It seems to be hard to post on this blog as much.  Many of my posts get routed to the other blog because, well, Avery is the center of most everything right now.  This post is hitting both.  Late Wednesday Avery's daycare texted indicating a need to get the kids ASAP - they had a sewage/plumbing issue.  It also kept them closed on Thursday and Friday as they made repairs and cleaned up.

I'm grateful that work is pretty darn flexible.  I'm also super grateful that our release was into smoke testing on Tuesday and I was just wrapping up the details of the release to test on Wednesday when that text came in.  *whew*

I hate to "waste" vacation time, so I tried to work a little before Avery got up each day and when she napped.  I also worked through today's nap. My days typically start at 6:30pm and finish at 8:30pm and admittedly I've allowed her to stay up a little later since they weren't 'school nights', but man those two days really have me tired.  I could have truly used her nap time to get one myself, but it wasn't in the cards.

The dogs had their yearly trip to the vet yesterday for shots.  While we were there we did a little blood work and picked up some heartworm preventative (can you hear the price tag climbing).

Saffy's bloodwork was due to the ticks that came back anaplasmosis positive.  She looked well, so no worries there.

Dani's bloodwork was to look at overall health since she's definitely starting to have some issues.  There was some signs of changes in her liver, but her kidneys are doing well. We left with some light medication to try and help her with pain/arthritis type issues - but I haven't gotten to start giving them to her yet. These pills are tiny... and I'm supposed to give her a 1/4 of one each day.  I guess I need to find a pill cutter that will work for these to give it a go.

I tried to get them both to potty before we went in.  No success for Dani.  But while we were sitting in the waiting area (she was lying on the floor) she pooped.  *sigh*  I think she didn't want to go there in their yard and then just couldn't hold it.  It really demonstrates her issues lately.

On a completely different note I've downloaded the Zero app.  It is for fasting.  I'm going to try and be more mindful of how large of a window in which I eat each day.  The 13 hour fast is pretty easy to achieve although I had to wait another 15 minutes before I made my coffee (yes, coffee even breaks a fast).

I ruined Saffy and Dani's year yesterday by giving them baths.  It's been quite a while since they've gotten one, other than an adhoc outside spray down due to them getting muddy or having an accident while in a crate - and even when they did get their last one it was probably with the mobile groomers and not at my hand.

I was pretty surprised at all the dirtier the water was, but it sure loosened fur.  My house will be a nightmare here in a few days when it really starts to come out.  Fortunately, when the plumber was here I learned how to open the drain on Avery's tub as to get glops of fur out of there.  Dani wasn't too difficult to keep in place for her bath as she's gotten much weaker.  It was sure stressful for her, as she grunted and struggled weakly with me while I tried to get her to lay calmly.  She even pooped mid-bath *sigh*.

That said the house has the lovely wet dog odor, but there are worse things.