Certain things have really started to settle down and I don't feel so on edge with Maddie. I do worry about flu season. This will be Maddie's first real flu season and I need to keep her healthy. Other than that the days are starting to get routine.....which would be nice for a while.
That is until Monday morning.......................
It was really chaotic trying to get the kids up, dressed and off to school. If the routine is off by just minutes I am anywhere from 15-20 minutes late for work. It makes me crazy. Well I have told you about Lady and some of her idiosyncrasies. One of them is she stays upstairs until we get out the door in the morning because of the chaos.
So the kids and I left for the school and work drop off routine. I thought nothing more until I came home from work that day. I had not lifted the garage door yet but I could hear Lady barking. I had left her outside all day. I thought Phil let her in, at least that what he usually does. I do realize she is a dog, however she had no food or water and we are still in the 80's and she is a black haired dog.
She was panting horribly and drank a whole bowl of water and passed out on the floor for a while. After she slept for a while and cooled off inside she appeared to be fine. I am such a bad pet Mommy. Well I kind of left her alone to recover and had to take care of the kids for dinner, showers/bath and any homework they might have.
Phil gets home it is further chaos...................................
About 3am Katie woke up because she accidentally wet her bed. I was really tired. I stripped her bed helped her change her clothes and let her crawl in our bed. I didn't really worry about the lack of sleep because I was off Tuesday and I could take a nap when Maddie slept. Well at 6am I went to get Jack up and he too had flooded his bed. So badly that I had to put him back in the shower before school.
While I am doing this Lady starts dancing around. I told Phil Lady needed to go out. He was out of the shower but not completely dressed. I told him there are curtains on the windows go let Lady out no one will care at 6am. Well he did not heed my advice. Lady went running downstairs however, as soon as she hit the ceramic tile at the bottom the flood began. From the bottom of the stairwell at the front door all they way around the living room to the gate that leads to the kitchen and the back door Lady peed.
Phil didn't know it and stepped in it. To be honest, I laughed because I told him she had to go out but what does a wife know who only works part time. Phil yelled when he stepped in it and then I heard lights clicking on.......Phil was stunned at all the pee he saw. I figured I better go help him clean it up. So what does he do brings me the trash can and paper towels kisses me good bye and has the nerve to say Love you.
So I was in my jammies cleaning and mopping half the downstairs while Maddie was still sleeping, Katie was waking up and Jack was getting dressed. Phil usually lets Lady out before he goes to bed however he forgot. Lady drank a bowl of water and then let it fly because she had to hold it too long. Needless to say when I walk Katie to the bathroom between 11 and 12 I now let Lady out too just in case.
Although, my life with Maddie and her recovery is less and less exciting....THANK GOD.....there are plenty of other events that have decided to fill in where that part of life has left off.
TTFN
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