Stuff n nonsense

There's not a lot going on around here these days but we are managing to get through it anyway. Of course there is the world: war, drought, public slaps and covid but odd ball stuff too. It seems to be a time of lots of little crap.

Our new dog has turned into a very needy little guy.

He does NOT want to be left alone. We have a crate and have left him in the crate while we go out to lunch. We have a camera on the crate and he barks the entire time we are gone. Twice he has soiled the crate and we come home to having to take the crate, with the dog, outside to be washed out. This is a problem. We've read that we should leave him alone for small periods of time and gradually increase the time we are gone. I guess we'll try that sometime but right now we are having our own fun.

My wife, who is a very healthy gal for 70+, has managed to have the little toe on her left foot turn under so she is walking on the side of the toe. Needless to say, this is painful. So Tuesday she is going in for surgery to straighten her toe. She is a little stressed about the surgery. She hasn't had surgery since her early 20's and is kind of worried about it. Of course her doctor is telling what a simple thing it is but she's having a hard time buying that. She will be wearing a boot for about a month then should be 100%.

My wife's surgery is scheduled for 10:00 in the southern part of Las Vegas so we'll have to leave home about 08:30 and it could easily be 04:00 pm by the time we get back. Of course that means that the dog will be alone for pretty much all day. We clearly cannot leave him in the crate so we have been looking for a place to kennel him. The first choice is near us but they are on vacation. Another place is way out of the way and they are only open from 10:00 to 4:00 pm. Well, that won't work. A third place is open from 07:00 until 03:00 pm. Nope. Our last choice is at a veterinarian that is open from 08:00 to 05:00 pm. That's going to be our choice.  I'm sure to write about the outcome!

On another front, our son, who has lived in the San Diego area his whole adult life, has decided he can't stand liberal California anymore and is moving to Arkansas that he expects to be more conservative. Wow! My wife and I are looking forward to seeing how they adapt to all the changes. Of course we've lived all over the place but son and daughter-in-law seem to think that a more conservative location will make their lives better. I hope so but we'll see. Financially it is nice for them: they sold their 1,300 sq ft house in CA for $570K and are buying a 2,800 sq ft place for $360K.

So you see, war and droughts aren't the only problems in the world. Weirdo pets are especially trying! Thanks for stopping by. Keep washing those hands!