I had a busy (for me) week, lots of traveling. I went to Plattsburgh Tuesday morning for a hair cut, then on to Westport in the afternoon to the vet with Tess. She has a torn ACL, which explains her limping routine. This is common in Labs and not the first time I've dealt with it--she's the 3rd dog I've had with this. Vet says she's too old for surgery (yay--I just heard of someone's Lab with the same thing, repaired surgically for $1100) so instead we have anti-inflammatory drug and "take it easy." Tess doesn't like to take pills and doesn't know what "easy" is. I've taken to walking her on a leash, which seems very strange to both of us but is necessary--she ran off twice on Weds.so is now grounded. She's not really much better but it's only been a couple of days.
Weds. I went to the doctor for the swell diagnosis that I'm fat. Great. Big surprise. I'm working with my doctor on a weight-loss plan. Let's see how this goes. No butter, no sugar, skim milk, vegetables and meat. Yes, I can eat my quinoa and farro but I need to eat more meat and fewer carbs. OK, OK, I'll give it my best. After the appointment I went grocery shopping then met a friend at Starbucks. Where I had a sugary chai.
Thursday it was back to Plattsburgh for lunch with good friend Barb. We laughed a lot and had good food. I ran errands in the morning, including a trip into CEF to pay a bill and say hello to too many people. It really means nothing to me to be back there but I can't say I enjoy it much.
Today I stayed home. It was cold this morning but the sun finally came out in the afternoon and it warmed up a bit. I transplanted some house plants, watched the finches at my feeder, counted my crocuses, and put away the last of my winter coats and boots. I did see P&J this afternoon for a bit and had a good visit with them.
Tomorrow is dump day, and maybe a Potsdam day--we'll see. I bought a cordless weed whacker and cannot wait to use it. Well, wait I will have to because there's no grass tall enough to mow yet. Oh I love cordless power things. Must get myself a cordless saw. A second one--I have a circular saw, which I rarely use.
Now that the snow is pretty much gone I need to retrieve my lawn mower and take it to Wilmington for a tune-up. It surprises me that I'm even thinking about doing that in April instead of late May. Great, as long as I do more than just think about it. I'm parking at the end of the driveway because of the mud. We're having a very mild mud season so far but it's supposed to rain a lot next week so I may be premature in declaring it mild. The ice isn't near going out yet though there is a bit of open water along the shore in places.
I have to clean the house for next week's book group. This will be a good thing. Apparently I'm one of those people who doesn't think she deserves a clean house and only cleans when other people are coming over. I've done a bit of sorting and throwing things out but the clutter in my living room is phenomenal. I did plant my pansies in a pot on the deck, which doesn't really count as cleaning but it is an achievement.
The dogs are well, except for Tess' knee. They don't ever get to go out together any more because the run off (Tess hops more than runs, but boy that girl can move). We walk to the car every morning to get the paper. They go with me almost every time I ride in the car. Most dogs always want to go for a ride in the car even though they mostly just sit in the car, staring out the window and sleeping. My dogs are no exceptions.
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