Workday Paws

This has been such an amazing day and I was afraid to wait until tomorrow to blog about it in case a giant sinkhole opened up on my way home and Tucum, Tatonka and I fell into it, never to be seen again.

After another lovely weekend in Cooper Landing, complete with kayaking on the lake and basking in the sun with the dogs, I arrived home before Smokey and was even able to fully clean out his truck of my crap and vaccuum up the dog hair. Then I stayed up too late watching tv shows I borrowed from my friend.

So I started out today tired. Then I decided to call my boss and beg a late entrance so I could take Tatonka in to the vet since the full bottle of benedryl he drank this weekend did nothing to reduce the bug bite swelling on his nose. I even got an appointment at the vet, so didn't have to got to the emergency clinic or get squeezed in. On the drive down the hill I came to the realization that my truck plates expire today. And I need to get an emission test. But before that I have to get a new muffler since I discovered on Friday that mine is no longer connected to the tailpipe. One thing at a time, I decided. So, the bumps on Tatonka's nose that are now open wounds ooozing puss were so exciting to the vet that she showed all the other vets at the clinic. They all proclaimed how they had never seen this before, and while they knew it was theoretically possible in dogs it's usually a cat issue. This after she tells me it could be a bite from a pregnant vole, which apparently secrets some some of toxin. Or the first signs of some horrible diseases. Turns out he is having an allergic reaction to something (don't know what) and it is infected. So, now I need a pet sitter while I'm gone who is willing to shove pills down my big dog's throat several times a day and smear an ointment on his oozing snout. Hmmmmm....not sure I have any friends anywhere who would sign up for that. And then I go to pay my bill, $150, not bad all things considered, but my debit card is declined. I got paid on Friday. There is no way I spent that much money. Perplexed, I pull out a credit card and go on my way to pick up my OTC allergy meds and then go on to work.

Where all hell has broken loose on all my projects. But no one could tell me this since my cell phone died. In between the storms I managed to check my bank account, only to discover it is several hundred dollars overdrawn.....and there is no record of a paycheck being deposited on Friday. I find the paystub advice envelope we are all given on payday and open it to find.....a paper paycheck. Turns out when I was promoted and given a raise and changed from one subsidiary to another my electronic payment set up did not follow me.

I think maybe I'm done with this day now. Time to retreat to Heaven and reimerse myself in the tv shows and petting my cat. Also, last night discovered Frog has matted fur on his back which I spent over an hour brushing. Didn't think that was possible on a short haired cat. And a plant Smokey brought inside has aphids....into the jungle of plants.....yeah, can't wait to see what happens with that one, but I spent a good deal of time hunting and killing them this morning. The aphids, not the plants. And I'm leaving in a week to go hike the Wonderland Trail. YIPPEEE!!!