Oh crud yesterday was the 1st.
12/02/2007
I was supposed to update for the Holidailies but I was in a funk.
It was Dad’s 70th birthday, I am not due in FL for a couple of weeks, and he is just plain old depressed about his age. I can’t blame him; I am always shocked when I have to update that age field in my mind. I have updated from the 20’s to the 30’s and now in my 40’s. Yah its tough, the alternative isn’t attractive, but somehow time just fly’s by.
I promised Dad a nice walk in the park and a picnic lunch when I get there for the Christmas week festivities. I will be taking Saba (my dog) with me and we will have an adventure again. Saba and I love to travel, hop in the car and just go exploring. I can’t wait to see Dad, can’t wait to run Saba on the beach and I will be stopping off at Mom’s place too for a visit. It’s how my FL trips seem to go… Head here, stop there, on to the next place and the time will go quickly.
Me, I was in a bit of a funk yesterday. I think at times I have gotten tougher working at the local PD but then something happens: I get left out of a group gift, I get left out of the group activity, I find out by mistake, a group email goes out including my name. It just hurts my feelings. I guess after a year of this I would be over my reaction: I had tears coming out of my eyes; I had a sinking feeling in my gut. I wish I could change my reaction, but I am getting better at hiding it. Only one person caught me in that state. It happened again on Friday.
Saturday I spent part of the day just relaxing. I read quite a bit of a book, snuggled up with Saba and then pampered us both with a trip to the store, a stop at the coffee shop and a trip to the park. It was the second time Saba has been out since he hurt his hip. He is doing anti-inflammatory drugs, some dietary supplements and was grounded for two weeks. The grounding has been hard on both of us: Saba is a high energy dog. We normally go to the park a couple of times a week, take a couple of walks and keep active. Keeping him quiet has been quite the chore. I have to say, he was much better on Friday night at the dog park and did great on our Saturday night adventure. I think he is healed up, but I don’t want to push it too much.
I am doing the evil house chores this morning: laundry, cleaning and putting up my shoes. I will head out to do some Christmas shopping today, but with 75 degree weather, it just doesn’t feel like Christmas to me. I am not complaining, the photo of the snow plows, the ice and crud on the roads just brings back CT memories for me. I like being in TX.
