Craftyminx

poor Bella...

Why anyone would neglect a dog the the extent that this little girl was neglected is beyond me. And there are even far worst cases of neglect which makes me tear up a little bit just thinking about it.

I took Bella to the vet today to have her ears checked out because they smelled really bad. Her ears were so badly infected and swollen that he couldn't even get anything in her ear to clean it. She is deaf. One of the ears is dying because of the infection. Like the tip is turning all rubbery and the skin is dying. Her nails hadn't been clipped in so long they were curling under. She also has congestive heart failure (which I could tell, because she sounds like Mariah did). So yeah I've got a sick little girl on my hands. As hard as it will be for me financially and emotionally to take care of a sick dog, I just have to do it. She is such a good dog. Really, she is perfect for me, I just want her to be healthy. :(

The vet gave me drops and an antibiotic, so maybe we'll knock this thing out. She's an older girl like I thought, about 5 or 6. She is soo sweet I hate to see her itching her ears and being in pain.

Yes I have been reading Twilight books for the past three days

why do you ask?

Meet Bella! (I named her after the main character in the books fyi)

She's not exactly fond of the camera. She will be living with me from now on if she doesn't have a chip when I take her to the vet. A friend found her alone, hungry and wet at her workplace and brought her to me because she knows my love of Chihuahuas.

She is a very good little dog. Quiet and house trained. She likes her bed and goes there when she doesn't want to mess with me. She currently enjoys scoping out my apartment while I follow her to make sure she doesn't wet somewhere. I think it has turned in to a game.

I always said I wanted a chi named Hildegard, sadly she just doesn't look like a Hildegard. I wish I knew her real name because she is probably about 4 and doesn't appreciate the change, but yeah it will have to work.

She's very skinny, but just has a lot of pouffy hair I think she must keep secrets in there like I do.

Labels: bella, pets

relief!

The week of death is over! Two projects and a paper all done and turned in. I still have next week's death papers, but it is nice to have a little relief for the moment.

I went to the allergist today wanna see my allergy test? It's a bad pic but kind of funny.
Yes I am allergic to everything? Did I really need to pay $800 bucks to find that out? Really??? BOO!
Oh well, I got lots of new drugs to take and nose sprays and I think I'll be starting injections soon. So maybe I will fight this thing off... maybe or I'll just move to Arizona where they apparently don't have allergies.

I am sooo going to bed at like 9 tonight. I haven't slept the past 4 days.

Labels: grad school, life

Information Grounds

I got the first presentation done and presented tonight! I got a 95% good enough for me. Woot! Tomorrow I have a super fun presentation to do. My class is having an information grounds fair. Yes... a graduate level course is having a presentation in form of elementary science fairs. I love this professor. She is funtimes! An information grounds, for those of you who don't know, is a place where people meet for a specific purpose, like a store or meeting. Through personal interaction with each other, the people end up sharing information about other topics not pertaining to the place or purpose they are originally meeting for. My information grounds is my southside stitchers crochet group. So basically I get a grade to talk about my crochet group! Yeah, awesome, I know!

One of the more fun aspects of this project is that I got to buy a project board tonight and I am about to go home and decorate it. I made a detour to starbucks for fortification and found out that they have att wifi that I can tap into because I pay for at&t internet at home!!! This is the greatest invention ever! You know what's the most fun about project boards? You forget how awful the Oklahoma wind is until you have a 4 by 3 piece of card board flying all over the place. Ok Starbucks is freezing me out now. I'm going home to play with paper and markers and glue. Don't worry, I'll take pictures. ;)

Labels: crochet, grad school