Well, so much has happened since my last post I hardly know where to begin. My middle daughter, Victoria (Tori) graduated from high school, I was contacted by the (huge) group of Radiologists I used to work for and offered my old job back after almost exactly 1 year of being unemployed-which was incredibly humbling and character building for us all- hurray!!!, bought a new car so the girls would have access to my old one (since I would no longer be at their beck and call for rides) and as per my agreement with the local shelter I purchased her from-had Schatzi spayed, vaccinated and micro chipped. This last item has turned out to be the most challenging-Schatzi is a regular Houdini when it comes to removing the e-collar (cone) the vet provided with instructions for her to wear it for the next 2 weeks. I find this wildly unrealistic (if you knew Schatzi, you would too) but we are doing our best. When she does manage to get it off it takes 3 of us to put it back on. Tori was looking after her last Friday but had to leave briefly to pick her sister up from school and during her absence Schatzi managed to take the collar off and remove her own stitches. When the girls returned and discovered, to their genuine horror, what had happened they called me-on my way home from my new/old job, which I LOVE-and we met up at the vet. Schatzi is fine-restitched and now on a sedative to keep her a little more calm during the healing process, but she is used to at least 1 walk a day, usually 2, and that has always included a run down to the lake where her favorite pass time is endlessly retrieving balls thrown far out into the water. To say that she is restless (even sedated) would be an understatement. We WILL get thru this.
My plan is to continue with my pattern business AND work full time, but I have had to put designing on the back burner until things are a little more calm here at home and I am more settled in back at work. Much has changed and there is quite a bit more responsibility, but the days fly by and honestly, I couldn't be happier.
So, here's to new beginnings, for me and more importantly, for the recent graduate,Tori, who I couldn't be more proud of. She, like her sisters, is smart, sweet and beautiful. I hold my breath and watch their stories unfold, enjoying every single moment, and absolutely cannot believe I had any part in creating something so wonderful.
