I was woken up about 8:30 this morning by the landscapers.  I assume that with the past series of storms they were delayed a few days on getting here.  They showed up this morning and I was happy to see that the one doing our lawn actually went out of his way to get as close as possible without considering it to be ‘trim work’ which costs an extra $30 or so a month and they don’t even do a good job so it’s better to spend $30 on your own weed-whacker.

I went to roll back into bed when I saw that Bella wasn’t going to be a problem.  She tends to bark her head off when landscapers come through in the mornings.  Today she was relatively calm, not even a grumble so I figured getting a few more hours wouldn’t be such a bad deal - until I looked down at the floor.

Sean didn’t take her out last night for her nightly walk because of the rain, being as she was sick for most of last night I figured that would be OK considering she’d dropped a few monster loads in the house that weren’t formed at all.  I wasn’t too happy to see them on the bedroom floor this morning.  That typically means she’s very sick because she’s good at not doing anything on the floor in here, you don’t shit where you sleep - you know?

So I woke up and cleaned up what I could, my mind was awake but my body was asleep so I did half-ass it a bit.  After I woke up a few hours later I pulled out the “Little Green” and cleaned up what was now soaked into the rug.  It did the trick, and after the heavy-duty clean and the disinfecting - I’m not too concerned about something coming up in the future.

I’m not sure why she’s sick, she’s really been up and down for the last couple of weeks and I’m starting to get concerned considering the large bump on her stomach has grown to epic proportions over the course of the past couple of months.  I unfortunately can’t afford to bring her to the vet to have it taken care of.  She’s had it since she was a puppy, the original vet said it was a non-cancerous tumor and I had nothing to be concerned with.  When it’s about the size of a golf-ball now and her horrible up and down days - I really don’t know what to think anymore.  I just don’t have the $500 it would take to cover the vet visit which would include all of her shots and a biopsy on the area.

So after the carpet cleaning, I wondered outside and accomplished some of the minor yard work.  I’ve been good at keeping up on things for the past couple of weeks so it was really just getting myself to the side of the house and chopping down some of the overgrown grass along the house (that isn’t even considered trim work when it comes to our landscapers) so having that $30 weed-whacker isn’t such a bad idea is it?

I eventually got myself into the shower and now I’m sitting here working on completing some updates to my portfolio and a few other things.  Email was the first priority today but that’s based on the financial matters.  I’ve submitted my resume to a few different companies and I’m waiting on response for a few jobs I put bids in on.  Hopefully something will stick.  I know of quick blog work with a previous client and the possibility of being accepted for a corporate site but after that I’m still going to get myself out there as much as possible - hence the updated Portfolio.

In any event, it’s half past six and I need to get something on the stove.  I know Sean is pretty hungry since he only eats once a day and I’m starving because I haven’t had anything since lunch and it’s hard to stick to a diet if you’re only eating once a day.