Checking in

Ok. Up here in Hoodbridge doing my comps reading. Mom is away at her high school reunion so it’s just me and the dog.

Lizzie has had an unfortunate turn. Everything has happened at once. These include 1. Pinched nerve in her shoulder, 2. Inflamed disc in her neck, 3. Me forgetting to give her the glucosamine for two weeks and now she can barely stand up on her back legs. She’s in a bit of pain and you know how that gets me all anxious and depressed. I had to get out of the house today so she would lay still and so I wasn’t getting nervous at every move and whimper. So I drove all over Northern Virginia, sitting in traffic, looking for a coffee shop with free internet and apparently Alexandria, Ballston, and Clarendon, for all their charm, don’t have any. Can you believe that? Found a good old Panera for a while but then headed home.

Didn’t expect the dog to be recovered but she still looked pretty bad and so we went to the vet who found nothing out of the ordinary that a little prescription muscle relaxer and glucosamine couldn’t fix. So she’s at home now, resting. I’m relieved, but still had to go back out.

Now, Woodbridge, bless its heart, is so trashy that the Borders and this café in the Wegman’s grocery store are the only things that even pretend to pass as cultural space and I’m just tickled to have found it with it’s free internet, couches, and coffee bar.

So this is how I’m spending my days, usually—reading. And I’m not getting quite as much done as I need to. But just need to keep plugging away.

Anyhow, I had a lot of nifty links, but I can’t think of any of them right now.

Comments

[sgwindsor]

Chris,
Check out a company called Spring Hill-I think that is the name. They have a GREAT joint supplement for dogs. It kept our dog Rambo up and moving far longer than expected and Aunt Susie had remarkable results with it for her arthritic horse. it is also cheaper than glucosamine. :)