I’m still here, but I’d rather be…

 I’ve been reading old Madagascar posts & glamorizing that lifestyle. It was so busy, so different from day to day, had a bunch of Africa Magic thrown in for good measure, & I didn’t really have to face my own reality. 

I look back at those pictures & remember them as perfect, happy times. I was in a bit of denial. They were far from perfect. 

These days it feels like I face reality a bit too much. I’m working hard on a really big, life changing project…that lacks the glamour & fireworks of the international jet setting lifestyle. 

To update my very sad last post, there’s a new addition to our family. 

 

Meet Lucy. 

More than 2.5x bigger than Maggie. She came home around 15 weeks. She’s been attached to me ever since. 

When she was about 5 months old, I was hospitalized due to *virus* complications & I didn’t see her for about 3 weeks. I cried every night thinking she would forget me & OMG - this little dog follows me around the house & she’s 1.5 years old now. 

I’ve never had a puppy before & I had to learn a lot. We failed puppy school but conquered it eventually. She’s probably smarter than me because she constantly figures out things and gets into trouble. 

She could care less about most humans - unless the kids are around & then she’s one of them. She’s obsessed with every dog and her dog friends are 2-10x bigger than her & she plays hard. She really likes to have jobs (carry her toy to the car to go somewhere, carry mail/small parcels home). 

She nearly died this summer from a stomach problem & my heart ached when she was in the puppy ICU. They would call me every day to come visit her & I hated it. 

She has no fear - except for cats - but knows her size & behaves appropriately with bigger dogs. She very rarely barks, but when she does it’s because she smells something she thinks is dangerous (wildlife, someone outside in the bushes where they shouldn’t be, etc). 

She is both innocence & love while being a devilish monster. She volunteers at an extended care facility (that I worked during post-secondary). She doesn’t cuddle much - unless I’m sick or having a migraine & then she plays nursemaid by laying on top of me or next to me. 

She’s pretty cool. 

So…it’s winter here still. I’m sure there’s more to update…but I have to run. 

I’d do anything to be in Botswana right now.