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Before we took our trip, I gave Rufio a bath and put some flea killer on him. (Gotta be gorgeous) Just last night I found he was infested again. It’s been barely two weeks! I tried to reach my friend who happens to be a vet, but no go. So Max suggested Petco. One young man was very knowledgeable and helpful. We gave Rufio a Capstar and when we got home he had another bath and some more topical medication. The young man also suggested putting baby powder around the are he sleeps. We don’t have baby powder, so Max suggested Gold Bond. Apparently distant relatives used to show Huskies and used it. An Internet search turned up all kinds of people saying that they use it on their doggos for many things. So I sprinkled it on to are only carpeted area and Rufio went really NUTS. RUNNING around scratching the carpet. Occasionally whimpering. Figures my dog would be one who doesn’t tolerate the stuff. After I put him on my bed, he settled down, and I vacuumed the whole are over and over. All good until 4:00 a.m. when he decided to go nuts again. So I took him out to pee, rinsed him ( I didn’t think he actually got any on him) and woke my husband up by vacuuming viciously again. At four a.m.

He is much better today, but I feel terrible and an idiot.

It’s been a little overwhelming with bi-weekly visits to the nurse practitioner, the weekly visits to the physiologist and taking care of the minutiae left over from The Colonel’s mother’s passing. Granted, I had very little to do with that, but still...

This morning I saw the psychologist, which was kinda meh, but we went to a new park to walk Rufio and that was nice. Then we hit a couple of shops and bought some more flowers for my little garden. We had lunch at a little cafe that was really yummy. It was really nice to do “boring” everyday stuff for a change.

I was rather disappointed in my non-ability to dig a few holes in the ground and had to have Max (The Colonel) do it for me. When I moved here just 5 years ago, I was working hard clearing brush and helping build and painting and such. But my all-white flower garden is coming along and my front deck is covered in pots with a great myriad of color. I would dearly love the summer continue to be mild so that I can keep up with it. One can hope. Or one can get up at 5:00 a.m. to work 😜