I am a grandma!

Life is good.  Kayla is better.  Who knew they made kaopectate for dogs?  Anyhow, she is feeling a lot better and I am happy. Nothing much else has been happening.  Am seriously thinking of fostering Sasab.  Such a little darling, only a month old.  Wow, only 3 more weeks until Christmas.  The weather today doesn't prove it.  Pouring rain today and cold.  I think we hit a high of 3 degrees.  Two more days until December 1.  We don't have to move the cars on Monday morning any more unless there is snow removal.  Yeah.  They have dug up the whole street in front of my apartment.  The whole is at least 15 feet deep.  Everything is muddy.  This is the reason I hate spring and late fall.  The rain makes everything muddy.  I have to keep the mop and bucket handy.  Where Kayla sleeps, there is a big puddle of dirt when she gets up.  Anyhow, not a lot happening right now.  Hope you have a great rest of the week, my friends.  TTFN.

O.k.  An interesting weekend.  Thankfully it has been mild.  Kayla has diarrhea again.  I know she can't eat duck, but now I know she can't eat trout.  2 days of taking her out every 2 hours.  Hopefully she is over it now.  I gave her the slippery elm soup and she ate it all.  The most brilliant thing I did is make her a big litter box.  I found a large box and cut off the bottom.  Lined it with a shower curtain and newspaper.  Saves me a pile of cleanup.  She is so clever.  She uses the box. Otherwise it has been a very boring weekend.  I hate this time of year as it is very muddy outside.  I need to wash the floors every day, almost.  But I can't really complain, it has been a very quiet weekend.  I love it. Have a great week, my friends.  TTFN.

Damn.  I thought a neighbor who is a thorn in my side might be moving.  Get this, she calls me to tell me that there was an apartment she is going to see.  It is a great apartment, good rent, good placement.  I am hoping it lives up to all she is expecting.  In the back of my mind I know it won't be.  Anyhow she says she is having panic attacks just at the thought of going to see it.  Of course, she calls me tonight and no, she isn't taking it.  Hello, I could have told her that.  Sounds heartless, I know, but she is the one that has to know every little detail of everything in the neighborhood.  While she is telling you that what you are saying is great, she is also telling you how stupid you are.  Oh, well.  Better luck next time.  Hahaha.

Really had to bite my tongue today.  We were in a meeting, and my boss, who is sitting next to me, says one of the Vice-Deans is driving her crazy.  Hello!  Didn't you give me hell yesterday for saying that about a part-time professor?  I don't think she caught what she did.  Oh well, double standards and all that.  She really is great though, and the meeting seemed to go double speed.  That I can deal with.  I hate meetings, and we seem to have them every week. Anyhow, have a great rest of the week, my friends. TTFN

Busy weekend trying to get some cleaning done.  A losing battle.  I no sooner do the dusting then there is dog and cat hair all over.  Frustrating.  But that is life with animals. Got a little ticked off with my boss today.  She is a wonderful lady, and great at getting stuff done,  but she is a micro-manager.  I went on vacation for a week once and came back and she had rearranged my office.  She is a bit of a neat freak, too.  Or maybe it's a minimalist.  Whichever, no respect for anyone else's space.  Anyhow, the problem started when I had to do the scheduling for next year.  At first, she didn't understand why I had to contact people who had proposed courses.  She just wanted me to schedule them.  I explained we always asked people's preferences on when they wanted to teach.  Got most of the scheduling done, but for one person.  Gave her about 5 different time slots that were available, but of course she wanted a time slot outside of that.  So I happened to say

A very confusing day.  Had to drop the car at the garage this morning so thought I would leave early.  Thought I would have to call a tow truck, but I finally got it started.  Nice day at work.  The university was holding their annual fund raising for a charity organization.  My boss treated us to a nice pasta lunch, spaghetti, caesar salad, roll and a desert.  She let me leave early so I could go pick up the car. That's when the fun started.  Raining, car dead.  Got the mechanic to come with me and he fixed the problem, a cable had come off the battery.  Drive home through the rain in rush hour traffic.  Drove around for 20 minutes to find a place to park.  Still raining, now with snow mixed in.  All I could think of was Kayla at home waiting for me.  Over an hour late getting home.  She was so good though.  I came in and she was sitting in front of the door waiting for me.  Such a sweet girl, and so lovely to come home to. Not much else happening, I think that's enough fo

Have had the day from hell.  Woke up to Kayla having diarrhea everywhere.  Probably from her stealing the bag of liver treats.  Nice mess to clean up before you even have your coffee.  Then they are digging up the streets all around my apartment.  Nowhere to move my car, which, by the way, is going to cost me about $300 this week.  The starter is dying. I went to work this morning and forgot my glasses at home.  Just one of those days when everything that could go wrong did.  My boss is a wonderful person but....She is a micromanager.  Drives me nuts.  She doles out praise with one hand and tells you all kinds of faults with the other.  At least I understand her and take everything with a grain of salt.  Hey, she helped the babies.  Gotta love her for that. Anyhow, enough of my whining for today.  Have a great week, my friends. TTFN

I have gotten out of the habit of writing here lately.  No problem.  Gets boring reporting day to day stuff anyhow.  My life is not that exciting.  Ha ha. I am about 90% over my cold.  Hate being sick.  Of course nobody likes to be sick.  Have you ever noticed that when you are sick, it feels sooooo good to wash your hair.  Don't know why, it just does. Discovered Kayla managed to steal a large bag, half full, of freeze dried liver treats.  I wondered why her tummy was off.  Little dickens.  I wonder if this behavior is because I went away.  She has only done this since I got back.  Her little rebellion. Anyhow, have a great week ahead, my friends. TTFN.  

Well, I have been back over a week now.  Nairobi almost seems like a dream.  Work was insane after 2 weeks off.  Starting to think about Christmas.  A little poor this year, but I will manage.  With all the saving I did this year, I didn't do my shopping like I usually do.  People will understand. So much to do, but just can't get motivated.  I keep clearing out the clutter, and it miraculously reappears a short time later.  Have to look at new ways of doing things.  This one isn't working.  I'm kind of like the bears, as winter approaches, I start wanting to hibernate.  Impossible with a dog.  Kayla is loving the colder weather.  I just need to get acclimated to it.  Same every year.  The first few really cold days always come as a shock.  Soon I will come to think of 1 degree as a warm spell. :-) Anyhow, not much else happening.  Hope all is well with you.  Have a great weekend, my friends. TTFN