I took Nathan to the zoo on 2/7. He behaved much better this time around.
On 2/9, we took the dogs to the vet. Their physical exams went well. Tulla weighs 48 lbs and Bella weighs 83 lbs. They said Tulla should weigh about 45 lbs and Bella should weigh about 75 lbs...they need to lose weight! When we went to leave, there was a small dog outside the room. Bella immediately ran up to it. We were not sure what she was going to do so Paul tried to intercept. Her collar came off so he ended up picking her up and taking her to the car. We bought her a full body harness that day. We tried it out and she did much better with it on. We also scheduled them for their teeth to be cleaned on 3/2 because they had some tarter.
On 2/10, we took Bella to her first training session. As we were walking in to Petsmart she tried to get to another dog that was coming out. The trainer was right there so with the harness and her help we got her to the training room. She said that Bella has a mild case of aggression with other dogs. Meaning she does not bark, growl or foam at the mouth. She also did not bother the trainer at all when she tried to intervene. Training went well and even Nathan got to help. We got clickers and worked on getting her to sit and to look (at us in the eyes). The trainer also mentioned that she does not think Bella will ever hurt Nathan. She can tell that Bella loves him and does not seem to mind when he gets too rough (although we are working on him being nicer to the dogs and he is getting better).
Bella turned 5 years old on 2/11!
I got a massage on 2/13! It hurt like heck and he only concentrated on my neck, shoulders and back. He did so because I was still having the daily headaches. Even though it was painful I am sure it did some good. I hope to go back once a month.
Valentine's Day I lost a good friend. She and I were friends since high school. We were even roommates one year in college. Never in those 20+ years did we ever have any fights or anything. But, she recently joined facebook and her and I had a argument on facebook. I made a post and she made what I and my friends interpreted to be very rude comments. She ended up unfriending me that night and deleting all of her comments on my post. I really was not going to take it that far. I let her know that I was not happy with what she was saying to me, but I was not going to end our friendship over it. It saddens me. But, it is what it is so I just need to let it go. I have become closer friends with "old" friends on facebook and they have been wonderful to me during this difficult time in my life. So facebook and my overuse of it is not so bad and I feel truly blessed for the friends I do still have...just wish I could see them more because they all live far away (most back in the Chicago area).
2/16 Paul took Nathan and out to Catalina BBQ for an early anniversary dinner.
2/17 was our 10 year anniversary! I can't believe it has been 10 years and that Paul has stuck with me this long! We went to church. After church we went to Boston Market for lunch. That evening we went to Petsmart for Bella's 2nd dog training. Unfortunately, the trainer did not show. We found out that she went out of town for the weekend and must have forgotton about our appointment. They were nice about it, though, and gave us two bags of free treats along with a bottle of water. The trainer ended up calling yesterday and said she would give us an hour of free training, but I don't know if we will take her up on that. Our first session was only supposed to be a half hour, but we kept her more like an hour. While we were waiting there to see what was going on with the trainer, we tried to do a little training with Bella. There were people walking by with small dogs so she was getting distracted and not really doing well with the training because of it. However, she reacted better than we expected with the other dogs so close by. One man even walked by with a bird on his shoulder. It got her attention, but she was good.
Paul ended up buying me sapphire earrings, a necklace and a ring for Valentine's Day and our anniversary. He also bought me flowers. He has been so good to me lately.
Paul took yesterday, 2/18, off from work to celebrate our anniversary just the two of us. Nathan went to school so Paul and I went to the Desert Museum. The weather was perfect and we had a nice time. We do not get many days like that to spend just the two of us. Paul thinks he should take more half or full days off once in awhile on days when Nathan is at school so we can spend more time together.
So, it has been busy....I also have still been dealing with the daily headaches. Paul called his dr to reschedule an appointment and he asked them if they would accept me as a patient. They said they would ask the dr and let him know. They told me that the first time I called, too, but never called back. As suspected, they have not called him back either. However, my hairdresser gave me the name of a couple of drs that her family uses so I am going to look into them. Surprisingly, I have not got a headache yet today, but lately these headaches seem to be happening later and later in the morning....so it may still hit. I started taking magnesium yesterday per a friend's suggestion and I am taking my daily vitamin again...still drinking water, too...so I am hoping all of this helps. I did my workout on the bike as well this morning. I would love to be able to get rid of these headaches or at least figure out what is triggering them.
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