No water inside but lots outside...

My first day at the Kennel was a bit rocky so I thought I'd share the tale. Hopefully you won't find it too funny. It took my 3 hours to walk all the dogs so my legs were SORE. After that I went in for lunch and started cleaning the kennels and stuff after that. Unfortunately if you run alot of water and then vacuum the power goes out. Even more unfortunately I had no idea what to do. I tried flipping the breakers in the Kennel but that didn't help so I thought maybe it just needed some time and I went inside & e-mailed the owners (who by the by had not even arrived at their destination yet so I felt horribly guilty). Later on I tried the breaker a few more times, then I had a customer come to pick up their dogs and they couldn't pay because the debit machine was of course not working. Then I realized I needed to at least replenish the water so I brought the 2 outside pails in the house to fill up there and discovered there was no water. So the water/power of the Kennel is connected to the water for the house. This is when I completely broke down and balled like a baby. It's one thing just to not have any light but no water... So, I filled up half a bucket of water from their bottled water machine so I could at least fill up water dishes. After I put all the dogs in for the evening I went home, washed my clothes, had a shower, and gathered a few things (including my camping lantern) for the rest of the week. Then I bought one of those big jugs of water from the store & some dog treats and went back. The lantern worked pretty well so I was able to let all the dogs out for their last pee break. But, my legs were like jello, I was depressed & wallowing in self-pity, and I felt guilty because I thought maybe I ruined the water pump somehow. But, this morning I got a response back from the owners and it's just a little old breaker switch in the house that's the trouble. So all is well. The crap part is that it's raining today, luckily not steady so there were a few breaks during this morning's walk (only 2 & 1/2 today). This time I brought my umbrella though and borrowed their rain gear so I'm not soaked to the bone.

I'm hungry so I'm going to eat.

Not so important

I don't have much to say really but I thought I would try to be more diligent with my blogging. I REALLY wanted pizza today but I hate waiting so I just made sweet potato fries & chicken schnitzel for dinner instead. I will be at the Kennel all next week so in theory I really need to do crap around the house but as usual I haven't gotten much done. I did vacuum and load up the dishwasher but that's about as productive as I got. Tonight is the final 4 performance show for on SYTYCD Canada so that will suck up most of the evening, then I have to edit the Zoo's newsletter before I go to bed. Hopefully I'll get more stuff done tomorrow.

I still have a bit of a cough but it's pretty sporadic so this week has been okay. I finished 2 books - the 3rd book in the No 1 First Ladies Detective Agency series & the last Confessions of Georgia Nicolson 'are these my basoomas i see before me?' (yes, that's the title!). Both were very entertaining. Since it's only Wednesday I'll have to start another book this week. Luckily I got a few books this weekend. That should tide me over till next week.

I just want to give a shout out to Hawaii Five-O - it's been good. I would like the characters to get a bit more developed but overall it's entertaining and Mr. Moonlight (I may never remember his real name so that's what I think of him as) and his partner are pretty hot. I was afraid 'Sharon' (again a previous job reference) may annoy me but she's been alright. And, of course there's Jin. My Mom's into it too.

Oops - SYTYCD has started. Gotta go.

Overdue

It has been a while and I have been feeling a bit more communicative lately so here I am. I am very sick though. I had a sore throat Thursday evening and by end of day Friday it was full on fever, headache, stuffed up, aches & pains. I ditched volunteering, a 4 Tops concert, and a birthday invite on Saturday. I did actually leave the house for Thanksgiving dinner on Sunday, but I was at least over the worst and just starting the coughing stage so I thought it would be good to get some air & food. I was totally exhausted by the time I got home, a whole 2 hours later, and had a nap. The coughing today though has been painful. It's very sporadic, but when it comes on I have to hang onto my bladder with all of my might. I actually gave myself a headache. I was encouraged to take work off tomorrow but I think I'll go. I'm functioning almost normally, I just need to suppress the insane coughing. My biggest worry though is the Dentist appointment - what if I can't control it and start hacking, spitting fluoride all over?

Other than that, I went to Whistler for the first time last week. We joined the last 2 days of the sales conference there. It was interesting. There are a lot of cute scruffy guys in toques, dogs, and people with accents. The drive is really beautiful. Our hotel was right in the village so we walked around on the breaks and went to a bar close by after dinner. I think this was the trigger of my sickness - not enough sleep, too much dancing, and not enough sleep. It was fun though, I'm just not sure if it was completely worth it. I haven't been sick in a LONG time, so I guess it was just overdue.

I broke my awesome new sunglasses. I sat on them. It's really disappointing because they looked great and were all sparkly. I mourn their loss.

Not much else is going on. A couple of more weeks & I'm back at the Kennel. I am looking forward to it but I desperately need new pants. Something waterproof and warm. Last time I got soaked to the bone so I need to try to stay dry. I am hoping it will be sunny, but it's a faint and illogical hope. I'm kind of pooped now so I'll give an update as soon as I can.