December

I've been working for money lately (WFM as I like to refer it) and things are better... financially although I'm still on a bit of an emotional rollercoaster. I will be really glad when Christmas is over, this year is over and I can think of 2009 as a fresh start.

I'm not really in the mood to write but have to say that I'm surviving, I'm proud of what I've accomplished and while I may have lost a man I loved, I've gained a family, I've realised who my true friends are (all two of them!) and my dog has returned from the grave, now with extra fur!

Funnily enough Pig has been taking hormones for her condition. At first all her fur fell out and I was faced with an almost bald Pig who was also about to lose an eye due to a corneal ulcer. A long boring story which involves Pig wearing a cone on her head for two months during which time I was given the choice between a $4000 cornea surgery to repair the eye or a $2000 surgery to remove the eye. Hmmm, now that's a choice. I decided to let nature take its course. I gave Pig the options (I did actually sit down and attempt to discuss it with her although she didn't appear to be listening and I knew I was crossing that very fine line between sanity and the other place) but amazingly, Pig started to heal and the insanely-expensive eye vet has now declared the ulcer healed. Pig will now have a cloudy patch on her eye and her vision is compromised but you'd never know it as she is back on form, throwing balls at me and barking her way around the neighbourhood. Not bad for a dog who I thought was on her last legs. Oh, and the extra fur bit - seems like Pig is now sporting a curly perm. She grew an entire new coat in a day (I'm not joking) and it's thick, lush, curly and very, very ginger. But she's lovely and she's started sleeping on the bed again so after months of separate beds, Pig and I have fallen in love again. It's nice to have her back.