Hello Lizards. I didn’t drop off the face of the earth,yet anyways.

The last couple of weeks have been,um,challenging,let’s go with that. My Dad is going to need open heart surgery right after New Years. He’s in his 70s so there’s always a worry with that. They are doing vein grafts to unblock 3 arteries that are 70 percent closed off. I hope this helps,he’s been dealing with feeling lousy for a couple of years now.

Yesterday I took Abby the wonder dog to the dog park. She somehow managed to tear a 6 inch long,almost 2 inch deep laceration in her side on the park’s chain link fence. So yesterday was spent in the emergency vet’s office while she had a nearly 2 hour surgery to repair the damage. Thankfully the wound just missed entering into her body cavity.it was the weirdest thing,she didn’t bleed a drop,even though I could literally fit my whole hand in the wound. She’s got three layers of sutures,2 internal and then staples on the outside. 550 dollars. Crap. She’s one of my best friends ever,it’s worth every penny,but damn.

I’m also struggling with anxiety again,the fact that it’s dark now at 6 pm is NOT helping. I had to stop reading the news and blogs and stuff for awhile,that wasn’t helping either. I can’t do meds,I’ve tried, the side effects are worse for me than the actual anxiety. My remedy for that is walking the dog in the woods. Can’t do that for 2 weeks at least. Baking and cooking up a storm will have to suffice for now.

Hope your holiday season is going better than mine,lol.