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Getting through MS and whatever else |
| My dog made me do this. |
| My wife's dog, Ella, was put to sleep a few months ago. She was an adopted pit bull mix from an owner that did not treat her well. She had behavior problems that we thought we could solve. Ella did not care for other dogs. She wanted to fight them, so each dog park was visited once. She did fine at each until she bit a dog and we had to leave. Once she drew blood on the other dog. She seemed to be afraid of me for some reason. When I would walk toward her she seemed frightened. And she would bark at me in a nasty way too. Hard to figure her out, but she loved Maggie, my wife. When we got home after Ella was left alone, she would go nuts over Maggie. She was glued to Maggie wherever she went. Our front door was blown open in a stiff wind and Ella got out of the house. I was napping and Maggie was in the basement. Neither of us knew she had escaped. Maggie came upstairs and shut the door and Ella was in the house. A bit later an older man knocked on the door and told Maggie that our dog had run out the door and killed the little dog he was walking. He fought a bit with Ella and scared her back to the house. Waking up from my nap I was surprised at all the activity. We did not get sued, but we paid for the purebred dog and a fine and vet expenses. Now, a few months later we got two cats. They are kittens and siblings. The male is almost all black and the female is mixed black and white. After a week in our possession, they have not killed anything and the scratch wounds Maggie and I have should not incapacitate us The birds are safe as we will not let them out (gotta fix that door). The cats were free, but fixing them and getting vaccinations will cost a bit. We are again happy with our pet situation. Especially after Maggie lost her friend Ella. These days my MS doesn't make me a very good playmate, but I am a good hugger. |
Froggy Charley, my best buddy for 7 or 8 years, died last May. He got cancer in his lymph nodes and went pretty quickly. I have great memories of him. He was a red nosed pit bull. He was as gentle as could be with humans. I'd say I trained him well, but he was a great learner too. Squirrels and raccoons did not appeal to him unless they were items on his menu for a meal. He battled a raccoon in the drain pipe under our driveway until we dragged him out. He never caught a squirrel. He tried to eat a baby rabbit. He killed it before I could stop him. Poor rabbit. My wife adopted a pit bull type from the humane society. The dog was not treated well. It was in a cage with two other dogs and was starved and beaten. So far it barks at me and seems worried about me, but loves my wife. We will try to make this work. So far I think we are doing OK. Time will tell. |
| My dog wonders just what it is that I do with this computer and my fingers. Not enough! My intent has been to write, and by writing, to establish a permanent record for my life. One could look up my name in a library and something would be there. Perhaps a listing of things I had accomplished. Hopefully, some humor and an occasional serious piece. Of course, my writing would have to be very well read to get to the point of having my name in a library. But Dewey and his librarians will never have to worry about where to place my writing. Partly because I hardly ever write. And when I do write, it seems to be for me and not for others. I hope to write more frequently. Charley, my dog, and I will have to be satisfied with what we have. I will write about my life and those I have been acquainted with...including Charley. Life has been a wonderful experience, in general. There have been highs and lows, but you get what you get. I will write slowly as I seldom hit the keys squarely. I have multiple sclerosis and it is gradually taking the feeling out of my fingers. Hopefully, others with disabilities can relate to many of my experiences and find the humor I will try to present. Sometimes, for me, it is not the presence of humorous anecdotes, but the differences in feelings between being very down to being very up. It is mainly the up stuff I want to write about... mostly. Froggy AKA Paul |
| I saw a baby robin today. I am guessing it is the same one I saw while mowing a few days ago. He looks a bit older and he just sat quietly while I walked by with my dog. The dog apparently did not see the bird. The bird is lucky it did not resemble a squirrel. MS is acting OK today. I feel better than most days. A bit sore from working in the yard yesterday. Unused muscles getting a bit of work are the soreness. Except for my right eye. Somehow I slipped and hit my eye on the rim of my weed bucket. Strange thing to happen and I doubt I could recreate it. I have a big red spot on the eye. Perhaps I look more serious now. Tomorrow could be garden planting day. I have to talk to the main gardener as I am not qualified on my own. I used to be qualified to garden. But I lost that skill. Last year my spouse did not know what I planted. So this year I am not qualified to plant unless what? She approves what I plant? She plants the garden? I'll just sit back and see what she wants to do. Hopefully we have a garden! I must go weed the flower garden. Get the soreness out maybe. |
| barely some days. But I feel better today. MS tries to keep me down. It makes me seek escape from life's adventures and fun. Take the easy way out. Sit down and relax. Today I have trimmed a pear tree.Just the little pear tree limbs growing all over the trunk and around the tree.Not the big limbs that require a saw of some sort. I also trimmed some other stuff in the garden in front of the house. Tired me out,so I stepped inside for a cup of green tea with some turmeric in it. I got a recipe for a buffalo roast to cook too. This resting can be productive! And I found a way to save the recipe on the computer through "pocket" on Firefox. What a cool thing to learn about. This green tea and turmeric could be my new secret energy source. I still have not done my stretching this week. But I am getting some stretching as I work outdoors.I need to get my right shoulder back to normal. Maybe not normal...but looser. Back to work now that I have rested. Cut the front lawn and start moving some gravel. |
| Tomorrow my spouse, Maggie, and I begin our first exciting trip since 2000. In 2000 we went north to Canada and then to the west coast and stayed with friends in Seattle for a day or two. Then we went down the coast to northern California and then back to Oregon and Crater Lake. It was a great trip and we hope this will be similar...but shorter. This time we travel by car to Omaha and go to a family reunion in a wooded part of Iowa. We've been there before and it was great. After that we fly to San Francisco with Maggie's sister, Maureen, to visit our niece and her daughter. We should see a bit of the California coast from Frisco to Monterey. We hope to leave in a better mood than we were in yesterday. Getting ready for a trip is stressful. Since I do so little anymore Maggie gets stuck with all the hard stuff. I did some yard work and that made me tired. Today I clean the car and get my hair cut. That should do it. Can't piss anybody off with that great effort! I'll see if I care to write tomorrow night. Froggy |
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