It doesn't feel descriptive enough to say that the last two weeks have been busy. Busy is too short a word to cover all that I have done in that time frame. I went to Boston with my mom for a family wedding. I came home and frantically sorted and packed stuff into boxes in preparation for our move. Then Seamus had a major health scare. I thought we might lose him, and there really aren't words to describe how I felt about that. Start with terrified and heartbroken and inconsolable, and then go into soundless weeping, maybe. He's on the mend now, although he may need surgery and he definitely needs medicine. The good news is we found out yesterday that he does not have cancer, which is what the vet feared.

My sweet puppy collapsed the night before we closed on the house which meant we spent half the night at the ER vet. We couldn't leave him alone, so he went to the closing with us, his little paw all taped up from where they put in his IV, and curled up under the table while we signed papers. Then the movers came, and worked and worked and worked. It was 11 of the most hot and humid and miserable hours I have ever spent, and they were ones doing the heavy lifting! Oh yes, and also in the middle of all of this, the product launch I've been working on for almost six months now, the most delayed launch in the history of my personal career, yeah, that went in to high gear right before I left for Boston. I haven't been to the gym in weeks, I'm behind on assignments for my writing class, and most of my stuff is still in boxes.

On Sunday I was on the verge of a nervous breakdown. I love the new house. It is wonderful, and every day I find something new to like about it. But I was more tired than ever before in my life, I was so worried about Seamus I was practically throwing up, and there was just so much to be done. I'm glad to say I'm feeling a bit better now. Getting a diagnosis for Seamus lifted a huge weight off my shoulders, plus you can see him getting better. The house is slowly coming together, I actually handed in my writing homework on time last night, and the launch is theoretically kicking off at noon today. I shaved my legs this morning and I'm making my triumphant (where triumphant = pathetically huffing and puffing on the treadmill) return to the gym tonight. Hopefully my next stop is contented blissville.

So what you all been up to?

Posted by Bad Penguin at August 25, 2009 7:47 AM