Number One likes to spend a lot of time in her sewing room. I like to spend time in there too because she opens the door and the sun shines in the storm door which has glass all the way down to the floor. I can lie in the sun and watch what is going on outside. Oh, back to the original story: She spends so much time sewing because she sells quilted items on Etsy which is an online site where humans can sell their handmade items. Check out Number One's shop KGsewing
She just finished a dog carrier tote, which I thought was going to be mine, but it isn’t.
Number one picked me up and put me in the bag, oh boy, we are going shopping. No we are not going anywhere she is just taking my picture. I better look cute and maybe then she might take me shopping. No wait, now she wants me to sit by the back. Why would I want to sit by the bag when I can be in the bag and go for a ride? I am not happy about this. If I am not going shopping then I want to go back to my nap. Oh well, humans are strange.
Well the bag isn’t mine. Number one just wanted me to model it for her shop on Etsy.
You’re not going to believe this. Yesterday #1 left the house without me. When she came back she had a Puppy. It was fluffy with white fur. It looked kind of like me when I was a young pup, but of course I was cuter. Well, right away I did not like the looks of this. If that furry ball of fluff thinks it can join my pack, well it better think again. OH NO! Where are they going with it? No don’t put it down. No stay away from me, get away. I gotta hide. Now look, it is play with MY toys. What to do, what to do. I don’t like this one little bit. Hey stupid, that is a box you pee in not a place to lay and chew MY bone, and that is MY bone, put it down. I can’t watch anymore. I am going where it is safe and hide in my room. I am never going to come out. #1 is saying something about a ride. Take me I want to go. Phew, #1 is picking me up and we are heading out the door and into the car. She places me in my basket and away we go. Wait, #47 is getting in and he has that puppy. Better keep an eye on it. We are stopping at a house I never seen before. #1 gets out and she forgets to take me, she is taking the puppy. She gets back in and look she doesn’t have the puppy anymore. We get home and I run around with joy. My pack is the same as always. That was a close one.
If you could ask your boss or teacher ONE question without any repercussions, what would it be?
Since the leader of the pack is the boss and the teacher I would have to ask #1 why I must leave it when the "Leave It" command is said. I don't understand this because usually the thing I am going after looks sooooooooooo good. Or the thing I am doing at the time is fun. Why do I have to stop? Why can't I eat it? I just don't understand.
Would you rather have one best friend or ten acquaintances? Why?
When you have a friend like #1 why would you need anyone else?
Saturday – Something is going on, #1 is putting clothes in suitcases. This could be bad because she might go away and leave me with #47.
Sunday – I wake up and she is still here that is good. More activity, the suitcases are going into the car. I stick close to #1 in hopes of going with her. #1 & #47 put on their coats here it comes the big moment. #1 picks me up but she could still hand me off to #47 and I could end up in my room. But we are in the car and I’m in my basket. Whew I can relax and sleep. We drive for awhile and stop so I can get out and run around. #1 gets upset that I’m all wet but the grass is wet and I’m pretty close to the ground so what did she expect. After a quick clean and dry we get back into the car. Later we stop at what I’m told is a lighthouse, I like lights but I thought they lived inside of plastic mice not houses. It is raining so I have to put on my stupid raincoat, how embarrassing. We get out and #1
decides that it is raining too hard so we get back into the car. #47 takes some pictures and we are back on the road. I’m told we are almost to our new home when another car
runs into the back of our car. Nobody got hurt only the car and it was not too bad. I got to meet a policeman and didn’t even bark at him. After a short delay we get to our new home. At first glance it looks pretty small. Hey where is my room? There is only 1 room with a big bed and 1 small room that I refuse to go in because I don’t like the feel of the floor. There are a bunch of strange noises and I have to bark at them. I don’t know if I’m going to like it here. I manage to sleep though the night with only 1 woof to check on #1 she is still there so I go back to sleep.
Monday – Back into the car and another lighthouse. At least it is not raining, no need for the stupid raincoat today. I
get to sit in my bag and #1 carries me. The lighthouse seems to be sitting on the edge of the biggest bath tub I’ve ever seen, water everywhere. The whole time we are there I was thinking, “Don’t put me in the water, Don’t put me in the water”. We walked down some trails and all was going fine until #1 hands the bag (with me in it) to #47. She goes through a door into this little building called a gift shop. I panic because #1 is gone. #47 tells me that we can see her through the window but I’m not buying it. I start looking behind us because #1 could be there she could be anywhere. After what seems like forever #1 reappears from the same door. Who knew this could happen? Next I get to run around on the grass and of course I get wet and dirty again. We get back in the car drive for awhile and park. Then it is back in the bag for me. I’m no expert but we are walking toward what looks like
another lighthouse but this one is out in the middle of the water. There are huge rocks which seem to form a path out to the lighthouse but I don’t know who would be crazy enough to go on those rocks. Hey wait a minute we are now on the rocks. The rocks
don’t fit nicely together and most of the gaps are big enough for a little pup like me to fall in. #47 leads the way but every now and then # 1 finds a better route. All the time there is water on either side of us. It is slow going but we are almost to the lighthouse when I notice some fishermen near the building. I decide to bark at them and # 1 says we are close enough and turn back toward the distant shore. On the way back we meet some other people walking on the rocks and I decide to tell them what a big mistake they were making but they choose to ignore me. We finally make it back to dry land. Another short
Tuesday – #1 gets out the suitcases and puts the clothes back in we load the car and are off again. We stop a couple of times so I can run around a little and finally arrive at our old home. My toys and my room are still here I’m so happy to see them. My bottles and octopus are here this is terrific. It is great to be home I never want to leave again. Ride? Did someone say ride? Let’s go.
One spring day #1 takes me outside. We walk around the yard and then she hooks me to a rope that is attached to a green thing that is in the ground. She disappears for a minute and just when I start to panic she comes back carrying gardening tools.
Oh boy, I think we are going to dig. But I can't reach the dirt #1 is digging in. How am I going to help? I can't find any dirt, only grass. I wonder, what is under all this grass? Is there dirt underneath? I start digging, It looks like dirt. Let me get closer and smell it. Maybe I should taste it to make sure it is dirt. Oh no, #1 is turning around, quick sit down and she will not find out I have been eating dirt.
Darn, I think she is on to me. She is coming over and laughing at me.
I wonder how she knows about the dirt.
Yup, she knows, she is coming toward me. Into the house we go. No, not that, I don't need a bath. Why do I need a bath? You can't give me a bath without #47 helping. Ok, maybe you can.
This is my first time blogging and my first time using a computer. The keys are a little to small for my paws but I will get use to it I think. This is the 4th morning in a row that #1 (my owner) left the house. She mentioned something about going to work, but she never leaves me 4 days in a row. I had to stay in my room all morning. Don't get me wrong it is a nice room. I have a whole bedroom to myself. It use to be the human's daughter's room but she is married now and no longer living in the den.
When #1 got home, I was so happy to see her. We played, went outside, then came in and played somemore. Then it was my nap time. I will make my first blog short, because I want to go play with an old sneaker #1 gave me.
What did you learn in kindergarten that you wish you did a better job of applying to the way you live your life today?
Nap time... I absolutely loved nap time when I was in kindergarten and I wish I was better able to apply it to be everyday life. Life would be so much more enjoyable if the adult world allowed everyone a 40min nap during the day... think about how rested you would be and better able to tackle those problems? It would be awesome. Haha
So again it's been awhile since my last post. I have been really busy again with my fieldwork and actually working that by the time I get home I don't feel like doing a whole lot. My weekends are relaxing though and always jam packed with activities. Last weekend I went out to the bar with George, my cousin Daniel and his friend Hannah because George's saturday job won free beer and pizza. That was very entertaining to say the least. We ended up hanging out back at my house afterwards. I ended up working for 10ish hours on saturday so I called into my afternoon family in Saquoit on Sunday so that I could have some time to myself for relaxing. It ended up being a good choice because George and I ended up hanging out with Kevin and Miss Julianne at his parent's house in their pool all afternoon which was really nice... awesome workout too. We ended up making a trip out to Walmart to buy a floating basketball hoop so that we could play water basketball which was a riot and quite a contact sport too haha. We stopped at Burger King on our way back where we all got crowns... wore them out of the store and then all the way home with the windows rolled down. We also decided to blare rock music so that we would get attention... we got some strange looks at a few stop lights in rome and then in Floyd a car full of old ladies started cracking up and waving too us... quite amusing I thought haha.
Then I had another busy week full of fieldwork and work. My first patient went home this week which was exciting... now I have 5 patients though so it's getting better. I hate not having patients because I get so bored. I also recieved an exciting call from my friend Sam M from school who might have a new job for me. She asked UCP about a job that would use our Health Studies degrees and they have a full time job as a Behavioral Specialist which requires a 4 year degree in psycology or a related field... she was willing to put it into a part time job if Sam could find a friend (me). So I won't say too much about that now because I don't have all the details... I'm waiting to hear back from Sam... but I may be getting a WAY better job. Not sure what exactly I would be doing or much about anything but if it requires a 4 year degree it has to pay better then my current position and it is still within UCP and with kids so it's perfect!! Other then that I recieved exciting news that Jules got a job out in Syracuse so she is def staying in NY for awhile so that is awesome!
I worked alot again this weekend but it was ok. Saturday I went to the racetrack with George and my cousin Daniel to cheer him on since he races. That was alot more fun then I thought it would be so I will probably be going back there more often. He came in 4th which is really good. Today I worked all day... I went to Remsen's graduation because one of the girls I work with graduated and I had to keep her sister under control during the ceramony so that her parents could enjoy it. It was really nice and quite a difference to how things would have been if the girl went to HP. Everyone in her class was really nice to her and willing to push her down the aisle in her wheelchair so that she wouldn't have to be different a have an aide there with her. She also got the largest cheer when they called her name and half the audience stood up for her. It was a really nice ceramony with alot of respect for the girl and her family. Quite touching actually haha.
George and I also adopted a new cat... well this one is pretty much a Kitten still... her name is Hera so that we can stick with the Greek god theme. She was a stray up at my in-laws so we kept her. She is rather hyper and very lovely.... Zeus is still unsure about her but the hissing has stopped at each other so thats a good sign. It's cute when they play together though because Zeus, who is rather lazy and not used to much physical activity, gets very winded and needs to lay down when they chase each other. Hera will sit there and look at him until he stands back up and the play resumes. Haha. However, Hera did not enjoy her first vet visit though... it took the vet and three assistants to pin down this tiny 5 lb kitten to give her a rabies shot. She was not happy!
As for this upcoming week... I'm sure it is going to drag. My 1 year anniversary with George is next monday so we are going away for the weekend to celebrate (since I have to work on monday... GRRR). We are heading up to The Edge hotel again on Friday night for a relaxing stay in one of their hot tub rooms... then we are spending Saturday up around Lowville and going to the races with Daniel that evening. No plans for Sunday yet but we hope to lay low and just relax. So needless to say the week is going to go by so slow. Hopefully I will have more time to write though...
So it's been awhile since my last post... things are going better I suppose. I've gotten used to things at Heritage and it's begining to feel more comfortable... I just basically told myself to stop seconded guessing the things that I do and I'll be fine and it's worked alittle. I'm up to 4 patients now but one of them is going home next week... my first patient ever is actually making it back home. Go me! It's exciting at least haha. This week has gone by fast... there have been alot of inservices to go too which change things up a bit and I went on a home evaluation again to get out of the facility for awhile. That was fun... on the home eval my supervisor and the PT Jack were talking about this guy and how he volunteered to go to Vietnam and remove live landmines... and my supervisor wanted to know how you removed a live landmine and then my Gouger sense of humor kicked in and I replied "carefully" Luckily they had a sense of humor too. The inservices have been interesting too... today we had one on fire safety because they changed around all of their fire procedures. So they had this guy from an outside company come in a teach it and at one section he was showing us how to put out someone who was on fire in a wheelchair (because apparently elderly people catch on fire alot when they can't walk...) so he had fire protected clothing and a lap board which he kept lighting on fire for people to put out. He wanted four volunteers and he got three easily and then he was waiting for the fourth so he goes "Alright I'm just going to light myself on fire and someone save me..." And he did! The only problem was was that no one tryed to put him out. Some health professionals we had... he eventually put himself out but it was funny.
I even got a phone call last week from Cora my fieldwork cordinator back at school and I got my last placement at a UCP preschool!!! I'm so excited. I had a choice between preschool or the promise program but I choose the preschool because I figured it was close to Early Intervention where I really want to go and I will get to see more then just autism... all I could picture with the promis program was 10 little childern like the kid I work with in Cold Brook and I couldn't do it haha. I'm wicked excited though. UCP generally hires their interns and I already work for them so hopefully I may be getting a job through this! Fingers crossed! Need to make it through heritage first I supoose.
Other then that it's been quiet... I've been working alot and doing my internship. Yesterday was George's birthday so we went out to dinner and today I got to hang out with Miss Julianne for awhile! I missed her! I'm meeting a new family for UCP Tuesday... they live in Remsen and hopefully I can replace my Sauquoit family with them. I love the little girl I work with out there but it's way too much of a drive and for 4 hours it's not worth it. This kid in Remsen is 16 and severely autistic... he is nonverbal and behavioral so it should be a challange but good experiance for when I'm an OT. We will see how it goes I guess. I've also stopped drinking soda this last week and began watching what I eat... Since I've moved out of my parents house I've gained about 30pounds and I don't see it and my husband claims he didn't notice but I don't like the number on the scale so I'm on a "diet". Mainly I stopped drinking soda and instead of munching on chips all day I'll have a salad or an apple... working so far because I lost 4 pounds in the first week. Go me! Thats it for now though... I'm hungry haha.
