Thank the gawds for pills

that fix my dog.

Marley is feeling much better now, thanks to two daily doses of 62.5 mg of bioclav, a broad spectrum antibiotic.

Our vet bill was a lot more reasonable than I expected: $200. (Just shy of, actually, but I don't feel like looking up the exact amount.)

It cost $51 for the visit, and additional $51 just because it was an emergency call on the long weekend, about $20 for the pills, and the rest was a charge for an x-ray. We still are supposed to bring in a urine sample for them to test for a few things, mostly, I am guessing, crystallization, to see if she might be a risk for stones.

Because that would be fun.

The only reason we haven't is that it needs to be brought to them within 20 minutes (still warm, yum!) and Marley doesn't have a regular bathroom schedule at all. In fact, a lot of the time, we end up going out right before bed, and then in the morning, not at all. Usually it will be once or twice in the afternoon, depending on her last drink/meal.

Also, we got a sample on Sunday night, brought it in on tuesday morning (had it in the fridge in the meantime), and were told the 20 minute news. So, now I am not sure if I should clean out the previously sterile cup to bring it in, or if I should just use the paper cup I collect it in.

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We've finally gotten our house mostly box-free. There is still a few to go through, and some stuff piled on the second bed, most of which I need to cram into the car to bring to Cold Lake.

We've got a lot of stuff to get rid of, and there is apparently going to be a garage sale here same weekend I'm heading to Cold Lake, so the 'idea' of making any money off of it is out.

I'm actually hoping that the landlord will agree to take the stuff to the garage sale for me, I told her there is a lot of stuff that still is in great condition, we just don't need it anymore. I also told her that I don't want any money for it, that if someone else will be sitting there all day, and they can get anything for it, by all means. Or even, if the landlord or whoever is going to be garage sale-ing wants it, take it.

There's nothing in there worth very much to me, a couple of cheap laundry baskets (one was $1, the other half that.) filled with little things, some kitchen stuff, some organizing things, some pictures, an old TELUS phone (bought 6 years ago - still works, just switched to Rogers) and a lot of other random crap.

Anything that I've decided to part with that I can think of someone who might want it, I plan to offer it to them; I am fully into the freecycling thing going on around here, I just wish more people knew about it, or were interested in it. I didn't get any answers when I posted a bunch of stuff back in Hinton, and I posted it on both Hinton and Edson's ones.

Oh well, a lot of unwanted furniture went to the not-for-profit church organization in Hinton that took it all off of our hands for free, to give to people who really needed it.

We've downsized our collection of crap at least by half since moving here, and damn it feels good.

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I am good at Tetris, but I don't know how I can cram THAT MUCH STUFF into that limited space. Mind you, the car I am bringing is pretty darn big (boat, much) but Marley takes up the whole back seat. I am not kidding. It's mostly from spoiling her, and we need to get away from that, but at the same time, she doesn't travel that well yet. Much better than before, but still needs her comfort or she tries everything to get into my lap and cause an accident. Realized that over a year ago, and tried to do the seatbelt thing, but she HATES the seatbelt, and ends up twisting herself up so bad in it that her leg has no blood in it. She hasn't been in it since, but I might give it another go.

So, the backseat is usually her ridiculously large kennel (used to be Patches/Pookie's, and Marley sure loved the lived-in smells) facing (open) sideways so she can get into it from the seat next to it, and her bed next to it. I think her previous family may have locked her in a kennel when she was 'bad' or something, because if I put the cage front on the kennel, she won't go in it. She was also scared of the metal doors' movements when she brushed against it, but even with something immobilizing it, she is too scared of the kennel with the door on.

Besides, it took us about 4 months to convince her that her kennel was a safer, more secure, protective place than under the bed, and it's been awhile since she's gone under the bed. (She'd hit her back/head on the frame while military-crawling under the bed, and I worried what that might do to her in the long run. Her hips crack a lot as it is, and I didn't need another thing to worry about.)

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Chris went to work today, we found out today that he is being recalled to his home terminal, so YAY! He won’t have to go stay in Hinton to try to work in Jasper!

Plus he’s on the spare board, which means trips instead of the yard work, so more $$$!

So thankful right now. It was really nice to spend more time with him, especially when Marley and I are about to leave for 4 nights. :)

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Last but definitely not least:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!

I love you more than you'll ever know, and hope that you have a great birthday! Can't wait to see you! :D

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Anyway, I have to go figure out how to cram all of my stuff into the car, and plan to do most of it today so I have less to do tomorrow before I leave.

Have a great weekend!