i can't wait for hawaii... i have a feeling that is also going to be exactly what i need :D
shane & i were looking at our calendars this morning and i came to a sad realization - summer is already 1/3 over with. i wanted to have way more written by this point. kind of stressing about my thesis now... especially since i'll be super busy for practically all of july. i've been slacking a bit and i really need to step it up. i'm way behind on my goals for my novel & disappointed in myself for being so :( i guess for a lot of the past month i've been feeling not so well, though, so maybe it's not entirely my fault? still, i feel terrible about it.
shane & i also realized that if we want to go up and spend time at his parents cabin in tahoe, there's only about 4 weekends that we'll both be available to do so. we realized that he is going to be back in the recording studio on our one year anniversary :( which is so lame. but whatever - hopefully it's just the first of many.
suddenly though i feel rushed - rushed to get stuff done, to make plans, to not waste a second of any day. i'm gonna start setting my alarm and waking up early every day. my body is slowly adjusting to falling asleep later and waking up later... which makes the 3 days a week that i have to get up early to ride tough. plus, i like getting up early because i can get more accomplished in a day.
it's been gorgeous out here the past few days - in the 80s, which is almost practically unheard of for san francisco. it's been so nice to be able to wear a dress or shorts & sandals and not be freezing. i can't wait to experience a few weeks of summer weather. i'm glad i'm doing hawaii & chicago back to back. i'm craving some chicago summer - plus i can't wait to see everyone. it'll be good timing, too, because shanes dad is getting surgery so he'll be spending a lot of time with him... and he needs to record his vocal tracks in his garage.
i've also been dealing with Soda's incessant itching. she has allergies & gets what are called hotspots - basically she scratches & chews so hard and so much that she makes herself bleed and gets quarter sized bloody spots that scab. she gets these every few weeks & each time they last for a few weeks. i feel so bad for her. plus, she's keeping us both up at night. the vet gave me a prescription spray that is an antibiotic, plus it helps with the itching + i give her children's benadryl before bed, but that only seems to help for a few hours. i've really been trying to beat them this time though, because i want all of these sores to be healed up by the time i have to go out of town. i got her an inflatable "collar of shame" yesterday, but that doesn't completely prevent her from chewing on herself. the vets keep telling me i should get her allergy testing. it's expensive, but at least i'd know what she's allergic to, and could maybe prevent exposure to it that way. i mean, she's 2 1/2 only... she has a long life ahead of her and i want her to have the best possible quality of life. she means the world to me, i love her with all my heart, and i hate to have to drug her up for weeks at a time. it sort of breaks my heart. seeing her unhappy at all breaks my heart. she really is my baby. she relies on me for everything & her happiness is entirely up to me. that is a crazy thought. to be honest, as much as i don't want to do it, i'm thinking about cutting her fur short. at least while we're living in the city still. it just mops up all the grossness from the city sidewalks & it's like velcro - everything sticks to her. plus, it's hard to find the spots, i have to dig through all that fluff. i don't plan on living in the city too much longer... and when i move eventually, then maybe i can grow it super long like i want to. i love the long fur, moppish, cottonball look that cotons are known for. i think it's the cutest thing in the world. i'm just thinking that right now it might not be the best thing for my dogs health/hygiene? i don't know, it's just something that i'm going to think about.
haha, here's soda & her collar of shame. lol, she looks grumpy :) :
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