It seems that there isn't a day that goes by that something bad or wrong doesn't happen right now......or maybe I should say for the last year or so this has been going on.

The day actually started off rather ok......I was expecting someone over for an estimate on the heat pump system & I was out in the yard potty walking my doggies one at a time (as they have a little jealousy issues with each other & end up fighting). I am always careful about them getting together & always overly cautious after Ceila broke her leg several years ago when she jumped off the bed wrong after getting into it with Destiny. I am an overprotective cautious doggie mommy. While I was walking JoGI, I started doing some weed pulling & while doing that, one of my neigobors pulled into my driveway. He had picked some fresh tomatoes from his garden & drove by to see if I would like some......I jumped at the fresh tomatoes.......love them cut up on my salads & on sandwiches. How sweet of my neighbor to stop by & introduce himself also. He also offered to hitch up his bush hog & mow my weedy yard that had gotten out of control when we had the cicadas.

Being the city person I am......I just couldn't handle being swarmed on my lawn tractor when they were so active for that month.....& it that time, the weeds (not the grass) grew out of control. When I finally was able to get to it with my lawn tractor, it was more than the little thing could handle very well. I accepted his offer of the bush hog but thought like normal people in California, that if the offer really came true, I would be surprised. I continued to work on the weeding & then came in the house & decided to cool off, take a shower & clean up a bit. The morning estimate ended up coming in the early afternoon. I sat down in the family room after that, playing on the computer.......I heard a noise & looked out the window....there was my neighbor with his bush hog, mowing my back yard. I thought.....wow, this is definitely going to be a good day. I had started baking some brownie bits before he started bush hogging, so I decided that would be a good way to thank him with a fresh batch of brownies to take home. We spent a little time chatting & then I let him get back to work & the the next heating/A/C company came out for the next estimate. We spent a long time talking about the system.

When I got done, I realized I needed to go to the pharmacy....to get my pain med patches that are due to be changed tomorrow morning. I decided to call the pharmacy to see if the prescription was ready as I had turned it in yesterday.....so I could pick it up the day before so I could have it ready when I shower early in the day on wednesday. Do you think the prescription could go without a problem???? NOOOOOO!!! Last month, they didn't have enough to fill my prescription......could only fill 1/2 because the mfg was back ordered on the 100ug/h patches......had to get another prescription from the Dr for the 50ug/h patches to fill the rest of the month with.....not only that, but because I am on the patience assistance, the Dr had to call them to get it OK'ed for them to fill the prescription.......so what do you know......this time, again, they needed the Dr's ok to fill this months prescription because of the problem last month??????what in the ?????? But they wouldn't fill my prescription today....they have to cause the Dr extra work just because the company is screwed up in their processing ability of the patches.....they have to cause both my Dr & me problems......it's a problem as the medication is a narcotic & it HAS to be filled on time without problems......then on top of that, they will only fill it every 30 days.....so from now on....I am going to be stuck having to fill it on the day I have to change my patches rather than having them already the day before.....just because they have to be jerks about it.

So I am in a frustrated mood now......my insurance agent with my homeowners policy /auto insurance dropped by (this was already planned) to take some photos of the house since he was in the area anyway. We were chatting. I went inside to put some shoes on to walk around outside in & picked got hold of Leo with his shorter leash. As I was going out the garage door I accidently dropped the leash & he took off......as he does when he wants to make a statement about my not giving him more freedom. He ran off down the driveway & across the street onto Anderson Circle Farm (the huge billion dollar cattle farm across the street from my farm). I wasn't going to run after him as then he makes it into a game.....so I walked back to the house, knowing he would turn around when he saw me not chasing him. Sure enough, he came running back under the fence, across the street & right into our yard......right into the area where I had Roscoe (my foster dog from the auto accident) tied to the tree on a 20 ft leash so he can have some running space. They stood there nose to nose. I tried walking quietly over to get Leo's leash & get him away before anything happened then wham the fight started. My insurance agent helped me grab them apart. I looked at Leo & there was blood from a spot on his leg.......I couldn't really tell what the wound looked like at with all the blood. I got him upstairs & into the shower & I still couldn't tell about the wound. He was limping on the leg & wasn't putting any weight on it.....wasn't sure about that either but thought the bite might just hurt that much. My insurance agent finished up & we chatted a little bit more.....right after he left, I put in a call to my new vet here (who has already met Destiny with having her teeth cleaned & pulled, & Tawny to have her teeth cleaned & pulled & spayed after she & Leo got together when she was in heat.....& I knew I wasn't up to handling puppies if she were pregnant). Luckily it was before 10pm (first time I have even had a vet emergency that wasn't much later than that) as they quit taking emergency calls after 10pm (that was why Roscoe's emergency vet treatment went to another local vet). He called me back almost immdeiately & said he could be at the office in 10 minutes. I gathered Leo together along with my purse & headed for the vet's office. I thought for sure that he would already be there as I lost track of all time....seemed like I went into a slow motion floating mode. The vet wasn't there when I arrived.....so I waited & in a couple of minutes, he was there. Looked at the wound (Leo had been licking it so it was cleaned up a bit more).....it was a canine sized puncture wound in the middle front left leg.....the vet was also worried about his not putting pressure on the leg, so decided to take xrays. He gave him a pain shot & he dozed off so they could do the xrays easier....then he was going to close up the wound with a couple of stitches as it did go into the muscle tissue. Sure enough, the xrays showed up a break in the small bone of the leg (not sure what the scientific name for that bone is.....but it's the smaller one). The strength of Roscoe's bite just broke the bone which was why he wouldn't put any weight on the leg. At least it wasn't a compound break like the one Celia had & with the bigger bone in tact, it was holding the smaller one in place so it wasn't obvious as the break in Celia's leg where both bones were broken). So now Leo had a splint on his leg & is stitched up. He is sleeping off the anesthetic at the vets office tonight.....this is the first night that I haven't been with Leo all his life as he goes with me everywhere I go....& by that I mean everywhere. I never leave him for more than a few hours in the hot summer when I won't take him in the truck with me.

Now I have to figure out a way to keep Leo quiet & healing that bone for several months. Knowing the issues I had with Celia's broken leg, the challenges are only beginning.

Of course, this came after another situation this weekend......when I drove over to pick up a ticket for the Beth Moore Bible study presentation that came available. I had parked on the street across from the house where the lady lives. I went into the house & then her kids wanted to see my doggies.....we played around with the doggies a bit, I got back into the truck to leave. I put it in reverse so I could turn out into the street without hitting the car infront me me & crunch.......what????? I got out & there was a little car in back of me that I couldn't even see in my mirrors & wouldn't you know, my trailer hitch smunched into the front bumper.....not just a front bumper, but it's the kind that is plastic & all one piece with the front of the car. It was just a little ding, but I might as well have smashed the whole thing completely since the whole thing will have to be replaced.....one little inexpensive ticket has become a huge expense.

When will it ever end. I keep thinking that there is going to run out of things that can go wrong in my life, but it seems that that isn't quite the fact as it seems that everyday, there is something new that hits me over the head.

I am so sad about Leo's situation.....this, exactly 2 months after Daddy dog (Excell) died after I stupidly let him out on a long leash with a choke chain collar & he strangled himself. Mind you, these are only a few of the things that have been going on in my life...it seems that everyday, there is some new issue that hits me over the head to let me know that I am not in control of the world around me.

I am exhausted......I need to hibernate for a long while, but with 7 doggies that need my care, that isn't about to happen......I just pray that soon, I will find some peace in my life without something else hitting me between the eyes.

I'm not complaining about my life as I love it very much here in Kentucky....it's just that it seems that with everything happening around me, it's more than ONE single person can handle (but I an not about to go back to the relationship I had in California with my husband just so I will have help to handle everything.....with his help I would be in even a bigger mess.

Just had to let out a little whine tonight through my tears,
Debbie