Long Night

It seems that I will have a long night to reflect on all that has happened in the last two weeks. My dog was in the bedroom all day while I was at work and most of the evening while I was at a family function. It seems that he occupied his time finding and eating something that he wasn't supposed to. He has runny gross stuff coming out both ends and I need to be sure that he is ok. I just hope that a trip to the animal emergency room is not in my near future.

This week has been insanely busy. I have gone out with friends, quit my current job and applied for about two dozen more. I also worked a normal week, spent time with family, cleaned the apartment and am now dealing with a pet emergency. I had my first kind of emergency when the pilot light on my stove went out. I had to get the landlord to fix it because I know nothing of gas stoves. I also had my very first experience doing taxes, and they weren't even mine. It wasn't as bad as I thought, but I am still not looking forward to doing them next year.

I can definitely see a change to last week though. I know that part of it is due to the natural drifting apart that happens with physical separation, but I don't feel as close to him as I did last week. We just don't get to talk about anything accept what we did each day and how the dog has been. It is frustrating to me not to have the goofy conversations we have when he is here. I guess it is likely just that by the time I get to talk to him he is too tired to be goofy. It is just something that I miss and likely will continue to miss until he returns for good.

The other big thing this week is that I started trying to deal with our financial situation. I never really realized how bad it was until recently. I was so worried as to whether we could ever catch up and I prayed a lot about what to do. I finally decided to contact the FAC and see if they knew of anything that could help. I will probably go in next week and apply for some aid there. Beyond that God has answered my prayers in other ways as well. It was interesting to me that when I finally said to God in prayer that I was willing to sell me computer, car and engagement ring if that was what it took that he really seemed to start to open doors for me.

Well my dear puppy is up and playing again so he can't be feeling that bad. I hope that what ever "splodda butt" ate has gone through his system and we can get some sleep. (Of course I will have to find some clean sheets first to replace the ones he "sploded" on [I know that my dog's butt problems are exactly what you were looking to read on this blog, but hey its the big news in this house.])