The Magic of an Ordinary Day

meet Conga

 

She's the dog that belongs to our friend's daughter, the one who got in the car crash.  Rachel is in brain injury rehab now, and Zan understandably hasn't been able to give Conga the attention she needs so we said we would foster her until Rachel's situation stabilizes.  Which may be never, we all know that. 

 

She is a sweet old girl.  She's a 12 year old German Shepard ?Chow cross.  It's some Oriental breed, as she has a semi-black tongue.  But she just followed us humans around the house, nudging at our hands to be petted.  And although she hasn't lived with other dogs, she blended in well with our pack. 

Well, our pack is pretty mellow and the rules are pretty simple.  Kirby, the only one with the age in the single digits is alpha.  The geriatrics stick together and all is good.  Since Conga is submissive and old she got on well. Played (gently, mind you) with Jake and Ebony, her fellow senior citizens.  Explored the yard a lot. Ended her day sleeping all night in Hannah's room on a blanket Hannah put down for her. 

While I was out there taking pictures of Conga, the pack leader and attention whore Kirby had to show off his new spring coat.

 

Good thing cute goes a long way in this house.

Randomness

I think the smashed toe (courtesy of the dresser I was moving) was God's way of telling me to stop my manic cleaning and take a break, so I thought I would visit the old blog. I was shocked and appalled to discover that posts have not been made in my absence.  I'll have to speak to my people.

So what's been going on?  A lot, but not much of anything.

• Dwayne's been flying every week this month, which is fun for him.  He's now comfortable with high-risk OB and the fetal heart monitor.  And pediatrics.  Let's face it, he's a stud-nurse and can do anything.
• I often wonder if what's normal in our household is normal in other people's households.  Dwayne was flying a 7 year old girl to Iowa where she needed a special pediatric electrophysiologist. He called in to say goodnight to Hannah after he dropped his patient off, and when Hannah got on the phone --before saying hello-- said in a perfectly clinical tone "so how did she do?" 
• Hannah was in the office when Dwayne got activated for the pediatric flight and had happily donated some of her movies for the in-flight entertainment.  She's such a giving and generous child.
• We will all be glad when the summer is over.  We've been working opposite shifts to cover child care and we are ready for some family time.
• We are planning another camping/fly-fishing trip for August, for Dwayne's birthday.
• Speaking of camping/fishing trips, I added a photo album of our trip to the Jemez mountains to the sidebar on the left.  Check it out.  
• We might be adding another dog to our pack.  A friend's daughter had a horrible car accident that left her badly hurt, and she's currently in rehab.  She's had a brain injury and Zan isn't sure if her daughter will ever be able to care for the dog again... and definitely in the meantime the poor thing isn't getting the attention it deserves.  So we will be taking Conga for the week to see how she gets on with Hannah and our dogs, knowing it might not be a good fit, Rachel might recover and be able to take her back, whatever.  I just hope we can ease some of Zan's burden during this difficult time.
• The monsoon season has arrived and it is wonderful!  I love the thunderstorms, and the smell of rain and pine trees is the best thing in the world.
• Hannah is starting kindergarten on August 20th.  Kindy is all day here and she will be taking the bus.  And as Dwayne says, by about December he will stop following the bus to school with his truck to make sure she's okay.  She's going to a new school, a public school, and it's a highly-rated school.  Several of her friends from Prince of Peace will be attending as well as some neighbor kids.  It will be a good move.
• It's been nice not paying that private school tuition.  I just thought of that.
• Work continues to be challenging but good.  I'm getting used to being a businesswoman as well as a nurse. 

Th-th-that's all folks!  Have a great weekend!

   

Monday, Monday

 

Man, I wish I was there and not here.  Too much to do today, this week, this month.

Bring my car in to fix the bumper, OPS meeting, accupuncture after work.  Teaching ACLS on Tuesday and Wednesday.  Coordinating an extra day to cover for my boss who is in Hawaii, the lucky bastard.

See?  I'm late already.

my two sweethearts

They sure do love each other.  They had so much fun together at Fenton Lake.

They played in the water...

 

 

They did "up downs"...

 

 

They wrestled...

 

They watched  that dumb deer wander around our campsite...

  

They played Hannah's parachute game...

  

 

I don't know how he managed it but he found a Princess playset at the baitshop where he bought our fishing licenses.  Only Dwayne would find that...

 

What a great time!

 

the deer

When we go to Fenton Lake we usually see deer near our campsite. This last trip there was one browsing near our tent. It was 9 am and she was out there just chewing away....

  

We ambled over and started taking pictures so she thought she would take a low profile...

 

Uhhhhggg...just a little farther....

 

Mmffffttttt.... a little more.....

 

Okay... no one can see me now, right?  I'm good, right?  Whew!