good at reading yours, bad at writing mine

So it looks like my plan of blogging more really isn’t working for me. But I did want to let you all know that I still like to “make the rounds” and read what you all have been up to. So I guess maybe that is actually “lurking”…sorry about that. I’m a user – I’ll use your blogs for my entertainment, but give you nothing back in return. I’ll try to work on that.

I think part of it is that nothing is really too new in my life. I’m OK with that, but it doesn’t make for an entertaining blog. Chris and I still live in the same house, although we are rapidly getting sick of our white trash neighborhood. If I hear one more motorized scooter or 4-wheeler whiz by at 2am, I’m going to call the realtor immediately. I mean it. We both wish we could pick up our house and move it to some 40 acre piece of land. He still works for Station 19 Architects, and is loving it. He is great at his job, and I’m so proud of him for changing the direction of his career to do something that he really loves, and is really good at.

I still have the same job that I don’t love, but pays the bills. I still have my “real job”, which is training my dogs and teaching 2 beginning pet classes every Thursday night. I’m also learning how to teach the intermediate class, so maybe soon I’ll start doing that, too. I’ve been working very very hard with Harley, trying to earn her Obedience Trial Championship. That’s easier said than done in this part of the country. For some reason, the Midwest is ultra-competitive and it’s very difficult to win at obedience competitions. But Harley and I train 5 or 6 days/nights a week, and she is really doing great. In fact, we are doing better than we ever have before. We’re going to a trial this weekend, where we hope to find success!

Teego is doing well, but I have been so busy focusing on Harley that he isn’t getting my full attention. I guess the only real ‘news’ with him is that he has started having occasional seizures. It’s a genetic condition, and it absolutely breaks my heart. He has a beautiful personality and I love him dearly. He doesn’t deserve to have this condition that he can’t understand. They aren’t too bad (approx 1 seizure every 2-3 months), but it’s likely they might get worse as he ages, or if he goes unmedicated. We have an appointment to see a specialist at the U of M vet school in a few weeks, where I guess he’ll be put on anti-seizure medication. Hopefully that will help.

There, how’s that for a post?!?