The new life of Zed
So Dan was asked to work days starting Tuesday, May 11. He headed out before me and I put Zed in the crate and took Esa to daycare. Dan came home during lunch to check on Zed. He (Zed) was not happy. He had pulled the towels we had on top of the crate (for drying the pups off when they come in wet) into the crate as much as possible and shredded it. Poor pup - he did NOT like being left behind. We can see this in his personality - at least it's not too much anxiety. He's fine if Esa is with him. He just didn't like the fact that Esa got to go and he didn't.
The changing winds at work
So we are all trying to get used to the former boss now being the client. Unfortunately, the personalities are still the same and it feels to me that I am the one the workload from the client comes to. Fortunately, I can vent to the new boss. Thank goodness for getting along with co-workers and them not holding things against you.
Mother's Day
Sad day and an appreciative day. I'll start with the sad - my high school girlfriend's son committed suicide that evening. He was so close to graduating and getting out of high school (where I think the issues were), but he couldn't make it. It makes you wonder why God puts the weight on people - MC has had so many trials and tribulations - yet she pulls through. My heart goes out to her. Even though we aren't as close as we used to be, I will always consider her my friend.
The appreciative part - on Facebook, I copied a status that my friend had (see below) - it really touched me that people who didn't even know my mom or I don't think even knew that my mom has passed posted "like"
Ronalyn Wentz Dear Mom, I wish Heaven had a phone so I could hear your voice again. I thought of you today, but that is nothing new. I thought about you yesterday, and days before that too. I think of you in silence, I often speak your name. All I have are memories and a picture in a frame. Your memory is a keepsake, from which I'll never part. God has you in his arms, I have you in my heart. Repost if your Mom's in Heaven - May 9 at 8:29pm
Michelle Datini Page, Darren Shepherd, Frank Graf and 8 others like this.
Frank Graf Well done, my friend......May 10 at 10:38am ·
Karen Johnson Earley We loved her too. Still in our thoughts- Jo, my mom misses you. May 11 at 5:57am · Kim Young I miss her, too. May 13 at 6:33am
Thank you Frank, Ed, Kat, Diane, Janet, Nancy, Angie, Mary, and hubby for posting LIKE. It shows you understand.
Present day event = yesterdays memories
So I was driving to work, just like always and got in the turning lane to turn into the aiport property. Since they have paved the road, they haven't put the lane paint down and the guy in front of me thought he was in a straight lane. I didn't figure that out until I beeped twice and he didn't go on the red. He proceeded to get out of the car and came back and yelled at me - "Can't you see it goes straight! Asshole". I noticed when he got back in the car he wasn't alone, someone was in the passenger side. I have gone that way for 11 years and know that it is a turn lane, but didn't notice until that night that the lanes aren't marked. It really upset me - not that the guy yelled at me, but it brought back flashbacks. That was exactly something my dad would have done. I was upset because I totally understood how the person in the car felt - so embarassed. It took me awhile to get over it. It's weird how you don't think of something for such a long time and all of the sudden all of the feelings come back up. You think you are over the emotional pain - it's out of your life, but it's still there - deep down.
I was upset until I started my walk into the building - then I started seeing the smiling faces that I see everyday and thought - I am not going to let one asshole ruin my day. All of these people that I see everyday, make me smile and care about me. It's nice to like the place you work.
The weekend - decorating, supporting a charity & seeing an old friend
Ever since I moved into the back office at work, I've said that I was going to paint it Capitals red. Well, it's done thanks to Dan helping me out. I'm still working on the decorating, but it's getting there.
Sunday was Great Strides. The trip up and back were fine. Zed used his harness for the first time and did a good job. The walk was a success with Grace's Aces raising over $26,000. We introduced Zed to the Ehries for the first time and Grace was in love. She asked if she could take him - I thought she just meant until the beginning of the walk. I was mistaken. She took him for the whole walk and he kept up with her (something I couldn't do)! I won the scrapbooking basket in the silent auction - lost the Miche purses bid.
That night, Dan and I met up with my old college buddy, Mike. I haven't seen him in probably 15 years. It was great catching up with him and I think Dan had fun too.
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