Luna TailAnxiety, Dogs, and Life

I had a busy weekend. CRAP! What is the deal with me! I’m too busy. I was at a Bark in the Park all yesterday (Saturday). Our flyball team did a demo, well two, and so we had to hang out all day. Which wouldn’t be so bad if I had any days at home to relax, which are few and far between. I know, I complain, but I do love doing dog things.

This morning I did obedience training. Then I built a couple of jumps (is this my dog blog or my personal blog? LOL). Then I vegged in front of the TV for a couple of hours… watched Monk and Robin Hood, I liked both of them. Monk freaked me out… tearing up that poor house! Ugh! I had to take a break from watching it for a bit as that disturbed me. But then I came back and it was definitely funny.

Now I’m watching TV and blogging a bit. I did, however, get some books from the library. Real Live Books. I hope to actually have time to read them. Usually I get books on CD anymore so I can listen when I drive. But I do miss just sitting down and reading.

Today will be a short work week, thank goodness. I’ll get to work from home on Wednesday for a few hours, in my home office, though I could use a new desk and chair. Oh well… I’m just happy I can work from home!

I don’t want to jinx it, but I have the potential to retire in five and a half years. I hope to do so by November of 2013, just before Christmas. And this trip to St. George, Utah for flyball, I found myself talking to my friend about retirement quite a bit.

We didn’t end up listening to many books on CD during the drive, but the news and the conversation were interesting. And I do talk about retirement… I will only be 46 years old… as long as I don’t die or the State changes the laws or something. Retirement really does seem too good to be true. But if I do… if I really do retire, I’ll be set for life and I can do all the things I love.

And most importantly, my financial stability and security won’t depend on my performance at a job. Because I never really think I’m good enough… maybe it’s just because my life depends on my job, and all my dogs and my house, and it’s so important that I’m always afraid I might lose it.

I need a positive attitude!

I am tired… sorry I haven’t posted in a while. I was in St. George, Utah for a Flyball Tournament with Chase. It was awesome fun. Long days, got home today, have to go back to work tomorrow.

I’m copying the DVDs on my laptop now that I recorded on my video camera over the weekend. Three discs. I do wish that the mini discs held more footage, because I am just doing a disc copy and I think all three of the mini discs would fit on one or two regular DVDs. But I have too much to do to arrange things with a menu and such. I just do a disc copy and am done with it.

I am tired, I’ll write more later!

LOL I posted that blog subject on my other blog, Tip Tail, about Tatum.. and I make myself laugh so I had to post it over here, too. But it’s true. Dang… so this past weekend I had no dog sports, but goodness… since it was my first weekend in five weeks, not doing dog sports or camping all the days, I had a ton of things to catch up on!

Saturday I had a private lesson with Tatum, that worked out great. Then the Hubby and I saw Iron Man, which was fun. Gotta spend some time with the husband! Then Sunday I went to my parents most of the day, with Chase, Levi and Tatum.. then to flyball practice after. Got home about 9:30. So late.

Then Sunday morning I had agility practice at 8, then my nails done at noon, then 3pm I had a vet appointment for Lucy and Levi… and Lucy does not have cancer! The vet is pretty darn sure! I have to post about that on Tip Tail too… gads no time! Anyway then at 6pm we went to see a tax guy. We paid $1,500.00 on our taxes and it sucked! We filed an extention and hopefully the tax guy will be able to help us out.

Whew.

This morning I went to help with a training class at work, and I’ve been working all afternoon. This evening I have got to have some down time and put my laundry away. It’s clean, but it’s all in bins in the basement!

I need to get away, get out my passport and go on a vacation! But then I’d miss the dogs and the husband…

So anyway, off to do more stuff!

Well, this weekend is a good day. Oh my gosh… it’s so nice and warm outside! I love it! It was probably 80 or 85 today, finally. I’m so tired of the cold weather. Our winters here in Utah are too long, and summers are just too short. Ugh. It’s already the middle of May, and it has been cold until now. And so June, July, August and September will be warm.. and then it will be cold again.

Nooo! I don’t want cold! Gads, we should move somewhere warmer. But not too warm, my Husband doesn’t like it hot. I do, though. And the heat keeps my skin dry so I don’t need natural acne treatment like where it’s humid!

Anyway… I did some dog training this morning, and we went and saw Iron Man today. It was good! My husband hassles me about my movie analysis. I thought his first suit was very impractical and couldn’t believe it actually worked, but then the second suit was much better. So my husband asks me… he says why do I think any suit would work? LOL well ya know, that’s just how my logic goes.

So tomorrow I get the morning to relax… and sleep in. Yay! I might take Tatum to the park again to do some training. I need to. It’s not very far. And it’s so nice to be outside! I do want to do a little house cleaning though, and I won’t be getting to any yard work this weekend. oh well, maybe the weekend after Memorial day, as I’m at an agility trial all weekend Memorial weekend, too. I really do need some time off dog sports. Even as much as I love it!

The day went by too fast, I better be off to bed!

I recently posted a comment on another blog and found out about Disqus, which is a commenting system you can sign up for and then apply a plugin to your wordpress blog.

I think I really like it. It’s like a community of commenters. the only thing I don’t like is that when I reply to comments, the commenter is not emailed directly about my reply unless they are a member of Disqus themselves. If they are not… if they are unverified, it’s called, then they don’t get a reply email.

Hopefully this will change soon. I have this commenting system on this blog, and my other blog, Tip Tail, to try it out.

My Disqus Profile is, I think, viewable by anyone. If you have problems with this commenting system please, please let me know. You don’t have to be registered with Disqus to comment, but if you do register you can claim all your comments and participate. It’s fun!

I am catching back up in sleep and energy after my trip to Colorado… it’s amazing how tiring a 10 hour drive can be. And, I’ve still gained some weight… ugh! So back to the Eat To Live plan I am going. I lost more weight eating like that than anything else. And being healthy means for life insurance no medical exam is needed.. or we can hope!

Well, I’m dead tired. Crashed on the couch, going through some Entrecard dropping and reading some blogs. TV is on but I’m not paying attention to it. Levi is sleeping on my left side on the couch, Muffit on my right. It sure is a happy couch, happy and tired.

I am too tired to post anything of any substance today, and probably for the next day or so. The three day agility trial tired me out, as usual. But it was fun. And.. it was sunny! I loved being in the sun and mostly warmth. Today I was even in a t-shirt. Usually this trial is cold and windy, so it was a pleasant surprise.

I’m going to work tomorrow, albiet late, because I’ll be tired. Then taking Friday off to go to Colorado for an agility trial with Chase and Tatum. Hope I don’t need any cell phone amplifiers for the trip. My phone usually gets pretty good service. We are going up I-80 way. Just for a two day trial, up and back.. and then, I get the following weekend off! Yay! As fun as dog things are, I do miss having a weekend or two off so I can stay home.

I’m going to bed… good night!

I’m doing dog agility this weekend with Levi. It’s fun… the weather hasn’t been too bad. A bit windy and cold, but not unbearable. Fortunately it makes for tired dogs. Also makes for a tired me, but that’s okay. Being tired is good.. makes me stronger, I do so believe. At least I hope so anyway.

So now I’m relaxing and sitting here watching Moonlight on TV. I like Moonlight, I love vampire shows. I already watched Doctor Who. Also love those new episodes, I’m so glad they brought the series back!

Now I think I might need a small bowl of ice cream. I’m actually doing better this weekend, not eating so much, and trying to eat more healthy. Apples and Bananas instead of so many crackers and chips. Hopefully it’ll help. Then I won’t need a drug treatment center to help me with my chocolate addiction.

I have another day of agility tomorrow. I’m tired, but having fun.

Back pain officially sucks. Not only does my back (still) hurt, my entire outlook on life is in the dumps. I’m cranky. I’m tired. And i’m just sore.

I’m better… mind… a little bit. What I’ve been doing has helped. Not sure if the Arnica has helped.. but I’m still trying it. The Topricin does help, and it feels good all over, my neck, back, and my ankle that is still sprained and may be through all this year until dog sport season calms down again.

I’m still sleeping on the couch. Last night Tatum was by my feet for a while, and Muffit jumped up by my belly. Muffit stayed there all night. He is so small, he doesn’t take up much space. Then Levi had enough of being alone on the bed so came and whined at me. I put him up by my head… and that boy is not small. But we snuggled together and fell asleep and were comfy.

I do love my dogs.

Just a picture of me and Chase… for those who don’t go over to my other blog, Tip Tail. I thought this was a cute picture from the DOCNA trial today. Chase was tired and didn’t want to pose very well. And Levi and Tatum were already in the car all packed up and ready to go home.

I really need to get jogging again. Dangit… I have been having way too much anxiety about jogging lately. Or else I need to structure it out and follow a plan. But I’m so bad with goals. Hrmph. But the boys and me need to be in better shape!