So, are you gonna try to stick it out for a year?
I'm going to try to stick it out until I like it.
That might not happen in your lifetime.
After two years, they put 12% into a retirement fund for you.
Well, that would be good considering you're not going to get any social security.
(Insert political diatribe.)
Guess who that conversation happened with?
Monday, April 18, 2011
Nikki and Gypsy
Nikki and Gypsy LOVE each other. They are inseparable. And they LOVE Marv and I. They're not really anti-social. Gypsy was SO scared when she first came to us. Terrified of even being with people. Now you can hardly get her off of you. Marv and I marvel often that this is the same dog that you couldn't get near you a year and a half ago. But she gets very nervous in crowds.
Nikki is just still really scared. We had a birthday party at the house a few weeks ago though and she was really great. She stayed behind Marv's chair most of the time, but she was curious and peered out from behind the chair most of the time. Gypsy sat in the middle of the room like she owned the place. LOL
SOME DAY they will be walkable. But still too skittish. They get easily frightened by the sounds around them, cars, bikes, etc. And tend to bolt, which is bad on a leash and scary because if they ever DID get off, they could run into the street. So I don't walk them out and about yet. I take them to the dog park and let them run around. There they are happy, outgoing and friendly with the other dogs. Still scared of people though. Though now Gypsy will let strangers pet her. But she'll sidle up next to me and sit against my leg while they do. Nikki will Reeaaaaach with her nose to sniff them, but bolt if they try to touch her. But frankly, the fact that she gets close enough even to TRY to sniff them is a huge improvement. The first time we went to the dog park she found a hidden tree and curled up under it. Took us twenty minutes to find her.
Nikki started taking Prozac Saturday. I'm really curious as to what effect this might have on her.
Nikki is just still really scared. We had a birthday party at the house a few weeks ago though and she was really great. She stayed behind Marv's chair most of the time, but she was curious and peered out from behind the chair most of the time. Gypsy sat in the middle of the room like she owned the place. LOL
SOME DAY they will be walkable. But still too skittish. They get easily frightened by the sounds around them, cars, bikes, etc. And tend to bolt, which is bad on a leash and scary because if they ever DID get off, they could run into the street. So I don't walk them out and about yet. I take them to the dog park and let them run around. There they are happy, outgoing and friendly with the other dogs. Still scared of people though. Though now Gypsy will let strangers pet her. But she'll sidle up next to me and sit against my leg while they do. Nikki will Reeaaaaach with her nose to sniff them, but bolt if they try to touch her. But frankly, the fact that she gets close enough even to TRY to sniff them is a huge improvement. The first time we went to the dog park she found a hidden tree and curled up under it. Took us twenty minutes to find her.
Nikki started taking Prozac Saturday. I'm really curious as to what effect this might have on her.
Twitchy day
The theme these past couple of days seems to be twitching and compulsion. Yesterday at work at the Y my eye kept twitching for no apparent reason. I was talking to Erin and I made a joke about how some problem kept making my eye twitch, and she said, "Oh my God, your eye really IS twitching!" LOL Makes me seem so much more sensitive than I actually am.
Then today I'm in a meeting with Dave, Scott and Barb and my leg was twitching. Not sure why. But it looked like I was bouncing my leg impatiently. I wasn't feeling particularly impatient. In fact, I was concentrating on looking interested - not an easy task at most of these meetings.
I left work at 4:30 today - early for me - and headed to Boston's to have dinner with Pinky and Marv. Marv and I split a "Da Vinci Chicken" pizza. It was a pizza crust with spinach/artichoke dip with chicken and cheese. I'm unsure of the connection to Da Vinci, but it was really yummy. There were chunks of artichoke on it as well, but I asked them to keep it on Marv's side of the pizza.
After that, I headed home with the plan to get my computer and head somewhere so I could do some writing. But I walked out of the house and realized that I'd better plant those chokecherry trees that I got free at work before they drowned in the water bucket. So I planted six trees and in so doing so saw all the weeds. Well, you know where that ended up...two hours later it was dark and I had one garden completely free of weeds! If I could do that area every day, I'd be done in about a week!
I'm at McDonalds now - where the internet connection is. And there was a man sitting in the booth next to me either suffering from Parkinsons or some other disorder where he shook constantly. Reminded me of all my twitching.
Saturday was Healthy Kids Day at the Y. We had about 2 million kids there. It was actually a lot of fun. I hung out for quite a while in the Fitness room swinging the jumprope for kids to jump over. It was just not the same without the jumprope chants. None of the other parents nor I could remember! I really like doing the events. It feels very energizing. Unlike the paperwork and tedium that I usually deal with.
Then today I'm in a meeting with Dave, Scott and Barb and my leg was twitching. Not sure why. But it looked like I was bouncing my leg impatiently. I wasn't feeling particularly impatient. In fact, I was concentrating on looking interested - not an easy task at most of these meetings.
I left work at 4:30 today - early for me - and headed to Boston's to have dinner with Pinky and Marv. Marv and I split a "Da Vinci Chicken" pizza. It was a pizza crust with spinach/artichoke dip with chicken and cheese. I'm unsure of the connection to Da Vinci, but it was really yummy. There were chunks of artichoke on it as well, but I asked them to keep it on Marv's side of the pizza.
After that, I headed home with the plan to get my computer and head somewhere so I could do some writing. But I walked out of the house and realized that I'd better plant those chokecherry trees that I got free at work before they drowned in the water bucket. So I planted six trees and in so doing so saw all the weeds. Well, you know where that ended up...two hours later it was dark and I had one garden completely free of weeds! If I could do that area every day, I'd be done in about a week!
I'm at McDonalds now - where the internet connection is. And there was a man sitting in the booth next to me either suffering from Parkinsons or some other disorder where he shook constantly. Reminded me of all my twitching.
Saturday was Healthy Kids Day at the Y. We had about 2 million kids there. It was actually a lot of fun. I hung out for quite a while in the Fitness room swinging the jumprope for kids to jump over. It was just not the same without the jumprope chants. None of the other parents nor I could remember! I really like doing the events. It feels very energizing. Unlike the paperwork and tedium that I usually deal with.
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