Life as it is

[unforth]

Yesterday, I broke up with Jason. I could say a lot more about this, but really, I don't want to, at least not in LJ. I'm depressed and guilty and tired and a bit stressed, but this is what I had to do. Anyone who really wants to know more should get in touch; I don't really want to write about it.


saracariad and I are looking for a place together, and we've found a few nice ones already and will be looking a bit more today. There's one place we really like, The Boulders, which is rather pricey but really...professional. We were joking that we'd feel like grown-up's if we lived there. Anyone have any experiences with it? It's run by Deer Park Management, - anything we should know? - buzzermccain, I'm looking at you, Bart Villa is one of theirs!


My dad is coming in to town tomorrow, which will be nice. I haven't seen him since Christmas, and have only seen him like twice in the past year, and I don't really chat on the phone with him (though we exchange occasional e-mails) so it'll be good to catch up. He's visiting with my brother in Columbus OH now, and will be arriving around noon tomorrow. I haven't got lots planned, but I was thinking we'd check out some nature-y places like Cedar Bluffs, cause he loves to hike, and unless he objects we'll be seeing 12th Night that evening. (so anyone else planning to go at that time will see us there!) :) Other than that, I've had some other ideas. I'm not entirely sure when he is leaving though, which has made planning hard in some ways. :)


Mom's first real doctor's appointment since the surgery is going on right now. Because of the restriction on "no riding in moving vehicles," they've sent a physical therapist and a home nurse a few times, but no actual visits. But today she got in a cab and headed to the doctor. It's been 6 weeks since her surgery. She's been doing very well over all - I've not written that much about it - though she's been in more pain again recently, which has been worrying her a bit. Today the doctor will either clear her to ride in vehicles again or he won't (in which case it will be at least three more weeks before she can, as far as I know) and they'll do some x-ray's and give a general sense of her recovery thus far. She's nervous about it, I think, though she wasn't really talking to me about it because I was burdening her with my own stuff. :)

If she does get cleared, though, she and I have been talking about her visiting later in the summer, which'd be a lot of fun. My mom's a geek more than most adults (most people over 60) are (former gamer, digs anime and manga, that sort of thing) and she loves meeting my friends and, well, I think she's pretty awesome. :) But I'll know better after this appointment, I think.


Today I take Jonie to the vet for real, her appointment is at noon. This is just your standard puppy check up, and they'll probably give her some shots and such, and let me know when I should bring her back. I need to remember to talk to them about Heartworm medicine and about flea and tic stuff (my mom reminded me of that!). She's been doing really well, though. Her paw seems completely fine, she's still not ever actually peed in my house (though she peed in deadmanwade's, SORRY!!!!!) and she even incredibly patiently followed us house hunting yesterday (and didn't destroy a single thing in the car despite being in it for an extended period of time!). I just need to work on that walking thing of hers - which is the way that she doesn't want to walk anywhere. Once she gets going and gets used to the idea, she's usually pretty eager, but getting her started is really tough, and she'll often randomly flop down and decide that she doesn't want to go another step. My current hypothesis, judging by what I've seen of her behavior, is that she is terrified. Evidence for this is primarily the fact that when I've given her time to get acclimated, she usually does want to move after a while, the fact that if I get insistent enough, she'll start crying (insistent = taking a more firm tone, tugging her a little to remind her who is boss, and offering her a treat if she'll get her butt to where I'm standing) and just generally the way she cowers and doesn't move until she feels comfortable. She also will sometimes get stubborn like this if I won't let her go the direction she wants to go (yesterday, she flat out decided she wasn't going down the stairs in 3rd St. Park, and wouldn't move until I decided to try to take her around the stairs instead of down them.)
Speaking of stairs, I was oh so proud of her, though - she climbed up an entire flight!! I was amazed. She got a treat for that one. ;)


I finally got my new debit card in the mail. Great, huh? Well, it uses the same PIN as the old one - you know, the pin I didn't know, which is why my card got deactivated in the first place? So now I have to wait another 7 to 10 days to get my new pin. Sigh. We live in an amazing age. Soon, soon I'll have a credit card that isn't Discover again... :)

Plan for the day: Going to vet, then going to do more house-hunting, and then ???.
Plan for tomorrow: hang out with dad, go to 12th Night.
Later all!

Comments

[nekomata.livejournal.com]

I will kill you so hard. T_T

[morbon-tg.livejournal.com]

Don't kill me, or all of the puppies and kitties will be sad. Do you really want to make all of the kitties and puppies (and my wife) sad?

[dyrecorn.livejournal.com]

If there are monkeys (aside from you) at our vow renewal, we will indeed make all of the kitties and such sad. =p

[unforth.livejournal.com]

You know, my distaste for monkeys may be strong, but somehow this threat (this whole conversation strand, really) amuses and tempts me. ;)

[mistress-sin.livejournal.com]

as the one that is the farthest away and less likely to have to deal with aftermath, i say "GO FOR IT!! RELEASE THE MONKEY MADNESS!!!"

thank you and good day!

[unforth.livejournal.com]

Nice to know that you don't mind if monkeys smite people you've never met. ;) That's why we've got to get you here for some time over the summer - once you know some people you'll have even more fun suggesting smiting! ;)

[dyrecorn.livejournal.com]

Try it, and I'll have you birched.

(See, now I'm thinking in WoT mode =p)

[unforth.livejournal.com]

Blood and bloody ashes!

[mistress-sin.livejournal.com]

it's just some monkeys doing what they do best.

causing mayhem and eating bananas!

[buzzermccain.livejournal.com]

As in flayed, or does the cursed series use it to mean something else?

[unforth.livejournal.com]

As far as I know, it is used in it's standard connotations.

I can't deny that it is an accursed series, though. ;)

[morbon-tg.livejournal.com]

Well then, I'll just have to find some other place for the monkey to be other than at the ceremony. I guess I'll just have to bring it by the house later on. =)

[mistress-sin.livejournal.com]

if only you could shrink said monkey and put it in stragetic locations that would take a person actually looking for it to find it.

[morbon-tg.livejournal.com]

I can, but then it wouldn't be an actual live monkey. Though your monkey here is quite small and easily hidden (on a computer).