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Last weekend there was much ado made over a storm that was supposed to dump 11 inches of snow, be very cold, and very windy. We got a dusting of snow, but we did get cold and wind.
This week we had a storm which was casually mentioned as “snow showers” which actually ended up dumping over 2 feet of snow. Getting home Wednesday afternoon was an adventure. After I got home, I never left. As of yesterday the snow on my suburban street was high-centering everything but the heftiest of SUV’s and pickups.
I had overly optimistic thoughts of going into the office. However, the office couldn’t open because the building was inaccessible (unless I wanted to hike in from somewhere other than the parking lot). In any event, I couldn’t leave my garage so it didn’t matter if Point B was hosed because I couldn’t leave Point A.
J and I suited up and began snow blowing and shoveling. I had to tunnel into the backyard. Then I had to hook into a dog-made tunnel to get from the gate to the patio stairs. It was insane. Unfortunately my camera needed recharged so I couldn’t get pretty pics, but my trusty Blackberry captured a couple of canine moments. Read the rest of this entry »
Today we took the boy dogs to walk a trail along the river. Eventually we came across a trail that actually led down to the river, and all hell broke loose.
Wakonda immediately galumphed into the water while Koba looked on in stunned amazement.
Koba was blown away. First all that water followed by Wook blithely trotting on into it.
Being a Schipperke he simply could not handle being the odd guy out. Finally he wandered into the water, whereupon he refused to get out.
I am ashamed to admit that even though he was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, this was Koba’s first ever dip into a river. I think I owe the little dude a lot of freshwater jaunts.
It’s been so long since I posted that I’m going to have to resort to bullet points.
- Spring finally arrived in the Northwest.
- J has launched into yard work. I have not. Weeds abound.
- My weight loss is now 24 point something. Hell, we’ll call it 25.
- Koba gained 3 pounds on prescription diet food.
- Turns out Koba is hypothyroid.
- Koba is a high maintenance little dog. He now takes 4 pills a day for his epilepsy and thyroid.
- I had my first raging case of lawyer burn out.
- Simultaneously with my first case of lawyer burn out, I caught a head cold. I’m such an overachiever.
- Lawyer burn out passed.
- We actually left our house to watch a movie. Iron Man. Awesome.
- Battlestar Galactica and The Tudors are on hiatus. Not awesome.
- I’m sick of Denise Richards and Charlie Sheen.
Today I decided Koba needed a grooming. He had dandruff! And he was messy in general. He obviously enjoyed his time at the groomer and felt mighty snazzy with his red bandanna.
His inflated ego almost got us into trouble when he tried to consume a nervous Chihuahua in Petsmart. As you can see from the photo, he wasn’t the least bit remorseful for his bad manners.
In answer to a question in the comments, Koba’s diet plan consists of eating Hill’s Prescription Science Diet W/D and going for walks. Unfortunately, a side effect of taking medication for his epilepsy was weight gain. He is still a pretty energetic guy, but Schipperkes are notoriously hyper and the Schip version of energy is energy-on-steroids.
As I type this post, Koba is still wearing his snappy red bandanna and prancing around like a diva. He’s quite the little hotty tonight.
Cricket, one of the two dachshunds that reside rent-free in our house, had a most excellent evening yesterday. First, she had a belly rub.
Then I stopped rubbing her belly. She noticed.
Yes, the brooding stare worked. I resumed belly rub (after delaying to take the photo).
Koba joined us on the couch, but reserved his personal space by laying way on the other end of the couch. Undeterred, Cricket breached his boundaries.
Look at that. She’s completely let herself go to the point where she’s not even bothering to suck in her tummy.
Another angle with Koba’s put-out-but-too-lazy-to-do-anything face.
And look at Cricket’s snout. Is that a tongue sticking out of her mouth? Well, let’s see…
The past 24 hours are very newsy:
The state bar has finally assigned my bar number. I’m officially an attorney. Watch out world.
I assembled our brand new fully lit, hinged Christmas tree all by myself.
We had our first snow.
Sallie Mae sent me my first loan statement. I sent Sallie Mae my first deferment request.
All four dogs had a bath.
Proof of first snow:
This weekend I went on a Martha Stewart frenzy. I cooked hearty food and decorated for autumn. It was pretty out of control. I have lots of space above my kitchen cabinets that I’ve wanted to do something with for years (literally, years). We had a mish-mosh of things up there that didn’t match and didn’t scream “theme”.
Well, now we have an autumn theme going on up there complete with maple leaf garland. I had to start my attack armed with a dust mask and hand-held vacuum. It was ugly. In hindsight, a large shovel would’ve been the better tool.
That night I was feeling incredibly self-satisfied when it hit me that my level of self-satisfaction was at an all time high because I had no guilt. For the first time in seven years was able to do a big project around the house without silently freaking because I wasn’t working on a paper, reading 100s of pages of textbooks or casebooks or working on an outline. I worked all the way through my undergrad and law school so weekends and evenings were pretty much swallowed up by study. If I wasn’t studying, I was worried about studying.
Just icky.
Enough whining about the stress of law school. I’m going to start a new thing with this blog where I post a random dog photo, just because. I have four dogs and I they are usually the subjects of my photos. In fact, even if I’m taking a photo of something else, a dog usually wanders by and I cannot resist.
Today’s Random Dog Photo is Koba playing dress-up with a shower curtain.
My schipperke, Koba, always has an uncanny ability to read my moods. This is pretty much the theme since the bar exam concluded.
Other than routine household tasks (i.e. bare minimum), I’ve been collecting resources on Photoshop and CSS. I’m going to refresh my coding skills and learn how to actually use my Wacom tablet. Meanwhile, Koba is holding down the fort and keeping it real.
Koba made it through the night seizure-free! What a relief. I totally flatlined at 9:00 p.m. last night after spending the day getting ready for Contracts. I was not looking forward to another night of interrupted sleep (and I’m sure Koba wasn’t either).
One and one-half hours to Contracts exam.
Then begin Con Law prep and take exam Wednesday.
Then it’s DONE!
Last night was rough for Koba and I. Let me reintroduce Koba:
Koba has epilepsy. Although he is on medication, he still occasionally has breakthrough seizures – always at night while he sleeps.
He had a seizure in the wee dark hours Saturday morning. Then this morning he had two – one at 3:00 a.m. and one at 4:45 a.m. When he has seizures, I wake up and sit with him. Then he has to roam around bouncing off the walls for a while before he can go back to sleep. It’s rough on both of us.
It’s abnormal for him to have this many in sequence. Fortunately, we have a follow-up appointment after finals with the vet to monitor his medication. He will most likely have his medication increased. I have a nagging suspicion that this round of seizures is the result of his “dad” spraying a few weedy spots in the yard. Damn damn damn. The only thing we can do at this point is water the hell out of the yard and hope that keeps further seizures at bay.
Koba is back to his usual bratty, spunky self this morning. Me, I’m pretty groggy and NOT looking forward to continued prep for tomorrow’s contract exam and Wednesday’s con law exam.
