Ember shots are all up to date

Ember:  do I look more grown up?

Weight:  31.26 pounds.  That means that she has officially doubled in size since she arrived to me at Easter.

Mommy's heart swelled when the vet declared Ember to be the best-behaved lab puppy she had seen in years of practice.  Granted, the me in me figures she just said that to make me feel better.

But she confirmed Endurovet Val's advice about the Kaopectate, and added to it a prescription for Metronidazole, twice a day for five days.

They also reassured me that I am neither over nor under-feeding her.  She's Goldilocks "just right".  Encouragement to carry on!

OK, deep breath, time to get Ember to her safe space so I can go get us some groceries!

More than groceries

I got to the store and sidetracked myself to the pharmacy.  I got a Covid booster in the left, and the RSV vaccine in the right.  God help me, and God help Ember if I have a strong reaction to either.  But what the hey, she had her shots, I had mine.

Then I bought the groceries on the list, came home and unpacked them.  

Just a cognition of the date

43 years ago Thursday, I walked down the aisle and married the man who became the father to my son. Small, short, family only.  Now I've been divorced about as long as we stayed married.  Life moves on.

Overnight report, Thursday to Friday

The human was having some mild side effects to the Covid shot:  sore arm, elevated body temp (99.9F), and chills when it really was not cold in the night.  The puppy is rapidly regaining her energy post shots.

She did, however, spend a few hours in the den overnight, and mom got to sleep in her own bed!  Well enough, but not long enough.  We have to work on manners related to getting ready for big girl walks.  This morning Ember got turned down for a harness walk because the demon puppy in her attacked the harness.  Took an effort on Mommy's part to a) get it away from her, and b) put her "away" for some cool down time.  Mommy is now figuratively and literally licking her wounds.

About that time, the workmen showed up.  It's quite warm and sunny today.  But they keep making progress.  

This is the South side of the house, about 1:45 p.m., where they are building the base for the edging.  There will be a paving stone patio under the bay window, in front, then it will shift to river rock fill as the corner is turned.  All of this, patio and rock bed will be edged with this stone..

I took several photos as this developed, but I won't overload y'all with them.

The men got here while Ember was still in her "chill down" period, so I traipsed upstairs and napped off the last vestiges of my side effects from the shots.

I got up a little before noon.  Yes!  Rest!

The back yard is still mostly dirt, but that reveals strange non-food substances, like plastic or wire in this phase before the sod gets laid down.  We don't have an estimate for just when that will happen.  The important thing, according to Ember, is she has a wide selection of potential poo spots in all that dirt.  The good thing, according to Mommy, is that plops laid down on loose bare dirt is easy to clean up.

Weekend plans

On Saturday morning, there is a VIP kayak event, starting at 11 a.m.  I will leave the puppy in her den for this time, while I scope out the situation and whether it's going to work out to have her come with on future lake adventures.

Then on Sunday morning, Ember will be moving up to the Puppy Plus training class.  

Life is good.  Spark on!