Ugh! What a day!

It was just one of those days....

I woke up this morning feeling pretty good. I just opened my eyes and laid in bed a minute enjoying the moment. I then started to think..."Gee, it's awful light in here." So I looked at the clock and discovered why. It was 7:45! Yikes! I should have been almost to work by now and I was just getting out of bed. Turns out I didn't set the alarm last night. That set the tone for the day.

I called into work to make arrangements for my kids to be taken care of until I got there. Fortunately, we have block (specials) 1st period so it isn't a big inconvenience for my teammate to take care of getting my kids ready to go to 1st period. I don't have to pick them up until 9:30 from block so that gives me a little time to play with.

I had also made arrangements earlier in the week to take Shae to the vet today for grooming. She had been chewing herself raw lately so I also told them the doctor needed to check her out as I think she is having allergy related itching. So I rushed to get myself ready for work and get Shae to the vet.

Fortunately, for John, he wouldn't be late. He doesn't start work until later so he was still within the range of time that he could get ready and be on time for work. Sometimes I just want to slap him!

Anyway, I got ready and off I went with Shae. I got her to the vet's office and was back on the road in no time. I made it to work before 9:00, which, considering the way my day started, was pretty good time.

I called my sister on the way to work. The night before my dad had fallen and was in the hospital and I was just wanting to follow up on how things were going. Maryann didn't have any new news really, but promised to keep me informed as things changed. By this time I was at work and had to start my day.

The day went pretty well for the most part. My classes were mostly fine and the day passed relatively uneventful. After dismissal at 3:00, I started working on grading papers and entering grades. I was a little behind on this so it took a little longer than I really wanted to spend there. Finally, about 5:00, I started to pack up and head for home. I jumped into the car about 5:05 and saw the dog leash sitting on the seat. OMG! I have to get the dog before 6:00 and I needed to stop and get gas! Yikes, again!

Once again, I shifted into "zoom" mode. I made it to the gas station and filled up the tank. As I was driving to the vet's office, my phone rang. The time now was 5:38. It was the vet's office calling about Shae. I told them I was on my way at was just around the corner. (That was true...I actually was just around the corner!) We hung up and I pulled into the parking lot at 5:40. I zoomed inside and had to wait only a moment before they came to talk to me about Shae.

Turns out, she does have allergies. Problem is, we don't know to what specifically, but she does seem to have "break outs" periodically. What used to be just her ears that would flare have turned into body break outs. It's not just the ears anymore, but other body parts that she's having flare ups with and unless I want to spend $600-$700 on testing, we'll just kind of have to hit and miss guess what is causing it. And it could be pretty much anything...grass, trees, bushes, mites, dust, etc.

They had given her a shot of some type of cortizone to help with the itching and reduce the inflammation. This shot is supposed to last for a month. At the end of the month, I have to start back up with the prednisone she had been on before and give that to her as needed. In the meantime, they gave me information to look at for the allergy testing and suggested our next step might be a thyroid test. Apparently, it is not uncommon for dogs with underactive thyroids to have allergy issues. And that can be a quicker fix to the problem she's having with allergies....assuming that she has a thyroid problem. They also told me that a lot of dogs have that problem. Well...I guess I have something to think about for the next month or so.

When I got home, I called my sister again to see how things were going back up north. Turns out, they had admitted my dad to the hospital and he has 4 fractured ribs and 2 fractures in his right scapular for a total of 6 fractures. He's got a lot of pain (no duh!) but meds are helping and he will be staying overnight so they can keep an eye on him.

On the plus side, my dog looks and smells good and I didn't have to cook as John took me out for dinner.

What a day!