Domestic Geek

I'm still alive. I'll have time to do a post tomorrow since I have no work and no school. I actually get to stay home a whole day! Yay!!!

Thanks to everyone for the kind words and support during the last week. Ursa was more than a dog. She was a best friend, confidante, teddy bear, security blanket, and more than anything, she was family. Even though cancer was wasting away her body and her liver was failing, she never complained. Even though she was miserable, she could still manage a tail wag and a kiss. The decision to have her put to sleep was heartbreaking for us, but it was the only fair thing to do for a dog that had given us so much. I don't think that even now it has sunk in that she is gone. She spent 9 of her 12 years with us. I sure hope she's in a better place. I'm picturing her running through a field chasing bunnies. I'm going to miss her so dang much.

BTW, Marcus made a cool tribute picture for Ursa on his site. Check it out here.

Sorry, there will not be posts for a few days. My dog is really ill. She won't even drink dog food run through the blender and I had to hold her behind off the ground today so she could pee. Marcus is going to make a vet appointment for Friday. I wish I could say I had hope that this will turn out all right, but I don't. I doubt the next few days are going to be good ones, so I need to take a little break from this. It just isn't that important right now.

OMG, Marcus and I think we're on the verge of becoming yuppies. There we were, Sunday afternoon, sitting outside of Starbucks drinking Mocha Frappacinos and eating Chipotle burritos. ACK! Marcus claims there is a "secret mind-control ingredient" in Starbucks beverages used in their effort to take over the world. Hmmm. Actually, the funny thing was that Marcus had never had a Chipotle burrito before. Whenever I suggested eating there, he poo-pooed the idea. Turns out he thought it was a fancy restaurant. I may have him hooked on those like I got him hooked on Frappacinos. One day a couple of weeks ago, he was upset because the iced coffee drink machine at Diamond Shamrock was broken. I told him he should go to Starbucks and get a Frappacino. It's pretty much the same thing, just more expensive and BETTER. He thought they were the same as the ones in the bottle. I guess I've created a monster because he's pretty much addicted.