Optimism

You know, I always try and be an optimist, silver lining, grass is always greener girl

because the alternate to optimistic is just plain

ugly

If you're already having a bad day why bring it further down with crappy thoughts?

Needless to say it's only Wednesday and my week has been rough. David left for a business trip to Las Vegas on Monday - which naturally would be perfect timing for shit to hit the fan...which is exactly why my car decided to die on the upper floor of a parking garage.

While I do have jumper cables, the kind lady next to me was unable to start my car. David - who can fix just about anything - was gone, so render me helpless.

Cue Optimism

After about 10 more minutes a kind man offered to try and jump me again but with his own cables. Well, well Val (my trusty old car) decided she was ready to be fired up and we were literally off and running.

Thank you kind strangers and thank you to all my friends who offered advice or a way to help. A special thank you to dad who told me to join AAA - ya know cause I used it just last weekend when I locked my keys in the car?! Yeah, that would have been really helpful - had I listened.

Then I came home to this face

So I took my boy for a walk around the neighborhood and we settled in at home watching a shit ton of horrible reality tv educational television...

But you see...the pups has not been acting normal as of late and in the middle of the night he has been freaking out

trembling.

panting.

drooling.

sitting on my throat/body/stomach.

total magnet/clingy/shadow.

He even crawled behind the shower curtain to be near me while I showered this morning - and he hates the water. And while I love him needing me - it's so abnormal it's freaking me out. This has been happening for a week now, every.single.night.

 3am, 4am, 5am

So we went to the vet and drew some blood work yesterday and are awaiting results.

In the meantime Finn got prescribed Xanax which is slightly amusing and totally sad all in one.

At the same time I saw someone coming out of an exam room who had just sent their pet to Rainbow Bridge - two grown men, two grown men crying, two men leaving with nothing but a leash and collar in hand...
And I cried right along with them

So basically after this long post I am asking to borrow a little of everyone else's optimism. Although I am remaining optimistic this is just a rare/weird incident it never hurts for more wishes in the wish gallery.