Long Weekend

Oh wow, it's been a long four days. Yes, I know that the weekend doesn't last four days, but mom and dad were out of town, so the pup was in my care. He began having "tummy troubles" Thursday during the day while I was at work. I came home to two "puddle/piles". I'm trying to keep it G-rated here... the poor thing thought he was going to be in trouble. How could I ever be mad at him for being sick? Especially with those cute brown eyes gazing at me. So I cleaned up and made him some yummy rice with cottage cheese and chicken. Supposedly that calms down a dog's stomach when they're sick. I don't know about you, but all of that would make me pretty sick. But it was doctor's orders. They also gave him an anti-puddle/pile medication which caused him to barf. I spent the next three days cleaning up various puddles. This morning he woke me up at 5:30, barfed a hairball with some blood flecks in it and then started at me. This prompted the 6am vet visit. Three hours later, one x-ray and one shot later, I was heading home. Thankfully, he seems to be feeling better, just in time for mom and dad's arrival home.

I met with my personal trainer this weekend. Yes, I said personal trainer. No, I haven't gone nuts. I get two free sessions with my membership. It was actually pretty cool. I went in and was immediately complemented ("I would say you definitely don't have any weight to lose - I would just work on maintaining and toning"). Good way to start. I told him that I wanted to work on toning my arms and my tummy, so he took me out and showed me all of these machines to use (the running and swimming really gets the legs done, so I wanted to do some weights for the other stuff). Let me tell you, I DEFINITELY noticed it working. I can never hit just the right muscle that I've wanted to tone up and he found the machine to do it. Plus they have this really cool ab thing and when I go back he's going to show me more. I'm a very satisfied customer. I wasn't looking forward to it, but he made it really nice. I highly recommend that everyone try a personal trainer, even if it's just once or twice to get tips.

That's about it. Dad and Mom brought me back the new Harry Potter book... I'm so excited to read it! Yeah! Don't forget to keep checking out the movie section (and posting) and to listen to the artist/group of the week!

Emergency Vet Visit $89.50

Dog X-ray $180

Bloodwork $175

Being tackled by the dog after all of this - priceless.