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January 12, 2005

Busy, busy, busy

I have felt totally swamped at work so far this week. And I had Monday off!
We are short staffed and I'm trying to prepare for two trips out of town - next week, Denver, the week after, Connecticut, and everytime I turn around someone is asking me to do this that or the other. I'm also trying to update and rearrange a training manual that I use with clients. I didn't write it in the first place, and it's order is very awkward to use.

On top of that, Houdini is becoming a bulemic dog or something. He completely bullied his way through the cat door into the kitchen yesterday while we were at work. The little shit pulled the cannister of dog treats off the shelf and ate each and every treat by himself. He also ate the cat food. Then he went into the mudroom and ate the cat poop.

When John got home from work, the kitchen was a mess. Thank God John cleaned it up!

Houdini is much wider then he should be. I have to remove him from doggie breakfast or he will take Shadow and Whiskey's food from them - even they are many times his size.

This morning, around 4:00 am, I smelled that icky doggie poopie smell. Houdini could not hold all the stuff he had eaten any longer. Fortunately, if he has an accident, he uses puppy training pads that I keep on the bathroom floor, but I have to tell you - this dog had a poop that was the size of a Great Dane's poop, and Houdini is a small dog - must have been 1/3 of his body weight!

Thankfully, John cleaned that up for me, too.

So, I'm working like crazy and our little dog is being poopy.

Oh, and one of the cats got her collar for the cat door caught around a tooth - we had to cut the collar, and she has a sore mouth and was pissed and scratched the hell out of my finger. She is on canned food until she is better. Poor Cleo.

Andy is back at Kansas State - classes start today. Hopefully, he will love all his classes and still have some fun.

Oh, and one more thing -

OT: Greg Hammonds, whose wife died of breast cancer, is hosting a comment fundraiser with the money raised to go to the National Breast Cancer Foundation’s programs for education and low-cost or free mammograms for low-income women. For every comment made, he or another of the sponsors will donate $1. So, if you have the time to simply comment or even better to provide a link to direct traffic there, it would be super :D

Got it? All you have to do is visit that site by clicking this link - leave a comment, and *other people* will donate money to the cause.

Not you, but other people. How can you turn that offer down? Why are you still here? We'll be here when you get done. But if you wait too long, you won't be able to score the Karma points.

Go. Comment.

Hat tip to Rae,

Posted by Beth at January 12, 2005 06:07 AM