All right, all right. I’ve been pretty quiet on this for a little while, and I’ve said repeatedly that I would get back to daily posts. Unfortunately, the last couple of times I have tried getting back in the habit, I’ve had things come up that demanded my attention. Hopefully, this time I will stick to it.
Foremost in my ‘distractions’, we had a bad scare among our animals. Korra, our youngest dog at age 8, was diagnosed with advanced pyometra and required an emergency surgery. The doctors told us she had a less-than 50% chance of surviving.
Sarah and I agonized over whether or not we’d attempt the surgery. There was no knowing if she’d survive going through the procedure, but we decided that our little water-wolf would try to survive as much as possible. We brought the family out to the emergency hospital and spent what time we thought we had left with the pup.
There were tears and confused questions from the kids, but even our 5-yr old knew that Korra was hurting and said he hoped she got through okay. It was a long, long day of awaiting the news.
Korra proved to be stronger than anyone expected.
She’s been recovering ever since, and had her sutures removed a few days ago. We’re still watching over her, and the vet warned me that the pyometra means she will inevitably be diagnosed with a cancer, but for now she’s energetic and yipping at me for attention.
Secondly in my distractions is the same duo that has plagued me for years and years: procrastination and imposter’s syndrome. It’s infuriating to know what your problem is even when it robs you of your creativity. But staring at this screen and being mad at myself isn’t going to get the work done, so I’m here making sure I’ve set aside the time to handle my writing and website maintenance.
I know Hannah’s been asking me to post her weather photos again, so at the least I need to write those again. Or the kid will get mad at me. There are a few essays I keep thinking to write but looks at above paragraph, I keep putting them off.
But hey, it’s Sunday. Good day to get back in the habit.
Stay safe out there, readers. I’ll have something for y’all tomorrow.
-JB Swift
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