by Ira | Jun 24, 2023 | Challenge, Journal
I keep remembering each night as I come to write my blog entry that I know I’m one number off somewhere. And it happened a few weeks ago. I need to go back and figure that out at some point, le sigh. A solid weekend day today. Slept in a bit. Therapy. Took a shower....
by Ira | Jun 23, 2023 | Challenge, Journal
No tummy issues today for Joy. On either end! We call that a ‘win-win.’ Hehe. Got to podcast in the evening. Another Hitchcock silent film. Storytelling was SO DIFFERENT back then. At least in film. Some of it translates. Some of it doesn’t. Both ways, I feel like I...
by Ira | Jun 22, 2023 | Challenge, Journal
I jinxed us. So hard. I wrote last night that Joy was out of the woods on the whole eating snake plant affair. Boy was I wrong! Lol. And not in any terrible way. She’s fine. But…she did puke like seven thousand times from about 3am to 6am, during which time Liz and I...
by Ira | Jun 21, 2023 | Challenge, Journal
Joy did NOT puke the bed last night. She has a tummy of steel, that’s for sure. She did, however, poop all over our friends’ carpet today while Liz was there with her, visiting. Poor babes. And poor friends! Apparently the cleanup was pretty straightforward, it was...
by Ira | Jun 20, 2023 | Challenge, Journal
So, Joy ate some snake plant this evening. Sigh. It’s mildly toxic—ie, it can lead to vomiting and diarrhea. We just spoke to a medical hotline and there’s nothing to fear BEYOND that, but still; if she starts puking and/or pooping, we should probably bring her in to...
by Ira | Jun 19, 2023 | Challenge, Journal
Joy getting so cute you guys. I was worried that as she got older and grew bigger and turned into a dog rather than a puppy, she wouldn’t be as cute as she was when we first got her and I’m happy to report: she’s so goddamn CUTE! She has this moppy muppet teddy bear...
