ok so a couple folks have their photo journals… so i feel like sharing a photo of my own too. I seldomly take pictures for artisitic value, just for capturing memories so they aren’t as cool i guess ….. i’ve only got a few i consider sortof “artisic-esque” .
When i went up to north florida to meet dennis’ mom and grandparents for chistmas 2 years ago, his sister took us to this beach. not a place visited by many. it was kindof hidden, down a trail on the side of a busy road. i took a panoramic photo as best i could standing shivering from the cold. it’s big.
..and it was more depressing than i expected it would be.
When we first arrived at carol’s house (she’s been doing lab rescue’s for 12 years) we saw another couple and their daughter in front of the house front gate waiting to see carol too.. They saw tela as we were walking up and started asking a bunch of questions about her. They were there to adopt a dog and they loved tela from the moment they saw she step out of my car.
Carol’s house is surrounded by land and the whole property fenced in by a chain link fence. After she let us all inside the fence, she set tela loose and she (tela) started looking really really scared as she sniffed the ground. I guess she could smell the other dogs but after 10 minutes she stopped tucking her tail between her legs. C showed us around the place and where her rescue dogs live. she had converted half her garage into “bedrooms” for the dogs with couches and fans.. there must have been 5 dogs in there and she said she had 7 of her own in her house. unreal. but apparently very good at cleaning or she hires someone cuz it supposedly doesn’t smell like dog in her house. the yard was really big and she has her own little pool/lake there that the dogs jump into if they want to.
the couple that was there kept asking about tela and the husband said “we might come back tomorrow night to take her home”. their daughter loved her too.. she looked like she was 10 or 12 years old. they already have 2 corgies and their faces lit up when i told them tela gets along with small dogs better than big dogs.
When it was time to leave, we stepped thru the fence door (chain link) and tela tried to come thru with us. that was so sad. I pet her and got a little choked up but carol said “if you get sad she will know something is up. it’s best just to act happy and she’ll think it’s one big happy party.” well, i tried but i know she could sense something was up. then dennis and i started walking along the fence towards our car and tela followed us all the way down to it on the other side of the fence.. I felt like we were doing the worst thing in the world.. she looked so sad and confused… awe man, I just really hope she gets a new home really soon and starts the adjustment process. As we drove off, i looked back and she was walking back towards that family kinda sniffing the grass. I knew we would never see her again and it is so sad to accept it.
I caught bullet sitting by the front door tonight like he was waiting for something. I’m sure he’s wondering where tela is. 
I’ll be calling c in a couple days to find out if that family took her. I really hope so cuz they seemed so nice.
well, that’s it. now we have to adjust to life with 2 dogs again. I gotta say it has already become so much easier. we consider this a lesson. we’re not meant to have more than two hounds in the house. :/
another shit movie on scifi. hackers. sooo stupid and off base.
what is this, stupid movie week on scifi?
dialog from the movie
prepubescent ‘hacker’#1: “what are the most commonly passwords used by computer architects?”
prepubescent ‘hacker’#2: “secret, sex.. and love. but not necessarily in that order”.
prepubescent ‘hacker’#1: “yeah”
prepubescent ‘hacker’#3: “yeah, but don’t forget god. it’s that whole male ego thing, ya know?”
as if it’s sorry attempt at being “cool” and getting everything so removed from reality wasn’t bad enough, we have to deal with it also being sexist.
my fucking god. the scary thing is this movie was made in 1995.. If it had been made in the early 80’s it would be easier to overlook the bad screenplay.
…but i’m still watching it.. i want to see just how much more ridiculous it can get.
THE GOOD
jada and i had our walk around the ‘hood again today. I like this new routine. I come home feeling good and not so tired and she takes a nap while i have dinner. i guess the long walk wipes her out too… which is great cuz it gives me a little time to myself.
it’s the weekend! and i’m looking forward to just relaxing starting tomorrow (even tho i’ve got like 50 loads of laundry to do - but i can do that whenever)
THE BAD
if it were a disease i would say dennis passed it on to me. tension in my neck and head.. what a bitch.
i feel like i gotta work tomorrow. I have to keep reminding myself that tomorrow is my weekend and i have the day off.. It’s making me feel tense and uneasy.
i’m watching this shit movie on scifi called ‘mosquito’ what a peice of shit.
THE UGLY
i got a crotch appointment on monday… [sarcasm] wooooo! yeah, baby! that’s what it’s ALL about [/sarcasm]
sux major ass, i hate it, and don’t understand why i have to go. i’ve had enough probing to last me a millenium.
i might have to drive tela to loxahatchee on monday.. and i might have to go alone cuz the termite inspection dude will be examining the house. I’m sad about taking her but I just have to break down and do it. We can’t keep her here for another year and STILL decide to find her a new home. she deserves to find permanence once and for all and the younger she is, the easier it will be to do that.
that’s it.
my god i’m bored to death. I think i’ll spend some more time today on email or something.
I spent some time rereading some of my posts from early last year .. before baby, i’d talk a lot about my computers and installing shit and whatnot.. man, those were the days. So carefree, able to stay up till 7am doing whatever the fuck i wanted. It’s crazy to think of how much freedom i had and how much i took it for granted.
then i reread some of the posts i made right after jada was born. things were really tough then. she’d wake up roughly every 2 hours to feed day and night, i was depressed, still in pain, etc. It was really hard but it got easier gradually and now is so much easier. I’m so grateful for that. Especially being able to sleep thru the night like we do. I wonder if i will be singing a different tune once she starts walking. hmmm…
I had ordered a stroller for her online and it arrived yesterday. Dennis put it together. It’s the Metrolite LE LOL! sounds like a car. it reclines in 3 positions. woooooow easy one hand adjustments oioooooh! which i’m glad i finally found and it’s not too heavy.. Now that we have the stroller i will try having walks with jada after work. It will help shed some pounds, i’m sure. But even more importnat, give me a little added energy. I think i’ll start today with a short trip around the block. Last time i did that i think i was 6 months pregant and barely made it back home. heh
man, i think i love my floor too much now.. where before i hated it, now i’m in love with it.
It’s funny. So the dogs have all gotten baths now and scully got her nails clipped, bullet needs his done and i thought tela was fine, until i let her out into the house after her bath. Her nails click click click on the floor as she walks.. and she was still wet so she slipped on the floor turning the corner on her way out of my room, and made a bunch of scratches in the hallway… sheesh. that sucked ass. So now all 3 are back in the garage for now. they got thier bed, they can all snuggle up to eachother for warmth during these cool nights. It’s not THAT cold anyway. It’s better that it’s cool than too hot. .. we’ll revisit the possibility of letting them in after the next nail clipping, maybe this weekend. lol!
I got some new fish yesterday.. 20 cardinal tetra and 2 cory catfish. .. I was all excited, acclimated them to the tank, set them free and watched in anticipation, and what do they all do? hide under the freakin rocks. the tank STILL looks empty.
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