dancingleaf

I'm feeling a little b*tchy tonight.

just a series of minor annoyances that really I'd probably be better off keeping to myself but why not get them out there and set them free in the universe.

It's F'ing HOT.  I'm tired of it being too hot out there.

It's dry.  I'm struggling to get my cedar trees watered.  It's not fun.  Crawling around under them trying to get the soaker hose to lie underneath because they are big trees with low hanging branches.  The problem is a lot of the trees are dying.  I'm hoping that this helps them. 



my shipment of children's hip scarves that I wanted for two weeks ago didn't show up (july 6).  The outside expected date was this past Friday (july 13).  I really really needed them for the 17th.  and yeah still not here.  It's not a dire emergency but my old ones are beat up and I really wanted to replace them before the summer festival season.   At this point I just hope they turn up at all....

my sister has moved away and I'm missing her.  I didn't think I would ... because we don't really see each other often but it really shocked me to find out that she's not planning to come back to visit for a long time.  like next summer maybe?  Guess we'll have to have  our occasional coffee dates via Skype or Hangouts or something.  

that's enough.  I have to get up super early in the morning and do my own yard work before leaving to do more yard work for a client.  

yippie.  

 So... had a bit of a wildlife encounter this morning.

I was walking the dogs on the trail that I routinely take them for their morning walk.  It's near a pond, it's quiet.  We don't usually run into any one.  So perfect for my two high anxiety monsters.  no people. no cars, no other dogs.  They usually ignore the geese and ducks we run into without major issues. 

This morning however.... we walked as far as we were going to walk and then turned around and headed back to my vehicle.  Unfortunately... in the middle of the path was a BIG snapping turtle just motoring along minding his own business - WALKING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PATH!  I couldn't go out and off the path because the grass hasn't been cut and it's over knee high in this and  it's been raining so could be all wet under there and  Plus TICKS!  ick!  

So - I was walking with my TWO , 0ne hundred pound dogs.  and they want to Check out the TURTLE.  And momma says NO!  yeah - So I get a good grip on the leashes and I set out to get them past the turtle as fast as possible.  Unfortunately they were not happy with the turtle being behind us and not getting to investigate it.  So they got me tangled up in the leashes and I went down.

Face first into the gravel path.  I broke my prescription sunglasses.  Bruised and scraped my shoulder, my knee and my hand.  My cheek is scraped but I'm still waiting to see if it is going to bruise or not.  I hurt.  all over.  

Awesome.  just awesome.  

 yes still alive

busy as can be.

tonight it is too early for me to get ready for my gig - although I will be doing so shortly.

Serena is on a diet of ONLY kangaroo meat.  the kibble is kangaroo and potato.  it seems to have taken care of the other wise constant diarrhea.
any attempt at introducing other foods - results in the loose poop.  so yeah -not doing that.
other than that she is approximately 1 yr old now and a terror.  she's friendly but afraid of other dogs on leashes - thanks to our neighbours schnauzer that attacked her in her first week here.  Whenever I think we are making progress and improving this - we run into him again and it all comes back.

Marcus and I are starting training with a new trainer in January.  the old trainer was making things worse, the next trainer was making some progress but she is retiring at the end of December.  He is terrified of people.  and he is too young to be terrified his entire life.

Gig tonight.  hope it goes well.  Still teaching.  not loving it.  not sure if I want to quit.  Have a NYE gig too.  not sure about that one.

blah.  

I'm sorry I fell off the face of the earth.  Maybe I'll try to go back to posting more often.

 yes - have been very busy with the new puppy.  6 mos old probably.  supposedly part newf part pyr.  if you haven't already seen her on Facebook I promise to post something here sooner or later.

just got home from a dance gig with the troupe.  taught us all a very important lesson on the difference between Nursing Home and Retirement Home.  BIG difference.  it was still a lot of fun and passable from a dance perspective. 

having lunch now and it is 3:30 - to the music of a squeaky toy - amusing.

.what little doggie?

I think I may have just applied to adopt a dog.

I sent an inquiry.

we'll see how it goes.

 I am so tired of not being able to find my good bras.  I had three and two of them have vanished leaving me with a drawer full of crappy ill fitting, cheap, badly made leftovers.

I am tossing them all out and replacing them with the bras I bought today.  

(okay - two of them are expensive and two were cheapies but... might be okay or at least they fit better than the ones in the drawer full of junk, 

 I decided to push the vaccum around since i'm not accomplishing much of anything else today.

and I popped the trim off the door by bumping it with the vacuum.  Attempting to nail it back into place just resulted in a bunch of bent nails.  Taking the door off its hinges is a task I think I should leave for another day.

AND one of my students can't make it to the next performance.  Unfortunately she was the ONE student I was planning to have do a solo - I'm just so - over it - everything - these days.

Can't anything go right?

 Marcus is still sick.   the only difference the pepto made is that the "product" is black instead of brown.  

but he's still happy and chipper  - silly little goof.  

I'd be more worried if he was sad and listless.  

the rest of my life is sh*t too so really what's a little more coming out of the end of my dog?  

how many copies of the Aeneid do I really need?

and how did I acquire 3 different versions?

 foul miserable grumpy mood and trust me - you don't want to hear about it....

maybe tomorrow i can be civil.