Time…

It’s been a busy summer so far both personally and work wise and we haven’t even gotten to the really warm days so I’m a little nervous. I got a promotion and a new person to train and it always amazes me how much time and energy that takes. I spend so much of the part of the day she is here training her that I don’t get my own work done and end up staying late. But we are about 2 weeks in and I can see the potential, she wants to learn every thing and I can see she’ll be a big help once she gets more comfortable but certain things in my life have suffered, like my blog. Good thing it’s only for me.

We had a loss a few weeks ago and that has kept me from writing a little as well as it was too fresh. We had to put our black lab Chili down. She had a seizure or a stroke and she wasn’t in a good place. It’s tough when you know she is old but you hope the vet can make miracles happen, and then he turns to us and tells us if she were his dog he would let her go, you know its time. I was devastated in March when we put our cat down and for some reason I told myself I would handle Chili’s passing better, although I think I knew I was fooling myself. Chili wasn’t a planned pet for us. She was my mother’s dog, well her’s and one of her exes, but as with other things when they no longer suited my mother she got rid of them. She got Chili in 2006 and by the end of 2007 she was ours because she didn’t fit into Lyn’s life anymore. I’ll never regret taking Chili as she was the best girl ever but I’ve always thought myself more of a cat person and that when Chili left us it would be okay. Boy was I ever wrong. The house is so quiet. She wasn’t a loud dog, she never barked and she was deaf the last year of her life so it wasn’t like she was playing loud music 🙂  I mean that the quietness is in the loss of her presence. She was such a love, especially in the last few years as her hearing was going and we always knew we had to be up in the morning at a certain time and be home to take care of her at a certain time, now we get home and there is no happy dog face waiting, no funny sounds as she rubbed her ears and no cold, wet nose nudging you so you rub her ears. I’m glad we got her as long as we did.

My husband and I have enjoyed the free time together though, trying to get out and enjoy Montana around us. Denny B finally put the old Caliber out of its misery and got a Ford Escape and I will say I love driving it. He is more than happy to let me drive when ever I want. Last weekend we went to Lincoln, Montana to see an outdoor art installation on the outskirts of town called Sculpture in the Wild, you can see it here http://www.sculptureinthewild.com. Lincoln was a town formed very much by the timber industry and all of the sculptures are made with wood products. It was a neat place. We spent a couple of hours just walking around and being in the woods. Then we took a dirt road that lead to an out of the way state highway and followed it for quite a while seeing a whole different landscape then we had just been in. We intend to go hit Virginia City this upcoming Sunday and maybe stop to fish a bit along the way. It’s fun to take these little “road trips” together. I’ve never been to Virginia City so I’m excited. So much to do in Montana and time flies so fast.

I hope that like me you are getting time to enjoy your loved ones and spend time just doing fun things. And to Chili, I hope you made it safely over the rainbow bridge sweet girl. Thank you for loving us and letting us love you.♥