We moved his light AGAIN...

We moved his light AGAIN and hopefully it'll be to his liking this time. I coaxed him out with some fresh greens and he was into that! I've missed his bad self. 😂

This is the cutest li'l pine tree I've ever seen in my life.

This is the cutest li'l pine tree I've ever seen in my life. I've seen it several times on my street and finally had a chance to stop and get a photo.

Yesterday was terrible.

Yesterday was terrible. I had the worst migraine of my life. It took 2 doses of medication and most of the day to subside and I vomited several times - once so hard that I peed myself. I spent 10 hours napping in the living room floor because I was too weak to shower and too disgusting for the furniture.

I don't know how I would have survived yesterday without Shaun. I woke up feeling really horrible and took my meds and sat on the couch. He got up a few minutes later and immediately asked me if I was ok. All I could answer was "No. Can I have something to vomit into?" and thus began my most attractive and sexy day ever. 😂 For real though, he spent all day dealing with my puke and pee and bringing me meds and fluids and checking on me and being all around wonderful. He even said I was cute all balled up in the floor. I don't know what I ever did to deserve this human being, but he is my favorite and I am so thankful for him.

As for what triggered my migraine? The best I can figure is stress from scheduling my CSA exam. Yes, I was excited but I also felt dizzy later that night and woke up in the middle of the night feeling pretty bad. I should have taken medication then but I didn't. I thought I could sleep it off and that is a mistake I won't be making again.

I'm feeling really excited and nervous.

I'm feeling really excited and nervous.  I just registered for my Certified System Administrator exam.  I'm not taking it for 3 more weeks (unless I feel super ready before then), but that is a big step in regards to starting my career.

I took the CSA class last April between college courses and I loved it.  With classwork and my mental health and us losing Shaun's dad and then moving and then moving the kids and all that that entails I never had time to study and prepare for the exam.  My deadline is coming up and I'm pretty mentally rested now so it's time to make this a priority.  I'm really excited.  I can't wait to update my already beautiful resume with this certification so that I can pursue the job I want.  It's so weird how fast this all feels like it's happening despite the fact that I spent 5+ years struggling to get to this point.

Anyway, I wanted to share that because I've done a thing, taken another step and I'm pretty proud of myself.  😃

Look at my handsome Gramson

Look at my handsome Gramson, Leon. Precious little baby.

I'm not trying to be mean, but...

I'm not trying to be mean, but I think Rose might be the dumbest dog I've ever met.  I consider myself to be a dog person but I've never encountered anyone like her and I need help.

It doesn't matter if it's below freezing or if it's raining; she sleeps out in the open (usually in the middle of the yard).  She has a heated dog house not to mention a doggie door to actually come inside the house.  She knows how to use the doggie door but sometimes stands there slapping at the flap before she'll actually come in.  The other day when it was raining and I wanted her inside we had to coax her in and I sat with her on the couch for over an hour; but when she got tired of that she went outside anyway and not under any sort of shelter.

She doesn't eat much unless we coax her to do so; she was thin before she was lost for 2 weeks, but much thinner when we got her home.  The people who'd found her said that they couldn't get her to eat (or eat much eventually), either.  I don't understand this.  Does she not feel cold or rain or hunger?  Does she just not care?

I've said before that she likes to be up Cubba's butt and if he's outside that is still true.  Only once or twice has she followed him indoors.  Before we had a doggie door she slept in the dog house with him, but now doesn't even go in there (and the blanket inside should smell like him still, but she keeps dragging it out into the middle of the yard to lay on it - weather be damned).

I guess the simple conclusion would be that she's not uncomfortable and doesn't feel hungry too often, but when I see her literally shivering while rolled up in a tiny ball out in the open in the cold it breaks my heart.  I tried to make her stay in last night by "closing" the doggie door, but every time I checked on her she was sat in front of it whining.

I'm not trying to be funny when I say this but I feel like she might have special needs and I just don't know what to do for her.  Please advise me.

Update:  I ate with her and Shaun pretended to. That's the most we've seen her eat in one sitting.

We've been giving...

We've been giving Rose more calories and supervising her eating... It's the weirdest thing, but I gave her a weiner the other day and she laid on it - then left it without eating it. I've never met a dog who didn't by default want people food. I handed it to her again and she finally ate it, but that was so weird. Anyway, she's finally showing some weight gain.

I had a bunch of chores to do today, but when I went outside the weather was so nice and the dogs were so happy that I spent more time than I meant to playing with them. Shaun came out and played, too. It's all good, though. We all needed that.

I hope you all are doing well. I felt like turds for the last 2 weeks (PMS and then I don't know... just run down, hence the lack of posts), but I've been better the last two days. I slept like crap last night but made the most of today regardless. Hopefully, tomorrow will be pretty good, too.