Ruby had a hard time going to sleep last night. Probably my fault. Most nights she gets back up within a few minutes of me leaving and knocks to ask something ridiculous or nothing at all. I always open up, but last night I realized if I don't put a stop to this it will never end. Because it never ends on its own with Ruby.
She woke up a little early but I ignored her until it was time.
I started a new workout series and Ruby was intrigued. She wanted to eckersise too. She's so cute.
Our family movie was The Princess Bride. We started but then the girls got in a huge fight. Maggie pulled Ruby's hair HARD and so Ruby hit Maggie several times with the hard head of her baby. Maggie bawled and ran from the room. Ruby said to me, I hate Maggie, but I love her too and I'm sorry. I wasn't mad at her. I thought Maggie got was coming to her. She is so mean to Ruby. She pulls her hair and pinches her and is always hurting her or being mean to her. It makes me crazy. I didn't tell Ruby all that. I just said you're fine and I'm sorry Maggie hurt you.
After a while, Maggie came back and we finished. It was eh. I don't remember it at all from childhood. I knew several parts from hearing stuff from it but I didn't actually remember anything from the movie, I don't think. I remember Laurie getting the VHS for Christmas one year and being so excited and me thinking how could she know this movie and me not? But alas the tape was broken so we never got to watch it anyway.
I had back to back Zoom meetings. I bribed Maggie to watch Ruby but she didn't. Ruby was everywhere and in and out. It's just ridiculous. Here I am on an extremely serious meeting (about my crisis with my post-adopt kid) and Ruby's jumping in the picture eating a hot dog bun that she stole. I mean. . . They were nice about it. So finally after two hours of meetings, I was able to feed Ruby a snack and put her to bed.
Sav is doing better. She's still ridiculous but less so. I'm hopeful training her will calm down her anxiety too. She freaks out if you touch her tummy. She gets nervous easily. She plays hard with Ruby and she's never hurt her but I'd like her to be less of a panicky spazz.
Maggie and I read HP. It's so good. Best book series in the history of ever.
Gratitude: Laurie. Laurie is my person. I love her so much. She's maybe the best person in the world. She's infinitely better than me, better than everyone. She's incredibly smart and competent. She can do anything, fix anything. She's hilarious. She makes me laugh every day. She's incredibly kind. She never forgets a birthday or holiday. She goes out of her way to include everyone. She takes care of everyone in our family. She's also strong as nails. She will not take shit. She will get what she deserves (in a good way) and be treated how she's supposed to be treated. Just as the cherry on top, she's exceptionally beautiful. I feel so lucky to be in her life.
Thursday, May 14, 2020
Tuesday, Day 60 of Quarantine
Today I was sleepy. I did have to get up to pee in the middle of the night. I only slept in a little.
I've decided to start training Sav. I need to have control over her. She's so big and she panics and barks and just can be ridiculous. I'm going to attempt doing it twice a day for 15 minutes or so. This morning we worked on sit. I got treats and told her over and over and over. She seemed to understand. We'll see. Next is stay and heel. Fingers crossed. I don't need her to be like Brad Pitt's dog (Brandy?) in Once upon a time. . . in Hollywood (although that would be cool) just not crazy.
Today, we watched Avengers: Infinity War. We only watched the one movie because it was sooooo long. But good.
I took some treats on Sav's walk and actually got her to calm down after seeing people on bikes. She walked past two groups of people without barking at all, which is huge. She does this awful screaming thing that scares people.
Maggie and I read HP and James and from the blog book. It is so fun to read posts from so long ago. We're in spring of 2012. Maggie is littler than Ruby is now. I'm so glad I have these books.
Gratitude: Ruby. Oh my sweet Ruby. Ruby is so sweet and loving and cuddly and affectionate. Yesterday, several times, out of the blue, she told me, Mommy I love you. She's into pretend play. She'll set up forts or just gather all her toys and I can hear her whispering to the toys. She loves to dance. She puts music on her Kindle and dances around like crazy. She is also into everything all the time. She loves to turn off (or on) all the lights. She wants to help me with anything I'm doing. She's my boo.
I've decided to start training Sav. I need to have control over her. She's so big and she panics and barks and just can be ridiculous. I'm going to attempt doing it twice a day for 15 minutes or so. This morning we worked on sit. I got treats and told her over and over and over. She seemed to understand. We'll see. Next is stay and heel. Fingers crossed. I don't need her to be like Brad Pitt's dog (Brandy?) in Once upon a time. . . in Hollywood (although that would be cool) just not crazy.
Today, we watched Avengers: Infinity War. We only watched the one movie because it was sooooo long. But good.
I took some treats on Sav's walk and actually got her to calm down after seeing people on bikes. She walked past two groups of people without barking at all, which is huge. She does this awful screaming thing that scares people.
Maggie and I read HP and James and from the blog book. It is so fun to read posts from so long ago. We're in spring of 2012. Maggie is littler than Ruby is now. I'm so glad I have these books.
Gratitude: Ruby. Oh my sweet Ruby. Ruby is so sweet and loving and cuddly and affectionate. Yesterday, several times, out of the blue, she told me, Mommy I love you. She's into pretend play. She'll set up forts or just gather all her toys and I can hear her whispering to the toys. She loves to dance. She puts music on her Kindle and dances around like crazy. She is also into everything all the time. She loves to turn off (or on) all the lights. She wants to help me with anything I'm doing. She's my boo.
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
Monday, Day 59 of Quarantine
I feel so much more rested. I actually woke up on my own a few minutes before my alarm went off.
We cleaned. Correction, I cleaned. I was so mad at Maggie for not helping at all, I took screen time away from her.
My lower back hurt so bad. I've been stretching every day but I guess not deep enough. I stretched for two minutes at a time several times and it hurt so bad. Oh my goodness. But it's either that or my back goes out.
The AC guy came. He, too, thinks it needs to be replaced. Now I'm just waiting to hear from AHS.
The girls and I had two family movies. We're continuing with the Marvel movies. We watched Black Panther yesterday. It's so good. We also watched Big. The girls watched it mostly. Maggie seemed to get the main points. She was sad the lady didn't become a little girl at the end so they could stay together.
Maggie and I read some Harry Potter. We're half way through book 6.
So, I'm going to add something here. I've been reading over and over that to stay happy you should stay close with your people and practice gratitude. I thought I could add gratitude here. That way I'll remember to do it.
Gratitude: Maggie (I'm going by age with my girls not preference!) is my baby. She made me a mom and completely changed my life. She's funny and loving. She's an utter nerd, which I love. She's an artist. She loves to be read to and talk about what we read. She's starting to notice little things in books and movies that are fun to talk to her about. She's sensitive. She loves taking care of the cats, who want to hide from Sav and need to hide from Ruby. I just love her so much and I feel like the luckiest human on Earth that I get to be her mom.
We cleaned. Correction, I cleaned. I was so mad at Maggie for not helping at all, I took screen time away from her.
My lower back hurt so bad. I've been stretching every day but I guess not deep enough. I stretched for two minutes at a time several times and it hurt so bad. Oh my goodness. But it's either that or my back goes out.
The AC guy came. He, too, thinks it needs to be replaced. Now I'm just waiting to hear from AHS.
The girls and I had two family movies. We're continuing with the Marvel movies. We watched Black Panther yesterday. It's so good. We also watched Big. The girls watched it mostly. Maggie seemed to get the main points. She was sad the lady didn't become a little girl at the end so they could stay together.
Maggie and I read some Harry Potter. We're half way through book 6.
So, I'm going to add something here. I've been reading over and over that to stay happy you should stay close with your people and practice gratitude. I thought I could add gratitude here. That way I'll remember to do it.
Gratitude: Maggie (I'm going by age with my girls not preference!) is my baby. She made me a mom and completely changed my life. She's funny and loving. She's an utter nerd, which I love. She's an artist. She loves to be read to and talk about what we read. She's starting to notice little things in books and movies that are fun to talk to her about. She's sensitive. She loves taking care of the cats, who want to hide from Sav and need to hide from Ruby. I just love her so much and I feel like the luckiest human on Earth that I get to be her mom.
Tuesday, May 12, 2020
Sunday, Day 58 of Quarantine
I slept way in. I gave Ruby her kindle and she just disappeared. She had her water and granola bars and I slept off and on (she still comes in occasionally) until like 10:30 am, almost 11 am. It was really nice.
After getting up, I exercised and then we all got ready for the driveway party at Laurie's house. Oh it was nice to see everyone and kittens. Kittens!
The babies had so much fun playing. The big girls had so much fun. Ruby had a hard time going to sleep. Maybe she's so tired because she's not getting enough activity, particularly outdoor activity. We definitely could have stayed later and she would have been fine.
Ruby loves to dance.
Look at spaghetti sauce on her nose/
Sav's my bud.
Ruby likes three ponytails. God, the living room is a disaster.
At one point, at the driveway party, Ruby walked up to me with her lower lip out and said, the big girls won't let me play with them. Poor baby.
After getting up, I exercised and then we all got ready for the driveway party at Laurie's house. Oh it was nice to see everyone and kittens. Kittens!
The babies had so much fun playing. The big girls had so much fun. Ruby had a hard time going to sleep. Maybe she's so tired because she's not getting enough activity, particularly outdoor activity. We definitely could have stayed later and she would have been fine.
Monday, May 11, 2020
Saturday, Day 57 of Quarantine
Finally, sleep! Oh my goodness, I actually got up on time because I was so well rested. God bless.
I had to work this morning. Did my mention the other awful thing? At my therapy job, there's a horrible emergency. It's not something I can ignore or delegate. But I'm scared how much time and effort it's going to take.
The girls and I cleaned the kitchen. Lots of complaining but it's done. Then we watched Ragnarok. We've only got five movies left. Then we'll switch to Star Wars movies. I'm going to attempt watching Lost with Maggie. I think she might like it. It was on network so it's not going have anything too horrible and it was a great show. Until the last season.
Ha! Nope, no Lost. The first episode is the beach scene and its chaotic and bloody and shocking. Maggie actually cried and ran from the room. So instead I think we'll watch old movies.
I had to work this morning. Did my mention the other awful thing? At my therapy job, there's a horrible emergency. It's not something I can ignore or delegate. But I'm scared how much time and effort it's going to take.
The girls and I cleaned the kitchen. Lots of complaining but it's done. Then we watched Ragnarok. We've only got five movies left. Then we'll switch to Star Wars movies. I'm going to attempt watching Lost with Maggie. I think she might like it. It was on network so it's not going have anything too horrible and it was a great show. Until the last season.
Ha! Nope, no Lost. The first episode is the beach scene and its chaotic and bloody and shocking. Maggie actually cried and ran from the room. So instead I think we'll watch old movies.
Saturday, May 9, 2020
Friday, Day 56 of Quarantine
I guess Jacoby (bassett) misses his family. He cried most of the night. Guess who didn't cry??? Ruby. I can't win.
Jacoby growls if Sav gets too close to his food or toys. Then Sav growls. So they were growling over a toy and Maggie got in the middle of it and got bit. She literally put her hand in the middle of fighting dogs. It's not bad at all. It was through the shirt and didn't even break the skin but it scared her. I told her again to never ever get near animals that are upset in any way. She picks up angry cats while she's naked. Since she was so upset, I said let's put on medicine and bandaids. That makes her feel better. So we put Neosporin and bandaids all over her arm.
Then she asked me to make her some Ramen, which I did. AND she spilled it on her naked skin. I mean. . . are you kidding??? Is this a joke? It's not bad, just a little red in one place but oh my God. This is all too much.
I took Jacoby to our foster person. I had told them we couldn't keep him.
Jacoby growls if Sav gets too close to his food or toys. Then Sav growls. So they were growling over a toy and Maggie got in the middle of it and got bit. She literally put her hand in the middle of fighting dogs. It's not bad at all. It was through the shirt and didn't even break the skin but it scared her. I told her again to never ever get near animals that are upset in any way. She picks up angry cats while she's naked. Since she was so upset, I said let's put on medicine and bandaids. That makes her feel better. So we put Neosporin and bandaids all over her arm.
Then she asked me to make her some Ramen, which I did. AND she spilled it on her naked skin. I mean. . . are you kidding??? Is this a joke? It's not bad, just a little red in one place but oh my God. This is all too much.
I took Jacoby to our foster person. I had told them we couldn't keep him.
Friday, May 8, 2020
Thursday, Day 55 of Quarantine
Another bad night but this time I didn't go in. She woke up early and I ignored her then too.
Another stupid tired day.
Well, maybe not. I did sleep in and I guess that was enough. I feel so much better. I've been cleaning (THANK THE LORD!). I made the girls get off screens and play outside for an hour.
Did I mention about my AC? Basically, it wasn't blowing very cold, which it does every year when I turn it back on. So, I called a place offering a deal because I figured I'd have to pay for the Freon anyway. They said it's all a mess and pretty much just needs to be replaced. Plus they don't make the Freon for this model anymore and so it's insanely expensive. So I had to put in a work order through American Home Shield. I mean, why not? Great timing.
The bassett rescue I work with asked if I could keep on of their dogs for a week. He lives in Austin with his foster family but they were charging way more than what the Plano doc would charge so he's coming down here to get treatment. He got here this afternoon. He's sweet.
Another stupid tired day.
Well, maybe not. I did sleep in and I guess that was enough. I feel so much better. I've been cleaning (THANK THE LORD!). I made the girls get off screens and play outside for an hour.
Did I mention about my AC? Basically, it wasn't blowing very cold, which it does every year when I turn it back on. So, I called a place offering a deal because I figured I'd have to pay for the Freon anyway. They said it's all a mess and pretty much just needs to be replaced. Plus they don't make the Freon for this model anymore and so it's insanely expensive. So I had to put in a work order through American Home Shield. I mean, why not? Great timing.
The bassett rescue I work with asked if I could keep on of their dogs for a week. He lives in Austin with his foster family but they were charging way more than what the Plano doc would charge so he's coming down here to get treatment. He got here this afternoon. He's sweet.
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