As OKM commented, I must simply continue Putting One Foot in Front of the Other until I get to the end/new starting point of this particularly arduous path. Each morning that I’m able to roll out of bed and keep on keeping on is a minor victory of sorts.
I made it to two days (Friday and Saturday) of the state veterinary conference over in Fort Worth last weekend to fulfill my annual continuing education requirements. Rolling out at 5:30 AM made for extra-long days; I’m just proud of myself for getting it done. Even with many loose ends trailing, we should complete our move-out by tomorrow, at which point I should be able to surrender the keys, sign off whatever additional paperwork the state wants me to sign, and collect my reimbursement for moving expenses. If Hurricane Ian doesn’t veer west, I will fulfill my promise to take my girls to the beach this weekend for a combined minor celebration of jobs well done and Peran and I‘s 20th wedding anniversary.
Who’d have thunk it? At times I never thought we’d make it past 20 months. Much like my first job, it’s either a testament to our good faith or pure stubbornness. I have lined up a pet sitter for this weekend since obviously all my staff is going with us! Clarice continues soldiering on - no way can I give up on her with a consistently good appetite, normal bowel movements and amazingly enough, almost completely returned to her normal mildly obnoxious personality… I even reached out to her former foster mama to see if she would be interested in babysitting - however, the dear lady has retired, which came as a shock to my system. Obviously I’ve been in this game too long!
Zach is bound and determined to move to Irving to be closer to his lady love - I told him one move at a time is all I can handle. I suspect they will be cohabitating, which I have no objections to - Zach admitted himself that he doesn’t want to live alone anymore.
I’ll have to discuss the travails of Romeo and Juliet later as Alex continues his struggles in Nashville. For now I have temporary had to block him because if there’s one thing I cannot stand it’s being lied to.
Time waits for no Aggie veterinarian so I’ve got to get on with things.
They make a sweet couple. Good luck on that end.
ReplyDeleteI've been away so just catching up. You've had a lot going on and you're still standing!
And Clarice! Of course she's a bit obnoxious, part Chihuahua, right?
Congrats to Victoria on her Nursing degree! And good job soldiering on to both Clarice and to you. My niece (I have several to choose among, this is the one who just gave birth six weeks back) had to let one of her cats slip over the rainbow bridge yesterday, so there's both joy and mourning going on in their household up in North Dakota.
ReplyDeleteAnd congrats on 20 years of marriage. That takes some doing! Wishing Zach luck, too. My son and his fiance have lived together for going on two years, with another half a year to go to the wedding. Sometimes trying out the whole day to day living seems like a good idea... what were those three things one should do together before deciding to marry? Moving furniture, and hanging wallpaper were two of them... I forget the third. I have been impressed with how much better some folks are doing this than my ex and I ever were.
Probably one of the reasons we are exes.
Hope things continue to go well along your path!
Wash socks. I was told you don't know someone 'till you wash their socks.
DeleteI'm glad you made it to the conference and got that out of the way.
ReplyDeleteYou are nearing the end of one part of this move. Awesome!
The beach trip sounds wonderful. For both your staff and for you and Peran.
Clarice is amazing. I hope she has a good weekend too.
I do hope Zack and Victoria can make a go of this. They are a cute couple and she seems to be someone stable who can set goals and attain them. She will have a good job. I hope Irving is not real far.
Poor Alex. He needs to move on and stop clinging to this toxic relationship.