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It’s hot.  I’ve been here almost an hour and I’m still trying to get comfortable.  I need to shop and buy some cotton, linen, and silk for work.  Wrinkles notwithstanding.

Yesterday my work day was short, so I felt busy and got a lot done. 

The afternoon was not much fun, didn’t feel like vacation.  By the time I got home, bf had already given doggy his chill pills.   I don’t like what they do to him, but it does make it easier for the vet to do their thing. 

Bf and I ate lunch (Julienne salad for me) and then installed the cover for the back seat of the car.  It’s sort of like a hammock, attached to the headrests of the front and rear seats.  It protects the interior and also keeps the dog from going off the seats and into the footwells, so it’s safer.  That was a PITA - it was so hot we parked the car in a shady spot and tried to do it all from inside the car with the AC blasting.  Nice and awkward.

The vet phoned an hour before our appointment and reported that their power went out, but they could still keep the appointment.  No kidding, I didn’t sedate the dog and take a half day of vacation to have you cancel on me an hour before.  Maybe they were hoping we’d want to cancel.  I dunno.  The appointment went fine, after we had to pull doggy out from under the chairs way in the corner.   Poor baby, doesn’t like the vet at all. 

After a short walk, we headed off to petco for doggy’s bath, but the dumb employee didn’t find our record in the computer, but finally found the paper card in the file.  Then she said we needed the vaccination info.  We gave her the vet statement of all the stuff done during doggy’s appointment and the rabies vaccination cert.  Then she said it needed to be 48 hours after the vaccination.  Bf was really ticked.  It was mostly the sullen, unhelpful attitude of the employee that irritated us the most.  And because we had the dog there within the past year and they should have had records of his previous vaccination then, which would then indicate that the dog hadn’t been without his vaccinations…Grrrr.  We left the store, bf furious and me resigned and sick of listening to bf.  I might just phone the petco today and *itch at them about what happened.

On the way home, we stopped at a grooming shop near the house and ended up doing the dogbath there.  Bf had taken doggy there in the past for nails/glands and wasn’t happy with the service, but it was okay for the bath.  I think it was quite a bit more costly than petco, but it needed to be done, and we don’t bathe the dog very often, so whatever.  I’m glad all this is done.  Bf kept saying, this is what I go through every time, now you know.  Well, if it’s such a problem, I might just do it myself so I don’t have to hear you whining. 

I was glad to get home and cool off.  I was sore from Monday’s workout, so I didn’t go to the gym.  No movie night last night.  Dinner was tacos.  I did a load of laundry, watched some tv, and finished the book I was reading. 

I’ve started reading the book club selection today.  Tonight will be the gym. 

I was almost done, but I had a 10 am meeting.  Now I’ll publish.