letting GO...

I've had 2 great lessons this week...

First-- Bandit. My little love from the last post. I fell head over heels for this 7 week old puppy and watched him try to recover each day. His foster family picked him up on Monday and it made me so sad... Well, tonight I got a video from the rescue group- it was him playing with his brother and he looks SOOO happy! He's recovering even more rapidly and its obvious being with his brother is helping him heal.
Lesson #1--Sometimes my heartache is much less important than another's opportunity to heal, grow, and find happiness.

Second-- Wraser. A month ago I interviewed for a Pharmaceutical sales job and when I left my meeting with them I swore I had it. I was certain they thought I was a perfect addition to the team and I was thrilled about who they were and the company. Well, a few days turned into a week, a week turned into two and after 2 phone calls and 2 emails with NO response, I accepted the fact I wasn't going to hear back. I was REALLY disappointed but I went ahead and started applying elsewhere. In this economy, I knew I would have to take whatever came my way. Well, out of the blue, 2 days ago I got an email from WraSer wanting to know if I was still interested in the position and to please contact them ASAP. So, of course I emailed and I will have an offer tomorrow!
Lesson #2-- I can and should trust my gut!! Things work themselves out in their own way and time.

my latest little love

This is Bandit... He and his brother were dropped off on someones doorstep and later that night a big dog picked him up and threw him. He "hit his head" and had some serious head trauma. When the lady brought him to our hospital he was in a coma and they wanted him put to sleep but one of our vets refused. She wanted to wait a week and see what happened. Its been 5 days and he has won over everyone who works here! He walks a little sideways, he doesn't look at you straight in the face sometimes and its obvious he has some brain damage but man, he is the happiest puppy ever! He runs and plays and oh can he bark when he wants some attention! This is him sleeping on a stuffed dog that is 3 times bigger than he is.
Every single person I work with has been praying for this little one to pull through and recover so he can have a long dog life-- its so amazing to see such a turnaround in just a few days! Adorable...

Little blessings!

I've been waiting to add a new post because I've been meaning to take some pictures but I haven't done that, of course. So, while I try and catch up on the camera action, I figured its time to start being thankful for the little things or I'm going to drown in my whining about this @#$*ing heat!

1- I figured out how to install a digital thermostat in my place, all by myself, WITHOUT electrocuting myself and now I know EXACTLY what temperature I need to stop sweating.

2- Some really nice young 20 something kid at the oil change place decided that my total for the day was "$ a hug and a smile.00". This was after a very smelly, barely clothed, snaggle-toothed woman came running in yelling "damsel in distress!!!" because she broke down on the highway, who was followed by an overdone grandma who marched in, stepped in front of me at the counter and shoved her keys in his face. I'll take free any day, poor kid...

3- My mom drove all the way to Page to bring me my 4 legged furry kids and had spoiled them rotten!

4- My 4 legged kids acting like its a freaking celebration EACH and EVERY time I walk in this door, no matter how hot it is in this place and in spite of the fact they have no yard to play in.

5- Walmart having juice on sale for $1 and my favorite steak marinade that I haven't been able to find in 2 years. Too bad I left my barbeque in Huntington. Oh wait, I can throw the steaks out on my freaking driveway. Thank heaven for marinade!

6- I just found out that one of NICEST, MOST POSITIVE people I've worked with for 2 months has cancer for the second time. He has never mentioned he is sick or in the middle of treatment! He also used to be a MONK, (is that how they spell it?)how interesting is that?!?! People amaze me...

7- My favorite little boy on the planet turned one last week and I found my beloved, treasured childhood book when I was buying presents for him-- The pooky little puppy!

Thats plenty. I have decided I need to be more grateful and thankful each day. I'll post pictures soon.

Arizona

Ask not what I can do for Scottsdale, but what Scottsdale has done for me..........

Scottsdale! I've heard the people here are snotty and it has the nickname Snobbsdale, but everyone has been really nice so far and honestly I haven't seen that many pretty people so it can't be ALL that :)

As of tomorrow I will have been here 1 month, feels like 3, but its one. Lets discuss my progress...
I moved. That's a good step. Of course all my stuff is still in storage so its not official until June 23rd.
I got a great little apartment that I love, although I wish I had a house :), but again, it will do.
I went out with one blind date, TOM, well, and by the picture below we can all see why the buck stopped there! Hello. Poor Chuck Minor. So Tom is a big bonus, AZ sure treated me right with that present. Will have one more blind date tomorrow, just to remind myself how lucky I was the first time around! :)
What else...
Got a job at this amazing animal hospital, which I love! Still can't pay bills cuz its part time but doing what you love is almost worth being poor.
Got pinkeye. That's a fun one... Ever had pink eye? Its like a giant ball of puss has somehow lodged behind your actual eyeball and it drains all day and night. It is the equivalent of a 2 year old snotty nose that runs all day--- DISGUSTING!
And, surprise, surprise, the day after the pink eye, I lost my voice. Related? Did I lose it from all my whining about the pinkeye? Hmmm...
The next day, I start hacking like an 80 yr old smoker who's pink eye leaked down into her lungs. Disgusting. But, the eye stopped oozing and I've almost got a voice back to start singin my praises to AZ again! It started out so well...... Hopefully this is just the downhill ride, not the beginning of the end, or a brain tumor.
Good thing Tom is in NY-- a one eyed, puss hacking lung cancer patient can't keep a man like that for long. :)

I will try and post pictures soon. Love you all!

One word- Tom.

The grin says it all :)

happy easter!

Sorry I haven't been posting anything... I'm lazy :)

I will say that this Easter I really enjoyed time with my family... Its funny how growing up I was such a little snot-I couldn't wait to get away from my siblings and parents. The older I get the more I appreciate them. These are my younger brothers, well, 2 of them, one is in Korea and has been gone for 4 years. The other picture is of my aunt and uncle, that I just LOVE. She is from Georgia and I love that she still has an accent.

Hope you all had a wonderful Easter and I hope someone else is feeling the pain I am from serious OVER EATING!

Bats Brains and Ex-Boyfriends

Okay, so as I mentioned before, life has been slow lately because I am spending all my time working and hanging out with family... I enjoy it but it doesnt make for entertainment. Well, I had a little drama over the last couple weeks and I figured I'd share.

My brother and I found a little, young bat lying on the floor at the office. Couldn't have been there long and looked dead. When my brother picked it up (with gloves of course) it started moving- "ITS ALIVE". Bats are definitely more freaky when moving!!! I've never looked at a bat up close and as disgusting as it is, its also very fascinating. Anyway, he took it to a place that rescues injured animals and we thought all was finished, we saved a rodent life. Not so... California is a RABIES state. So, if a bat is found it is tested for rabies. Do you know how thats done? It is killed and the brains are sent to a lab because rabies can only be found in the brain, after an animal is dead.

So, who cares about a bat right? Well, the problem was my dogs... DOGS=KIDS in Lisa World, until I have 2-legged children who puke, poop and wake up happy. My dogs had been with me when I found the bat and animal control told me that there was a chance that bat jumped up and bit my dogs on the nose without me seeing (because rabies is passed through saliva, through a break in the skin AND is almost always FATAL--BOTH humans and animals). What that meant was if that brain came back positive, Animal Control was coming to take my dogs and I had two options- 6 month quarantine at my cost or Euthanize so they could test their brains. Anyway, 2 days of panic and research later, I found someone who made the whole thing go away and learned that their are Lawyers who practice ANIMAL LAW... Ever heard of such a thing? If I liked school more, I'd consider going back to do that but I can't sit still in a classroom.

No rabies, no dead dogs, one dead bat and lesson learned- you find a bat anywhere, let it die outside. That and Raccoons, they are big rabies carriers too.

After that drama, the next day I found out that someone in Atwater California was on a shopping spree at Target and Guitar Center with my debit card... Strangely, my card was in my wallet, I have never been to Atwater and we all know how musically inclined I am. So, beware-- FRAUD is alive and well!

Last but not least, I have been having lots of fun with Facebook! There are people from as far back as Elementary School that I still remember. I've run into a some ex-boyfriends... A few were so fun to find- rewind back to the young love and innocent lives, laugh at shared memories. A couple others--well, either a quick reminder of why they were ex's OR a quick prayer of thanks that they had decided to make me the dumpee! And its amazing to realize how incredibly horrible my memory really is!!! I only remember faces- not details, names, places or events but some of these people remember stuff that I had no clue about. I have become aware of how selfish I was when I was younger, so if I was a little brat to any of you, I am sorry!!! :)

Well, thats it for me but I've been checking in on all of you and man, the babies/children are CUTE!!! Growing like weeds... I have a little Husband Envy too. The rest of you make me laugh OR make me think and I love it! I'm planning to be in AZ by the end of April so I'm sure once I'm there my blogs will be FULL of laughs since I'll have a life and get back to DATING-- sadly, Lisa's dating life is almost worth $7.75 and popcorn :)