And so we went over to the Fishville site and found out that I needed to write a retraction, why you might ask if you recalled what I wrote a couple of nights ago about what event was happening there…Yep, I got it wrong again, but I have done that before they were having a craft show not a boat show, how awkward and to some disappointing, hmm?
And the day was beyond perfect, mid-seventies Fahrenheit, and sunny with very low humidity, ah PARADISE!
We went up and down the mall, first down the right and then down the left, Hubby hoofing it and me with my royal blue mobility scooter, named old blue, nah, but it sounded good…PS Hubby has feet not hooves, by the way! Figures of speech; as you brilliant people know. And of course our noble canine, Skipper, on his lead held by Hubby.
Checking out all of the goods and ideas for our own future creativeness, someone was selling things that we had already made on our own.
We caught a lovely lunch there and Skipper has become a wonderful outdoor eating mate, by behaving very respectfully with all the other patrons.
Until… dum, dee, dum, dummmmmmmmmmmm, Hubby had to use the restroom and left him with me holding onto his lead…He started to bark uncontrollably, now I do know that he loves me and if I had disappeared he would have barked for Hubby too!
Unfortunately, dear sweet lap dog Skipper has a very high pitched yelping bark that makes your ears want to bleed, and believe me this is coming from his human mom and I do love him very much! But strangers don’t have to and all but one held their opinions to themselves, even one tried to help me quiet him, but unsuccessfully and an older woman in a fierce yellow, actually, that is a lie, it was a mellow yellow blouse, held her ears and yelled at me to stop him from barking since his bark was piercing her ears. I commiserated with her and I agree and explained that he would stop as soon as my husband returned from the men’s room that he would stop…
Not good enough for this woman, she was adamant and insisted I stop him immediately; I was at my wits end and Skipper got louder as she complained and then…Hubby came out and all was quiet again!
It’s called separation anxiety.
But as he has gotten older he is fine when left at home alone, he doesn’t do anything disruptive or damaging to the house and never really did but would bark when we left and I do believe he sleeps now when we are out or stares out the big front picture window like I see him do when Hubby has left and when I used to be able to go out by myself and Hubby told me that is all he does…
Other than that he was friendly and polite to all the people and even other dogs we met today.
Crazy, and wish I knew what to do, never had any of our other dogs do this and we have always had them…any ideas, please pass them on to me.
After we left Fishville we went over to the middle of Punta Gorda for the Sullivan Street Craft Show another outdoor event where the Skipper was welcomed and not one problem ensued all was well and as usual people thought he was adorable and pet him and he loved it and his tail wagged happily!
I was the only problem, due to me, we cut the trip down the street short due to the cobble stones, which are lovely by the way, but caused my mobility scooter, without any shocks to start my cervical stenosis to create havoc on my neck, a bundle of pain and so we went back to the car and from there home.
Fortunately, I remembered to pack my cervical collar in the car and between that and some medication, Baclofen, for a spasm that also began by the time we got home… I was pretty much spasm free, but my neck pain called for some aspirin intervention.
And now I sit before this machine a wee bit better but collar free for now.
I must admit that it all did create a great distraction about my other medical issue and isn’t that why we went?
Tomorrow, we decided that perhaps we will go to the Home and Garden Show at the convention center, we haven’t missed any since moving here and them offering it and so I suppose we sort of have to go, hmm? (And Skipper will have to stay home, since they don’t allow him in there…yet!)
On that looking for smart free beneficially entertaining ways to make the time go quickly…allow me to be the first to wish you all a very happy good night and ask you kindly to count all your blessings and we will too!
And next time please be here or be square, ya hear?
Speaking My Mind is about: Tobi, who is a middle aged, no, oh all right a slightly over the hill woman with all the imperfections that go with that, and this concerns her daily life's perceptions and experiences.
Saturday, January 21, 2012
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