October 1st marks a day with over 600 visitors to the startup’s site, our first day with over 100 new user registrations for our service, and it also marks the day that Tucker got a definitive diagnosis for a torn cruciate ligament, for which, surgery is strongly suggested. I received word about both of these milestones at roughly the same time this afternoon, and thank god it was lunchtime so I could go for a walk and vent (thanks for that by the way:), because otherwise I might be writing this post from a hospital bed somewhere, typing with my tongue, while my arms and legs are helplessly restrained One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest-style. I am amazed I still have my wits about me dealing with the bill collectors calling at 6am to harass us, hairdressers insulting me, a van that is in the shop every other week, a doggy that can not use his back leg properly, and did I mention that I have no idea where Butterfinger is right now?
Today my mood oscillated between excitement, pride, and enthusiasm, to anxiety, indecisiveness, and an overwhelming loss of control. Somehow, the afternoon ended as quickly as it started, and before I knew it, I had chatted my way home and was on the back porch hosing off some vomitus left behind by one of my canine companions. About 1 minute into this task, the hose decided to bust apart, sending the sprinkler attachment in one direction and the flowing end of the hose all over my stylish sweatpants and wife beater ensemble.
And just when you think the hydration scenario can not get any worse, I back up right into a spider web that I almost got stuck in. Given my previous luck in instances such as these, I automatically assumed that whatever dangerous and rare spider created this people-catching web was already attached to me in some way, and would undoubtedly sink its fangs into my flesh while administering an incurable strain of arthropod death juice. Luckily I survived, but I will be double checking the sheets before crawling in tonight.
I need to get back to my research on cruciate injuries in dogs, finding my lost fiance, getting our cars legal, how to hyphenate your last name, and relaxation techniques. I have never missed beer as much as I do today…
I suppose I had better get prepared for an intense month.
Hang in there lady!!- Maybe you should run a Turkey Trot to get rid of excess stress??
Hahaha, memories :}