No grandchildren

.........because Genki got spayed yesterday.

i dropped her off at Flemington Clinic before 8:30am and she was out of surgery by 2.  Poor baby had to wait until Anthony finished work to be picked up at 6pm.

When the nurse led her out, she was incredibly excited to see us and jumped up to give us kisses.,  Besides the cone, you wouldnt have known she had just had surgery.

The bill? $470 which included $15 to have her nails cut.

Once we got home it was a different story.  She went straight to bed (after having a very long pee on her pee mat which I watched with eagle eyes because I had freshly shampooed the carpet).  She was quite dazed the whole time and was sitting a lot.  We don't know if it's because it's painful.

We did take the cone off pretty much straight away because she was having so much trouble with the simplest things, like getting through the front door! 

It was so heartbreaking to see her reduced from her cheeky self to a lost helpless pup.  

And she is extra clingy.

I've taken Monday and Tuesday off work and would dearly love to have the rest of the week off so that I can be with my baby, but my baby likes nice things so.....

I'm Baack

It's been a LOOONG time since my last post.

Admittedly it became too much of an effort to fight May for the laptop every night.  Also because I had to take on a bit more responsibility at work so no longer had the time to update my blog :o)

Cel has been stationed in Melb for her Trainer role so we've been hanging out and having little adventures on the weekend.  Today we drove to Apollo Bay which is just under 3 hours from Melbourne.  We went there to have lunch.

Nothing fancy nor any special ocassion.  Just an ordinary lunch where I had a steak sandwich, Angie had a beef stew, Cel had a vegetarian foccacia and her friends Rupa had a lentil pattie while Jamie and Ant had a big breakfast.

The weather wasn't particularly nice but there were moments when the sun came out.  

The drive was great but I was disappointed I didn't get to show Ant the 12 Apostles.  We decided we didn't want to go further than Lorne.  (12 Apostles is in Port Campbell).  So close and yet so far!

On the way there and the way back, we made pit stops so that Genki could go have a run.  She loved it!

Ant drove me and Genki, though it took a lot of convincing because he didn't want to drive all that way just for lunch.

Angie went with Cel and her friends and based on the laughter when we all met up for lunch, they had a great time on the drive. 

Two weekends I went go-karting with Cel, Angie and John.  It was great, although terrifying.  I completed the least number of laps and the lovely worker there called me a 'safe driver'.  We also went to a winery for an amazing lunch then dinner in the city.  Ant stayed home because he said the car 'would be too full' but joined us for dinner in the city.  I bet he regretted sitting it out!

Then there's the weekend that we all went to Mt Hotham for two nights at Alpine Chalet.  We went after work on Friday night and were all exhausted after the 3.5 hour drive.  Despite this, almost everyone stayed up talking until late.  I immediately went to sleep because I can't function without 8hrs of sleep.

Skiiing is hard, and incredibly expensive.  We plan to go back with Fiona, Marlene and Genki at the end of this month and I will not be forking out for equipment hire or a lift pass since I only used my ski for 2 hrs and was too terrified to go up the ski lift.  Rather, I was terrified of how I could come down once I went up.  Poor Angie went up and had to walk all the way down. 

It'll be incredibly exciting for Genki to see snow.  I was meant to buy her some snow gear but have been very lax about looking it up on ebay.  They're all from International sellers so there's no way any order will arrive in the post by the end of this month!

Looks like it's time to sign off and get searching or my next post will be about how Genki lost a toe to frost bite....

Found: Sparkles

Over Easter we lost Sparkles.  Because my mother left the kitchen door open and Genki jumped at the opportunity to run outside to see her feathered friends.  Unfortunately they were not as excited to see her and Sparkles ran out the yard.

Everyone was busy in the house so no one was aware Sparkles had jumped the back wall to get out.

Anyway the weather during Easter was particularly bad so we didn't really hold much hope of her surviving the freezing cold + neighbourhood cats.

But today we found Sparkles!  Technically i did.  This morning on my way to walk I thought I saw movement in the school yard across the road.  I remembered it's school holidays and it registered that it would be a good hiding place for a jumpy hen.

And as I was gazing earnestly into the school yard, who should strut on by but Sparkles!!

Ant and May caught her - which I am told was very hard to do - and reunited her with white chicken who promptly gave her a few pecks.  Maybe in welcome?



 

Easter Saturday

Docklands Flea Market

Bolte Bridge,  Docklands

Docklands flea market located under the Bolte Bridge.  A great little alternative place that is only just establishing itself.  A great idea is using shipping containers as stalls/ food stands.

They were very pro-active about boosting return customers with asking you to join their mailing list as you exited.

Then we moved on to Costco - it's walking distance but we drove in anticipation of all the toilet paper Lyn planned to buy.

$2.50 hot dog and re-fillable drinks at Costco.  Can you get more value than this?


A long walk to the park with Genks and the hubs.  Her nemesis Tesla went in the opposite direction + lotsa runs with Gypsy and Skittles = great walk

hello Easter holidays



Travancore Park


Hooray for the Easter long weekend!

Wednesday Walks

It's pretty disappointing how much I've neglected my blog.  It seems less motivating to jump on when life is being normal.  As opposed to getting married.

I've been sick the past three days.  Stayed home on Monday and Tuesday which was GREAT.  I mostly slept (hey, I was sick!) but today I soldiered on and went to work.  Big mistake because 3/4 of the team did not show up.

After work Ant and I took Ms Genki-poo to the park where her arch nemesis Tasslar was already waiting.  There's usually a big congregation of dog owners at the entrance of the park and most times it's fine to let Genkie off the leash EXCEPT when Tasslar is around.  

The tiny 10-month old de-sexed puppy is crazy and likes to pick on poor Genks.  His owner says he only started acting up when he got de-sexed.  Something about him wanting to prove he's still a man by picking on the little dogs.  We're waiting for Genks to outgrow him so that she can bully him back one day.

Hurry up and grow faster Genks!  We'll even buy you some overpriced dog milk ($3 for 1 litre) to help you out.

A boo boo

Yesterday on our evening walk to Travancore Park, Genki learnt an important lesson; Don't run across the path of a cyclist.

The silly muppet dashed right across the path of an oncoming cyclist who didn't see her so ended up running Genks over.  Where were Ant and I?  Trying to hide from her because she was being cheeky by running across the park to a family who were minding their own business.  

The cyclist came out of nowhere and I ran out from behind the bush I was hiding when I heard her yelp.  She came running across the field back towards me but was more intent on finding Ant (who had run further away to hide so wasn't aware of what had happened).  Eventually I knelt down and she jumped into my lap where I checked her for injuries.

The poor cyclist came up to me to check that she was ok too because according to him, he had 'clipped her pretty hard.'  He seemed more shaken up than she was.  At least he didn't tell me off for not putting her on a leash.  

That cut short our walk because she seemed to be quite aloof and nervous.  And she smelt really bad - like she had shat herself.  So off home we went and Ant gave her a bath.

Let's see what the next walk brings.

Genki playing with her rubber keys in the frontyard