A SAD TIME AND A DECISION

 Well it is now time to decide how Wrangler is going to cross that rainbow bridge.  I am leaning towards taking him to the vet for the final moment.  I had really wanted to keep him home and comfy in familiar surroundings but there are some obstacles.  

He is pretty much needing to be carried up the stairs from going outside.  Monte does that but Monte isn't always available.  I can't lift him.  He is just too heavy and I have recently become a weenie.  

He has become confused and he is quite blind and now deaf.  I don't think he is very happy.  Now that he has completely quit eating we can't gracefully get medication into him so his pain level has ramped up again.

So now it's decision time.  I am leaning toward calling the vet and making that final appointment and taking him in.  I don't think he would really mind that much.  His dignity is taking a real hit right now and his pain level is not cool to see.  I think it is time.  The final obstacle to all of this is the vet.  They are so insanely busy I am not sure they can even accommodate us.  And this being Port, it's not like there is ANY choice in vets.  Anyway, when Monte gets up we will have the discussion and come to a decision.

  This is going to be insanely difficult.  That dog was my saving heart grace for the year Monte was off the rails and I was separated from him.  Wrangler was his dog who's care I took over.  It was such a huge comfort to me to have Wrangler, a surrogate Monte in a little way.  Man I can't even think about this without crying, never mind holding his paw while it happens.  And it's going to kill Monte.  We went through this together with Parker, a dog we were not particularly attached to and it almost killed us.  (I think that had more to do with the fact it was Bill's dog and we had just gone through that with Bill).  Anyway, this is about Wrangler and we will just have to buck up and get through it.

On a different note, we went to Coombs again yesterday.  I needed some beets and they have such a lovely produce market there.  But...they were only selling them in massive bags for twelve bucks.  I want beets but not that many!  So we had a latte at the Billy Gruff Bistro, cruised through the main market, bought a few things and headed back.  It is such a perfect distance away.  Far enough to feel like you have been somewhere, but really only 20-30 minutes...easy peasy.

We then got ourselves home.  I don't like to leave Wrangler for too long.  He falls down on the slippery floor and then can't get up.  He is okay on the carpet, his feet can get purchase but on the kitchen floor his feet just slide and he can't get up.  So far it has only happened a couple of times and we were home.

Two exciting things are happening to help lighten things up.  Tomorrow at two o'clock I am finally getting my hair done.  I gave in and made an appointment with someone here.  I went to her just before the pandemic and she was okay.  She is no Annie but something is better than nothing.

And Thursday or Friday we have six one pound lobsters arriving from Nova Scotia.  Pat has rellies who live there, that is where he is from originally, and they are arranging to send cooked lobsters to Port, flying then trucked.  They were 15 dollars each which is a darn sight cheaper than frozen ones at Save-on.  We are pretty stoked about it!  No carbs in lobsters, or wospers as April used to call them when she was three.  We were going to head to Tofino on Saturday but unless Wrangler has been tended to that can't happen.

Well I have nothing else to report.  Here are this weeks challenges:

39.  Colour a page in an adult colouring book.  If you don't have one, don't go get one.  It will end up in your get rid of pile in a few months when you can forget about how much you paid for it.  Just get a piece of paper out of your printer, draw a picture, the more horrible it is the better.  More interesting.  And colour it and hang it on the fridge for a week. I dare you!

40.  This next one is ridiculous but I am putting it here anyway.  Lose fifteen pounds.  Okay, I don't even need to say anything.  Just go find five things to eliminate from your life ( and that can include a toxic person)

Okay that's all I got.  Stay safe, noodle, oldster TTYL

When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.” – Khalil Gibran