Things lately have been uber stressful. Right now I am staying in Las Vegas and finishing work until Oct 31 and living on a cot with two dog beds, three crates, and bare essentials of clothing and supplies. I have no treadmill, it's getting colder and last nights swim party after work left Shamoo walking funny and shaking violently, I'm juggling four dogs by myself and even my mild mannered one is starting to get antsy. This was easier with Denis because he really helps balance the exercise demands and I miss him something fierce. I suddenly wish I had dog park appropriate dogs, or a better less crowded park to play ball at. I took Sloan and Arnold to an agility class last night and the teacher never showed up. I was so upset. My poor dogs.
Denis is in Oregon sleeping on an air matress at a friends apartment starting work and looking at houses in his down time. He's 45 minutes from work and riding his motorcycle in 40 degrees. Of course it gets better, it's supposed to start raining monday and not stop until next summer.
The housing market is rough where we're looking, everything is being snatched up and we've now seen two illegal sales, two homes bought up from under us, and last night he went to see a house with our realtor only to find the house had been sold and it wasn't even updated on the mls yet.
I have a phone interview today and I am breeching the topic of renting the garage/extra room at my brothers small house. We feel certain we'll find a home with more time but we need a place to stay to buy more time and even with searching high and low we're not finding any options of short term housing that will allow the dogs. The malinois can squeak by in some places for a fee and legally speaking Arnold is exempt but Shamoo is neither exempt, "non-aggressive" in breed, nor easy to hide. So, big brother to the rescue, we hope. A few months, a non-self employeed job for me, and maybe we'll finally find a place.
In an effort to destress I'm shopping. Shamoo has two PJs on the way and I bought the boys two coats today. I'm now looking for warm wear for Sloan and maybe even some stupid fun rain gear for everyone.
This will be worth it. This will be worth it. This will be worth it. Breathe & repeat.