Just kidding

Pony didn't stay. 

Addition to the Family

Celebrating!!

I'm doing a little happy dance over here at my desk.  Know why?  Cuz I'm at work.  Over lunch.  Not running home to do more eye drops!

Yep! We're done!!  Whoo hoo!!  This might be the best thing that's happened all week.  Pretty sure of it.

In other news, I met up with some high school friends and caught up with them over dinner and drinks.

I have some 5ks coming up soon-- we'll see if that goes as planned!

One involves bloody marys after we finish-- that might be the one I'm most looking forward to!!

I've got some Christmas shopping done.  I think I'm finished with the boys. Okay, let's be real for a minute-- I'll find something adorable/awesome that I can't pass up and get it for them.  I'm pretty sure their parents can't wait for payback time!  I'm not sure what my family is doing for Christmas this year-- cancelled Christmas again?

I'll try to remember my camera to post some pictures soon!

Hello October

Well we got Sammi married off. I'm sure there will be many more embarrassing photos of me to surface soon from that. 😳 fun was had by all. Or at least me. 

One of Pongo's eyes is healed and the other is on the mend. The vet isn't coming back to check on it unless I think something has gone wonky. Hopefully just a few more days of eyedrops. Those have been moved to every six hours now. 👍🏻👍🏻

 We've added a new member to the family. Her name is Stella and her brothers aren't quite sure about her. She stands up for herself quite well though. 

Our fence is almost finished and I couldn't be more excited! The ponies might be a little more excited. You can't see it, but there's fence up around them in the picture. They're not just free roamers anymore! 

Now to finish fence and clean house. Any volunteers to come help with either are welcome!

Quick Update

I have been giving Pongo his eye drops about every four hours. These pictures are from Sunday. 

As you can see, they have changed pretty dramatically since the last pictures. The vet comes back tomorrow so we will see what the next plan of attack is. 

This weekend will be a busy one with my baby sister from another mister tying the knot. I cannot wait for her big day! She's gonna be knock out gorgeous. 

Ulcers

So it's been awhile eh!? 

Sorry bout that. 

Turns out I have a legit excuse this time. I think. 

Pongo has ulcers. In his eyes. They require eyedrops. Every three hours.  😴

The most common question I get about this is how I figured it out. It started out like this:

And quickly (as in overnight) progressed to this:

So I called my vet.  She came and dyed his eyes: 

And this  showed up:

That yellow green spot is the ulcer. 

I treated it every three hours with eyedrops and every six hours with serum that I pull off of: 

His blood. 

The vet came back a few days later and re-dyed his eyes and found another ulcer in his other eye. I keep treating in the same fashion, now in both eyes. 

And a couple days later I found this:

Another one. A big one. At this point I feel like I'm fighting a losing battle. 

The vet comes back and we do the same thing. 

No more new ones. 

She gave me some more drops to add to the mix and she's coming back this week. He seems much more comfortable and I think they are starting to look better. But maybe that's just my lack of sleep talking!? 

Here's to hoping the end is near and vacation won't have to be cancelled!!

Sammi's Shit Show

We survived the bachelorette party!  Somehow.  I think only about half of the group made it to the end. Walter got us to the bar(s) and Earl drove us around on the golf cart.  Pictures and videos are probably not appropriate for most eyes and ears... whoops

Now for another one this week and then the final few weddings of the year for us.