Morning all,
I may not have had chance to get on here for a few days, but I'm sure the many {{{{{hugs}}}} have still made there way to me and helped - sending {{{{hugs}}}} right back, with yet more thanks to all of you xxx
Love the avatar Spamar and glad to read that all the ops for friends and relations are over and that everything is OK for all of them. No wonder you are wrung out, hun - a lot of worry xxxx
All quite on the Mil front - until yesterday! I had to leave for my project on the coast before the postman arrived, and when I got home, I forgot to check the lettter rack and just cracked on with some admin work. It wasn't till later that OH pointed out that there was a letter for me there - from the HBM. She has changed the date of the meeting to next Friday, from Tuesday. Annoying, but if the intention was to make it difficult for me to attend, then she is out of luck, because I am on AL - and I'll be there! No mention of Dr J being invited, just a comment that 'in line with guidence a registered nurse' must be there (?) and of course, I now can't chase that up until Monday. No response from the Minister, either, yet.
I havent seen Mil since Monday - I really haven't had the chance - but OH has been, and found her in 'fiesty' mode - the aggressive behaviour is vey much to the fore at the moment
Work has been so hectic, I haven't had time to breath - or at least thats how it feels. Tuesday, out from 8 - 5.30 for a meeting, followed by me picking up the last of the supplies for the Cadair Idris Climb. Wednesday, out by 7.30 for the drive to Cadair and the climb itself (which my crew absolutely smashed
) Thursday, a project in the morning, admin till late on in the afternoon, Friday admin from early, followed by a trip down the coast for another project - then more admin! I am totally exhausted, and the fibro has been awful this week. Monday, there is a meeting in London that I am supposed to attend, but my new line manager has arranged for me to Skype in, which at least removes the 5 hours of return travel, something I am very grateful for. I had arranged to take some time off in lieu on the Tuesday (because the CHC meeting for Mil was supposed to take place then), Wednesday I have Snowdon - and the intention then is to get all essential admin done on Thursday morning, before I start my AL.
Some nice news though. OH and I have been talking about dogs. Specifically that our old boy, Busta, is definitely winding down - which at 17 years old, you would expect, though that doesn't make it any less heartbreaking to consider. A big concern for us is the younger dog, Seamus. He came to us at about 3 months old, a rescue, like Busta. And we have no idea what happened to him in his first 3 months, but its clear he had had a rotten time, poor mite. He is one very neurotic and needly little fellow, though very affectionate and loveable. And he would be lost without Busta. If we say 'walk', first thing he does is go and let Busta (who is pretty deaf) know. Throughout the day, he checks repeatedly on where Buzz is, whether we are in the house or out and about. Its like he needs to 'touch base' with him, all the time. And because of this, we are worried about the impact on him when we lose Busta. He likes having another dog around, that's obvious - but if we lose Buzz, we don't know how he would react to the introduction of another dog at that point. So - a lot of discussion, and we have decided to become a 3 dog household, both of us feel it would be better for Seamus to get used to another dog now, so that he has a familiar 'friend' to help him when its needed.
We have been looking at the local rescue centres. We are happy to take a dog up to 4 years old, but we need one that doesn't have any major health issues and which is OK with other dogs - and its the last bit that has been a stumbling block. So, so many of the rescue dogs need to be the 'only pet', they are not good with other dogs. We have had no luck, so far.
Last Wednesday, son phoned. He knew we had started looking and he told us that his girlfriends Mum knows of a 2 year old wee dog who desperately needs re-homing, a little cockerpoo. Her owner has developed severe asthma and has been told by his GP that the dog has to go. He is not happy to advertise her for sale or put her in a re-homing centre - he wants to be sure she goes to a good home, and that he knows something about her 'new' people. But - he had been looking and not had any luck with finding her a new family, and had got to the stage where a re-homing centre looked to be the only option - in fact, she was due to go to a re-homing place today. She is good with other dogs, spayed, no health problems, good with kids and very sociable. Son's GF's mum had told son and GF about her , thinking I guess, that after losing Patch, they might be interested, but its too soon for them - so son thought of us.
GF and her Mum passed on all the info about us to this chap - and we were told for definite yesterday that if we want her, she is ours. And having made the decision, the owner has asked could we take her asap. (Bless him - I can imagine how hard this is for him
) The GF's Mum is coming to visit son and his GF today, and bringing the doggy with her and we are picking her up this evening
Meet Luna - our new fur baby
She isn't known as Luna at the moment, we are changing her name (after checking that dogs apparently are quite happy to accept name changes up to the age of about 5!) and I can't wait. Nothing like a new fur baby to bring a big smile to your face and make you feel happy. We didn't get to see a pic of her until after we had been 'approved' as her new owners, it doesn't matter to us what a dog looks like to be honest - but isn't it lovely to find she is such a cutie to boot
We are hoping that with a lot of love and reassurance, she will settle quickly and be happy with us - it's going to be a big change for her too, so we need to make it as easy for her as we can.
So - that's me up to date! I have been 'doing my homework' ready for Mil's CHC assesment, but am fully prepared for HBM to pull some nasty tricky out of her (witches) hat at the last minute. Or at least, she will try to. If she hasn't invited Dr R, then I will ask the home to issue an invite asap and just hope that Dr R can make it - if not, well I have the written statement that I asked her for, strongly supporting the continuation of 1-1 care. And if all else fails, I have the images and the videos - though I am dreading having to use them, I will if I have to.
Sending love to you all, along with even more thanks and lots of {{{{{{{hugs}}}}}} xxxxx