Sunday, October 17, 2004

Well, we did get another dog. Turns out I am somewhat obsessive, so I got some medication for that as well. Mike finally agreed after I drove him crazy for 2 weeks that we could get a dog. The only way he would go along with it is if we got a puppy. I had wanted a dog that was 1-2 years old, so we wouldn’t have to deal with a lot of the puppy issues, but if this was the only was I could get a dog, I decided to go for it. After having Ivan (not after the hurricane) for a month, we have decided we do not want kids. We are too set in our ways and can not deal with it. He is Satan in a dog suit. I swear he reminds me of a bad mannered child. He is a 5 month old mutt. Very cute with floppy ears….and sharp teeth. We had to enroll him in doggy obedience school, after he bit my lip and drew blood. We checked out tons of books, but none of the stuff worked. He is a lot better now after his 3 weeks of school, but is still a terror. My latest injury due to Ivan is a broken ankle.

Obedience school had a policy to drop off the dog between 7-10 am and pick up at 5:30 at the absolute latest. The past 3 weeks I have been going to work early so I could make sure to pick him up before the 5:30 deadline. Since we got home before dark, I would take him out back so he could run off all his excess energy. He likes to play keep away with one of his outside fetch toys. I managed to be sneaky enough to get it away from him while on the deck. As I was walking to the yard, he got tangle in my feet causing me to lose my balance. I still don’t know if I made it down the steps before falling or if I fell while still on the steps. All I know is I heard/felt a crack/pop sound while falling, landed in the grass, moaning and crying loudly, and pulled up a few clumps of grass. It hurt. The neighbor across the street was outside working on his mailbox and did not come over to help me. I was loud enough for him to have heard. I managed to get inside, and call Mike to come home. We were at the emergency room for 4 hours. Turns out I have 2 chips in the bone close to each other, and the popping/cracking sound I heard was the 3 tendons surrounding the ankle tearing. So, the ankle is broken with a severe sprain. I am on crutches and am afraid I am going to hurt myself worse on them, so I also have knee pads so I can crawl around without hurting my knees.

The first week we had Ivan I wanted to take him back. I don’t now. He is soooo cute, even if he has issues. We are working through them and by the time he reaches adult hood, he will be great. Part of me wishes he would stay the 35-40 pounds he is now. (2 weeks ago he was 35.2 pounds, so who knows.)

I was going to start exercising again on Monday, but now have to push that back. I have gained weight since I quit smoking and started on the pill again. I need to control my eating habits. Turns out I also have an under active thyroid. I found that out this month and am on medication for that as well. Before I went on the meds I could never get full, now I can, so I hope that will help somewhat with my desire to eat less and lose weight. I’ve babbled enough for this month….later.

posted by Beth Paddock 9:04 PM

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