Friends - help me.

Friends - help me.  I seriously have a dilemma.  I am driving myself crazy with this.

So as you all probably know by now I have the Chupacabra here.  (If you don't know who I'm referring to, check out my foster album and my videos.)  She and her cat lived with one of my best friends for a while, but they came back due to just being incompatible with where they were.

I will admit that I missed them while they were gone, but I didn't pine over them or cry or anything.  BUT, they were only 2 hours away and I knew I could see and check on them anytime.

Now a rescue has offered to post Chupa for me and they are probably her best chance at getting a good home.  I have ZERO doubts that someone will want her because she's small and cute.  BUT, they are up north so once she's gone this time - she's gone.  While I might get some email and photo updates there will not be any visits or anything like that.

I have been really sad at the idea of splitting her and her cat up.  They ABSOLUTELY love each other.  They wrestle every day.  Scar (Sorry Laurel - Shadow has changed it back) even goes in her crate and he's the only other creature who she allows in there with her.

NOT ONLY THAT, but I JUST LIKE HER SO MUCH.  😳

I am seriously considering keeping her.  I usually don't have a problem with letting go.  It hurts.  Like hell most of the time - unless it's a dog that just doesn't mesh here - in which case I'm usually breathing a sigh of relief when they are adopted.  I don't know what my problem is.  I cried for days when the puppies I nursed were adopted, but I knew it was for the best.  I do still miss them, (as I miss most of my foster kids periodically), but I just haven't been able to go through with fully committing Chupa to this rescue.

I have 6 permanent dogs already,so it's not like I NEED another one.  But I just feel like she belongs here.  I like her, and she's funny, and her cat is here, and she's not a lot of trouble.

I have never had a foster failure,besides Faith and Lowrider, but they were both in an extenuating circumstance and my back was to the wall so I don't really count them.  While I love them and they are welcome here I never felt like I would have had that much trouble adopting either of them out had their person come for them.  Out of the 30-ish dogs I've fostered those are the only two who have ended up here for the long haul and like I said:  There was just a situation regarding them both.

I am just so torn right now.  Another permanent dog means more food, more vet care, more time, more money.  But I LIKE her!  What do you think?  And any of my rescue peeps - feel free to chime in and let me know if that has happened to you and how you handled it.

LOL at Cracker Barrel:

LOL at Cracker Barrel:

I have...

I have 500-ish nail polishes and I STILL have to borrow a good red from my boyfriend. 😳

Shaun just bought me...

Shaun just bought me 3 pairs of boots.  I think I'm good on shoes for the next 10 years.  😳

He's the sweetest.  ❤

Shaun walked over here...

Shaun walked over here and we were going to walk to Wal-Mart, but holy cow... I am too sore to walk that and he's got a blister forming on his foot.  So, we tried things out in my car.  Probably wouldn't have done that if Wal-Mart wasn't so close to me (less than a mile... probably more like half a mile)... but we needed food.  So.  Off we went.

There are still some icy patches out so I wouldn't recommend being out unless you really need to be.  OBVIOUSLY - stay away from hills.  I ended up taking Shaun home so he wouldn't have to walk and there were literally about 7 cars in ditches on Arrow Avenue at the hill.  That is crazy.

When we were walking home from the high school yesterday cars were sliding down that little hill near the school.  Literally all of them did it and I thought that some of them weren't going to stop until they smashed into the car below them.  Thankfully I didn't see an accident there, but we didn't hang out and watch.

Anyway, that's all I know.  I don't see everything being drive-able by tomorrow, but I sure would like to go back to work!

I am seriously having a hard time walking. It hurts so bad.

I am seriously having a hard time walking. It hurts so bad. 🙁

I haven't done much since we got home. I am sore like whoa. Thankfully, I am finally warmed up, at least.

I have let the dogs out a few times and I keep seeing like... big military vehicles going up my street. Is that happening everywhere? Are they just out helping people, or making sure that no one is out, or what?

We just got home from work. We left at 11:30 am.

We just got home from work.  We left at 11:30 am.  😳

The roads were so bad that it took us an hour to make it two miles in the car.  People were scared to move because they were sliding everywhere.  It was awful.

So... we decided to walk home.  Shaun left his car at Ruby Tuesday at around 12:30 so that is when our journey on foot began.

We stopped at Saks High School to get Shadow then headed home.  All in all me and Shaun walked a little over 7 miles today.  Shadow walked the last 1.5 miles with us.

I am tired.  I am sore.  My face is chapped.  My leg benders ache.  And now I'm getting cold.  Blegh.

I didn't hate it, though.  I didn't like when the snow was blowing right at my face, but there was nothing to do about it.  We stopped and pushed a few people who couldn't get up hills and one lady drove us like, 10 feet up a hill, but ohmygosh, I APPRECIATED THAT.

It was nice, at least, to see everyone stopping and helping each other.  There were a lot of folks out helping - pulling, pushing, either with just themselves or their cars.  But the way the cars were sliding and losing control I did feel much safer on foot.  I do not regret just getting out and walking today.

I did great all day - didn't fall or anything until AFTER we got Shadow.  By that point I was so exhausted and sore that I wasn't very nimble on my feet.  I busted my ass TWICE on the last 1.5 miles.  I am going to be sore as a mofo tomorrow.  😳

Now I'm heading to my couch.  I plan to not move anytime soon so if you need me that's where I'll be.  ❤