3 weeks in, I can't believe my blog site is live! Of course traffic to the blog is light. It'll take time and patience to get a good amount of followers. Patience...the one thing I don't have. In life I was given the short stick on a few things - two big ones patience and height!
I come in at just under 5 feet. I spend lots of time standing on my tip toes, climbing on the counters and standing on anything I can find to give me the extra height needed to reach whatever I'm looking for!
Patience - don't know where I was when that was being handed out, but my fuse is extremely short. The one place you don't want to be is on the wrong end of a fuse that's started to burn. On the outside I might seem cool & calm, but the next thing you know, I'm throwing a bag of ice cause you asked "a stupid" question and I just plain didn't like you at the time. (Sorry Jim, but I laugh about the ice throwing now!)
In the time since the blog went live I've been busy house sitting a crew of 3 dogs. Whom I lovingly call the Geriatric Crew. They are 3 senior dogs who are low key, but come with the standard old age issues.
First, Marley - he is blind in both eyes and a diabetic. On my meet and greet last year, he couldn't get close enough to me - he was already sitting on my lap on the floor and he wanted to be CLOSER still. He once "disappeared" on my first overnight visit. I searched all over the house and the yard, video called the owners, had a panic attack - just to find him chilling in the farthest corner of the yard under a tree in the shade (complete with legs crossed and nose to the wind). After getting him inside, I was able to calm down and he crawled right up on the couch, on top of me for a nap. As if to say, sorry....just had to make sure you could handle me. I thought for sure they would fire me from that. How could I possibly lose a blind dog?!?
Next up is Max - he's just a senior dog that has non cancerous tumors and a thyroid issue. Loveable, but likes to act like he's the one in charge. He's a chill dog who has a huge appetite so I'm always watchful of him at meal times. He tends to get a little barky with his blind siblings if they get in his personal space. Seriously, he can see, they can't - but yet he makes no effort to stay out of the main walkways. I sound like a crazy person yelling at him no barking, growling or being mean cause you're laying in the walkway!
Last but surely not least is Lucas - small but mighty! He is also blind, has a urinary incontinence issue - so he wears a diaper with suspenders -and is absolutely adorable in them! When it's time to go out, there's a mere few seconds of taking the diaper off and him starting to pee - a few close calls with my feet and I've learned to take the diaper off only when I'm completely ready to walk out the door with him in hand! When I house sit he curls up on the couch right next to me. All three of these boys definitely had a love at first meeting with me!
Since these adorable senior pups don't do the stairs, if I'm not staying more than a single night - I sleep on the couch, we watch tv most of the night, and act like we are all kids again!
Till Our Tails Cross Again,
Mel
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