Life continues to march on

My foot feels minimally better, except for the one toe everything is back to normal. Halle and Sawyer continue to drive me crazy. Halle is going through this phase of not wanting to listen to anything I say. She goes from room to room making mess after mess, getting into my makeup, spilling bubble solution all over the couch, getting into the dog food, getting into the cleaning chemicals under the sink (about a month ago she figured out the cabinet locks and can now get into them whenever she wants), and continually peeing on the bathroom floor ... yes peeing on the bathroom floor. She goes into the bathroom, insists she doesn't need help and screams at me not to come in. She then stands in front of the toilet and pees either all over her clothes or all over the floor. I honestly don't get it. Between her and Sawyer I spend all day every day cleaning up piss. She's clearly completely potty trained, she sleeps in regular underwear, she tells me when she needs to go. She just waits until the last second and then can't hold it once she gets into the bathroom. Meanwhile Sawyer has a bladder infection, he's been going 4-5 times in an hour ... all over my floor. When he goes it's tiny amounts too, and he's able to hold it all night in the kennel. I told the vet all of this today and she said we definitely should take a urine sample and gave me a syringe to suck it up with and a vial to put it in. Fortunately though, Sawyer decided to pee right there on her lobby floor! So we got the sample right then and there, no waiting! What a thoughtful puppy ... Anyway, they called this afternoon and said Yep, he's got an infection. We're picking up puppy antibiotics tomorrow.

Sawyer is also getting a little pudgy, eating table food with Gracie at the ranch has put a few pounds on him. He's now up to 20 lbs. Soon he'll outweigh Halle!

Finals are over. Thank goodness. Now onto summer vacation followed by 8 weeks of summer courses. At least Halle and Sawyer will be able to enjoy their summer. They will be spending Mon-Fri morning at the ranch with my grandparents, helping in the garden, running around and in general having fun until I get home to pick them up around 11am.

On a completely different note. Ava's service was beautiful, moving and heartbreakingly sad. I'm glad I was able to pay my respects, but in many ways I feel as though I was intruding on something private and painful for Amy and Nate. I'm worried about them, but I know they have an incredible support system of family and friends who are surrounding them and loving them right now. Their whole family is in our thoughts and prayers constantly.