"I am because my little dog knows me." Gertrude Stein

  
     I have been in a funk and uninspired for days now.  It snowed all day Wednesday and rained all day yesterday.  Maybe I just need some sunshine, but I have been wishing we could sell our house (not the economic time for that, I know), and just travel.  No responsibilities.  No belongings weighing us down. 
     Our Sadie-Dog was diagnosed with a severe case of Cushing's Syndrome.  The Vet gave us the news yesterday about treatment.  It is prohibitively expensive.  If treatment goes really well, we are talking $10,000 per year.  Say she lives 3 years, and all goes perfectly, we are talking $30,000.  And things never go perfectly.
      Sadie is the absolute best dog/friend/family member possible and we love her dearly.  In my heart, I think I have been coming to terms with this for a while and feel we should opt for comfort measures.  We will make her last days/weeks/months the absolute best possible.  She deserves that.  I have a call in to the Vet to discuss this.  Meanwhile, I may go cheese shopping for the dog.  We may be vegan, but she isn't, and she loves cheese.  She can have cheese to her  little heart's content.

     There are lots of wonderful things going on for which to be grateful:
          1)  Dean's last chemo treatment is today.  He only has a minor surgery left, and that is scheduled for sometime in June.
          2)  Our wonderful children have rented a Corvette for a day for Dean for his 60th Birthday.   It will be delivered this weekend and we will drive to Estes Park.   We plan on spending one night at the Stanley Hotel, and have requested one of the "haunted" rooms.  Meanwhile our dear daughter will stay at our house and dog sit for us.
          3)  The sun is shining.

    "I'm lucky.  Lord, I'm lucky."  Carroll O'Connor
        
P.S.  Blogger.com lost yesterdays post, and after I had written today's post, they returned it, so sorry for the repetition between the two.
        Have a great weekend.