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i had to stick this somewhere.
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We'll start with the end result: a clean dog, a tired dog, a nap on the couch for me, and a pretty darn cute pair of apologetic puppy eyes.....
Getting here was the interesting part. Now, I've given Sami baths before, not for awhile, I'll admit, and I can tell my skills were down. My guard as well. And I won't ever let my guard down again when bathing a 50 lb dog. Exhibit A:
Sami sees me attatching the sprayer to the shower. She runs.
Skyler chases Sami. Sister knows whats up!
Sami goes limp.
Skyler starts sweeping the floor with Sami's butt as she's getting dragged to the tub.
That hurts the back, so Sami gets picked up. Very ungracefully.
Dog's in the tub. Door's shut. Step 1.
In no series of peaceful events, the shampoo goes on, *dog plops down in the farthest end of the tub*, shampoo gets rinsed off, *dog insists on drinking from the sprayer*, and the water goes off, *dog attempts jail break from the tub immediately upon no more water flow*. Now. Here's where things got really interesting. Exhibit B:
Dog get "squee-gee-ed" off. Still VERY wet, mind you.
Skyler lets her guard down - turns around to get towel - dog leaps out of tub....
Now what happened next was like seeing a movie in slow motion with that low, Arnold Schwarzenegger like voice saying "NOOOoooooooo......" Let's set the scene. VERY small bathroom, door is shut, tile floor, ME, and an extremely wet and disgruntled dog.
She shakes - and it rains.
She starts neurotically rubbing herself on the floor against the walls with her butt up in the air.
The walls get wet.
Garbage can gets knocked over.
She rolls the toilet paper off the roll.
It sticks to her.
She shakes - and it rains again.
She continues rolling obsessively on the floor.
I slip - it's tile!!
I can't make her stop.
She shakes.
I'm mad.
I yell........loudly.
She stops.
She gets practically thrown back in the tub. And gets towel dried there.
Yet somehow, as soon as I deemed her dry enough to set free (I, on the other hand, was a different story), I was her hero. Funny how quickly they forgive and forget. She proceded to roll on the carpet, roll on the couch, and go into a puppy crazy. Havn't seen one of those for awhile!
I was exhausted. But at the end of it all - you just can't resist her. Especially those apologetic eyes... so we cuddled. And I forgave her for the thunderstorm she put me through.... and the bruise on my knee..... and the low back ache..... She's just too great of a dog. But, I think I'll be leaving bath time to the pro's for awhile. :)
Well, upon suggestion from a brilliant man - thank you Jim Jackson :) - I thought it might not hurt to let you all in on where I've been spending my weekends! I'm in the last term of my rehabilitative massage therapy degree, and that means most of my schooling is spent working on real clients with real problems. Every Saturday morning and afternoon, and a handful of Friday nights as well, I am at school: going through all the processes of learning what it's like to run my own business. I meet with clients, talk about their problems, medical history, filing and documentation and then work on them! It's still quite draining, but the reward I have seen from it is wonderful. I have had lots of encouragement along the way, and for that I am very very thankful! This is where I am!
"Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for His compassions never fail; they are new every morning; great is your faithfullness. I say to myself, the Lord is my portion, therefore I will wait for Him."
Lamentations 3:22-24
Jared and I are striving to have a week of Thankfullness! Of all the minor stressors of life, we turn to the faithfullnes of our Lord and thank Him for his provisons. I took this picture on vacation a couple years ago, and every time I see it, I am reminded of the simple pleasure of stopping and being thankful for creation, peacefullness and the sovereignty of our God! Blessings to you all!
S
