Monday, October 4, 2010

Life with an old dog

Sometimes Zoe throws up in the morning. That is always a special symphonic treat to wake up to. It takes quite awhile for her to go from the noises to the actual production. Usually it is enough time for Craig (hello, she is your dog) to leap from the bed and arm himself with a plastic bag and paper towels. The other side of food coming up unexpectedly is that it is less easy to get it to go down. Now Zoe used to LOVE her food. She was an absolute whore when it came to anything vaguely edible. So, we know she is on the downward trend when she has to be coaxed to eat her food, one pellet at a time - see below. Fortunately, Craig (in the inimitable words of his ex-wife) will never love another woman as much as Zoe, so he is quite content to sit on the kitchen floor and hand feed her if thats what it takes.


Sunday, October 3, 2010

The Mediator

More excellent tough love from the mediator, Terri Jo. "If someone is in your office talking about something you don't want to discuss, or talking about something for too long, it's your fault." Ouch. But so true. So she has given me some excellent boundary setting strategies and talked me through how to ask my dean for a raise. Stay tuned.