I have been a very playful girl. Time off from work does that to me -- and I've been working only a few days each week all month!  What a wonderful joy ... I love being free! :)  I sort of missed my PC, at times. and a few friends + co-workers I thought of, but not too often really.  Now I wonder if I will be able to return to the productivity desk. somehow, I think I will handle it. and it's always busy at work. and I'm the only one in this area who handles what I do. after all, how else could I still remain valuable to this company after all these years?!

On a different note, I love my doggie. She is such a sweet and gentle creature. Except I think sometimes she eats things that aren't very good -- either tasty +/or healthful. But as far as dogs go, she's really the best.

On Tuesday night, there was an uninvited guest at our camping trailer. No, it wasn't anybody we didn't wanna see; it was an animal. In the morning, the electricity wasn't working, so Joe went outside (Aspen too) and hiked down to the power pole to see what was going on. Likely it was some chipmunks or squirrels (or packrats) who became inquisitive with the long electrical cord running through the trees. Well, by the time Joe returned to the camper, where Aspen was waiting, he didn't realize there was a much bigger critter who'd been around as well.

You see, there was a black bear outside our camping trailer. again. and this curious ol' black bear broke into our small camping shed and thieved 5 bricks of TOMCAT Ultra, which was there for when it's supposed to keep the little rodent-critters out of the sleeping camper.  Well, mr. black bear was probably munching on these ulcerous pkgs, I presume. It had been almost 3/4 an hour when my husband found Aspen, our golden retriever, who was still busy sniffing up and down everything near the shed. I don't think the bear had left much as evidence (or for Aspen) except a few blue crumbs on the ground. Well that's what we hope.  

But since there was no telling for sure what she had been up to while snooping around and Joe was afraid that she could have eaten some of what was no longer there ... he quickly took her (30 min's away) to a vet. The bad news was that there's no helping her if she ate it ... as she will bleed internally ... but nothing fixes it. The only help is a Rx of vitamin K that Aspen was given to take for the next 10 days to thicken her blood and help with any bleeding problem. We're praying that she just was sniffing down the bear and wasn't really hungry for any TOMCAT bait.

oh boy did we ever have a scare with her these past 2 days... it's made us very anxious on several accounts but the current news seems promising. so far there's been no sign of internal bleeding. wow, what a way to go. My husband feels absolutely horrible and would have a hard time living with losing her after the fact the he was the one responsible to care for my dog. you see the rest of us were back home working up a sweat in the heat in the shitty-city.

I suppose we'll have to find alternative methods for handling any future outbreak as this has been less than pleasant for us. I believe it's going to be okay and so I'm staying pretty even-keeled emotionally.  She's a really good dog and is extremely well-disciplined so I'm thinking she didn't much on any of that junk . But, who really knows?

So beware the bears! and also the humans!