Hot, Hotter...

This week was a little better than last week.

Although I am still sad about Suzie, she's not in bad shape at the moment - or no worse shape than before we took her in and she was diagnosed with the "C" word. I have a call in to the veterinary oncology to find out about treatment options; if any.

At her age (13 or 14, which is about 108 in dog years for her size) and with her other medical problems we hesitate to put her through too much crap. At the same time, if there is a way to buy her some more time, without putting her through too much, we would do it.

If she was a younger dog (even just 3 or 4 years younger) we wouldn't hesitate. We probably wouldn't do it ourselves, at the corresponding age. So. There it is.

I also had fun with doctors this week. My toe had gone "bad" again - infected and ingrown - and on Wednesday after work I decided to go in to urgent care. With my schedule, and Ken being so busy at work Urgent Care was my only option until next week. I figured I would go in, and like last time I went they would look at it, and say, yep, ingrown toenail, here are some anti-antibiotics. After I am on the anti-antibiotics for a week then they go in and fix the toe. INSTEAD, we got a really cool doctor, who said, "Let's do it now!"

On the one hand, I was happy, because now I won't have to go back, it's done with, and it will certainly be healed by vacation! On the other hand - I was planning to schedule my appointment so I would miss little, if any, work. But, oh well. It's done. So Thursday I was home, elevating my foot. I got a lot of guitar practice in, and played WoW, and did laundry, and finished my housework. I took long rest breaks between chores - I didn't have many left.

As far as other things in my life go, I have been meeting my goals. Health-wise I am really being careful about what I'm eating, and exercising for over an hour a day (except this Thursday, when it was FORBIDDEN) and drinking water. I have exceeded my goals for my Marseille tarot study (aka the Sword of Damocles) and will hopefully finish August 5.

I've been doing better at work - having projects helps.

Over all, it was an okay week, although with a few rocky places. I am still in a little pain from my toe (although it's MUCH better) and I still cry about Suzie sometimes.

My goals for the week ahead are simple. Work on my tarot cards (La maison, La Toille, and La Lune), exercise every day and drink lots of water. Eat well. Clean the house. Survive the heat of the weekend.
Write. Do well at guitar lessons, and practice at least once a day, ideally twice a day. Practice piano twice.
Clean the house, and enjoy next weekend when I will have THREE DAYS OFF! Although, thanks to Mr. Toe, I won't be quite as burned out as I would have been. So, there is a silver lining to that cloud.