeply touched by this.
And no, despite the heartbreak of the losses I would never want to be without a precious baby to share my life with. My darling Pugsley is sleeping and snoring next to me now, and I love him so deeply and dearly and will treasure every moment I have with him which I hope will be for some time to come.
Take care sweet Cathryn, I’m sending you a warm gentle hug…