She's baaaackkk!

Hi. First things first, Mogy is going to be OK. He did not hurt his cruciate, he has soft tissue damage. He'll take anti-inflamatories and pain killers and he'll probably join Copper at the aqua-gym to work out the kinks. He's still limping a lot, but it's getting better everyday. He's the best!

Now to me. I had my first PartyLite show with our new catalogue last night. I absolutely love this host and she was really looking forward to the evening. It was a blast. We have great sales results and everyone had a good time. It was good to be back in the saddle.

While Alan, Rootsey, and I were hopping around in Colorado, I did it again: I bought a guitar. This one is an acoustic-electric Taylor 412ce. It's beautiful. I've been playing it daily since returning home. This does make seven (7) guitars in the house now, so I'm going to sell 4 of them: the silver Strat, the two L. Benito acoustics, and the acoustic-electric Takamine. I'll keep the Taylor, the old Takamine, and the red Strat.

I'm also going to sell my skis and boots. Next time we go skiing, I'm going to rent everything.

I'd like to outsource all of these sales efforts. It takes time and distracts me from what I should be doing: work and taxes.

My tax deadline has come and gone - I will start to incur penalties soon, so it is now a priority. I do wish Australia had a firm deadline like the US. It's too easy to just let dates slip by here and then you end up in this situation. I love deadlines.

What else? Alan and Rootsey are having a great time. They have exhausted Austin and are currently in San Antonio having lunch on the Riverwalk. 

It's Sunday to day and I'm going to drive down the coast to do a candle party this afternoon. My plan after that is to venture over to the Quarryman in Pyrmont and listen to Ben and Martin for awhile. Some live music to sing to.... ah bliss.

My next post will be opinionated, controversial, and funny, and will include pictures. Subscribe if you want to get it hot off the press. :) Later!

The Left Hind Leg

After two glorious weeks in Colorado, I took the long flight home. It took longer than usual because I had to get to the airport early for Alan and Rootsey. After 4.5 hours in DIA, I flew to LAX, waited for 5 hours, and then flew 14 hours to Sydney. At this point, I must say that V Australia is now my airline of choice for the trip across. They were wonderful. I filled out a survey card to tell them so.... Perhaps in another post, I'll tell you why.

The plane landed at 6:00 and I was out of the terminal by 7:15. As I travelled to the house in the taxi, I smiled at the prospect of walking both dogs. Copper would have improved in my absence, so I knew they could both make it to Abbotsford Point and back. A nice 5 kilometre walk in the beautiful summer weather (and not too hot).

But that was not to be.

It's now 11:00 in the morning. I've just gotten back from the vet. I left Mogy there to get some tests and X-rays. The initial diagnosis is that he has hurt (ripped, torn, or in some way damaged) his cruciate ligament in his (get this) left hind leg. (For those of you not seeing the synchronicity, that is the same leg that Copper damaged so much in his dance with a car last August.)

I'm exhausted from visits to the vet. I'm exhausted from life and death decisions for non-life threatening events. I'm exhausted from getting one almost to the point of normal only to now be thrust back into the other being significantly injured. We haven't even finished with Copper's physical therapy. We also need to have the last two screws removed from his ankle.

This blog is NOT just supposed to be about my damn dogs!!!! It's supposed to be about me. It's supposed to be more upbeat and happy - just like me.

But right now, I'm not happy. I'm miserable.

I'll have to write about the Colorado trip some other time....