I was wicked nervous about the puppy on Wednesday... Wednesday was a half day, and I was feeling queasy, like I was going to throw up, etc. After school my best friend came over, and we were GOING to spend time with the puppy, but I was still worried... and my queasiness was worse... and right after my friend gets acquainted with the dog, of course the headache, depression, exhaustion, etc. comes suddenly.... By the time my friend left I was on the couch, staring out the window clueless of what was going on around me.... So I went to bed quite early, and my parents automatically kept me out of school so I could sleep... and sleep I most CERTAINLY did.... From about nine at night to ten thirty in the morning, a good eleven hours, interrupted only by the puppy barking at the cats, and he was very excited when I walked out to scold them all so he peed.... I took him outside, let him let the rest of it out, cleaned up the spilled pee in the house (thank GOD we have laminate flooring... We used to have carpet in the whole house, except the kitchen and bathrooms, but when I was six or seven we got laminate in the dining room, den, and kitchen... it's a bit tough for the dog to navigate, but it's certainly great for cleaning up spills, and it doesn't lock in odors!), and went in to read Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. This was at about ten thirty in the morning. I read for about four hours.... Oh, by the way, as of right now, I'm on page 530 out of 870 (MUCH progress when I did four hours' reading!) Finally, driven by blurred, tired vision and extreme hunger... (cue dramatic music) I emerged from my post in my bed at two thirty in the afternoon, after seventeen hours of being in there except for the fifteen minute interruption when the dog was barking at the cats. I have NEVER spent such a large amount of time in a bed and I felt thoroughly disgusted with myself for a little while, but then when I discovered I felt excellent and very well rested (well, OBVIOUSLY!!!) and I wasn't feeling queasy and weak and depressed like I was the previous day. I still had a little bit of a headache, but other than that I was great.
I went to school today again. I don't know if I've talked about this yet, but our neighbor, who has three children, the older daughter in fifth grade, the younger daughter in... um... second grade, I believe, and the boy an infant... sometimes she drives me home from the end of the road so I don't have to walk a mile and a half. Well, I didn't usually have to walk a whole mile and a half, but my dad would often forget and I'd be halfway done walking home by the time he remembered to come get me.... Anyway, usually my dad picks up my neighbor and I at the bus stop, because our neighbor's mom would have to come out first to pick up her older daughter, bring her home, stay home for a half hour, and then drive back out to pick up her younger daughter. So we relieve her of having to go out twice by driving her older daughter home whenever we can. However both of my parents were away right after school today, so our neighbor drove me home, and they came and met our puppy. He did really well... although we played Ring around the (insert older daughter's name here), because the puppy got his leash wrapped around her, and I was walking around her as well to try and get it untangled, but the dog was walking just as fast around her, and she was turning around trying not to let the leash rub her skin.... It was confusing, but eventually I was faster than the dog and got us all untangled. They were all petting him, and saying if he was this calm now he'll be excellent as an adult. Then they left, because they had errands to do, and I took the puppy inside and I unloaded the dishwasher, and then I took puppy outside again and tossed his own Frisbee a couple dozen times across the yard and he fetched it, and then when I came inside I bounced his indoor-use racquetball and he was conquering that for a few minutes.... So that's his exercise for the day. I'm more OK with the dog now, because it's tedious to care for him as I first thought . Right now he's conquering one of his bones. Such a cute little boy....
Today during school I felt very queasy again, and it was warmer again today so that made me feel strange, too. I was worrying about the dog again, but once I got home and played with him I got over it. When I'm actually around him, and giving him his exercise, I'm fine, but for some reason when I'm in school or anywhere else besides home I worry.... I'll get over that, though.
Wow. That's the longest, most descriptive post I've made in a while! I must be feeling great!
I went to school today again. I don't know if I've talked about this yet, but our neighbor, who has three children, the older daughter in fifth grade, the younger daughter in... um... second grade, I believe, and the boy an infant... sometimes she drives me home from the end of the road so I don't have to walk a mile and a half. Well, I didn't usually have to walk a whole mile and a half, but my dad would often forget and I'd be halfway done walking home by the time he remembered to come get me.... Anyway, usually my dad picks up my neighbor and I at the bus stop, because our neighbor's mom would have to come out first to pick up her older daughter, bring her home, stay home for a half hour, and then drive back out to pick up her younger daughter. So we relieve her of having to go out twice by driving her older daughter home whenever we can. However both of my parents were away right after school today, so our neighbor drove me home, and they came and met our puppy. He did really well... although we played Ring around the (insert older daughter's name here), because the puppy got his leash wrapped around her, and I was walking around her as well to try and get it untangled, but the dog was walking just as fast around her, and she was turning around trying not to let the leash rub her skin.... It was confusing, but eventually I was faster than the dog and got us all untangled. They were all petting him, and saying if he was this calm now he'll be excellent as an adult. Then they left, because they had errands to do, and I took the puppy inside and I unloaded the dishwasher, and then I took puppy outside again and tossed his own Frisbee a couple dozen times across the yard and he fetched it, and then when I came inside I bounced his indoor-use racquetball and he was conquering that for a few minutes.... So that's his exercise for the day. I'm more OK with the dog now, because it's tedious to care for him as I first thought . Right now he's conquering one of his bones. Such a cute little boy....
Today during school I felt very queasy again, and it was warmer again today so that made me feel strange, too. I was worrying about the dog again, but once I got home and played with him I got over it. When I'm actually around him, and giving him his exercise, I'm fine, but for some reason when I'm in school or anywhere else besides home I worry.... I'll get over that, though.
Wow. That's the longest, most descriptive post I've made in a while! I must be feeling great!
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