Conspicuously absent......

So, I'm sure you've noticed that I haven't posted in a few days.  Well, even if you haven't noticed - believe me - *I* have!!!!!!

Wednesday is the last night that I blogged and SO MUCH has happened since then.

I had a relatively good day of eating on Thursday.  36 PointsPlus.  I went to Zumba and burned a bunch of calories.  Then - tragedy struck.  Dad, Scott & I were outside boiling sap to make sugar and we heard a car go by, then a strange 'thump'.  All of a sudden we realized that our dogs weren't around us and both Scott & I just had this very bad feeling.  Sure enough - our small female black lab / beagle mix (we call her a beaglador), Zyla, had been hit by a car.  The woman that hit her turned around to see what she'd hit.  She never saw her until the last second.  Zyla is a black dog.  It was a black night and she was darting across a black road.  The 'imperfect' storm, if you will......

I thought Zyla was dead.  She had a very faint heartbeat and was breathing very shallowly.  She was bleeding out her nose & mouth.  It.... Was.... Horrible.....  I had asked Scott to go into my parent's house to get a gun to put her out of her misery.  I just can't stand to see an animal suffer.

Well, when Scott got back to where Zyla & I were we decided to move her off the side of the road so we wouldn't become roadkill.  As we started to move her onto a piece of plywood she tried to sit up!!!!!  HOLY SHIT!!!!!  She was ALIVE!!!!!

So, we loaded her into the Rover & hauled ass up to the emergency vet.  The next morning, and $425 later, we were able to see her, and she was looking so much better!!  She totally recognized us and lifter her head in greeting.

We then brought her to our normal vet in Bristol and she stayed there for x-rays and observation.  We went yesterday with Preston to visit her at about 2:30 and she wagged her tail in greeting and was SO happy to see us!!!!!

She stayed overnight & this morning we called for a report and was told she was 'tremendously better'.  YAY!!!!!  We went to pick her up at about 11:30 and another $340 later we got some serious tail wagging, happy eyes & tongue licks!!!!!

The BAD news is her pelvis is fractured in several places and we're looking at some pretty expensive surgery.  :(  Poor little girl!!!!!  We're not even sure if she'll walk again.....

So - I have an idea.  I'm going to design some t-shirts to help to pay for her vet care.  I don't want donations, but I figured if we had some awesome t-shirts designed that people would buy them.  Whaddya' think?  Do you think people would buy a t-shirt?

The t-shirts are going to be based on this very true story:

Blazer, our black lab / blue tick hound mix has been very sad since Zyla was hit.  He came out to the road with us and found her and sniffed her.  I chased him back over the bridge and he was put in the house.  So - he really had no idea if she was alive or what.  So, he's been moping around and looking for his friend.

Last night I gave him Zyla's collar and he gently grabbed it in his mouth and put it in Zyla's spot in front of the fire.  I kind of thought it was a fluke so I took the collar away and gave it to him again.  He repeated that action no less than half a dozen times.  Each time very gently taking the collar in his mouth and laying it in front of the fire.  That is the dogs' night time spot.

Well, needless to say, Scott & I were sobbing as we were watching him do this.  He's a big dummy of a dog, and he has the biggest heart.  It was so touching to watch him repeat this ritual several times.  Scott's quote about this sweetness & love was this:  "You don't have to be smart to be a good friend"

This morning he brought the collar up onto the sofa with him.  The sofa is the dogs' daytime spot.  He was laying there with his nose pressed against her collar.  Just about broke my heart, but I knew he was going to be so excited to see his best friend!!!!!

When we brought her inside he just about turned himself inside out with excitement!!!!!  We put his harness on him and let him stick his head in her crate.  You could just see the sadness melt away and relief enter his body!  He was SO happy to have his best friend back!!!!!!

Grayson's quote about his devotion to his best friend was this: "If your best friend gets hurt make sure you take care of him."

So, I've got a cute little logo in mind, and I think we'll each come up with a sweet saying about best friends and dogs & print them on the shirts.  Anyone interested in a shirt????  Do you think they'll sell?????

So, back to Weight Watchers.  Today was weigh in.  I'm still 154.8.  So... nothing lost.... nothing gained.  I went slightly over on PointsPlus for the week.  I didn't stress eat.  In fact, yesterday was a VERY good day of eating.

I'm not going to post my nutritional diary for the past few days.  I'd rather go downstairs and sit next to my little Zyla.  I figured I'd start a new week with renewed vigor & attitude!  :)

I start my 7 week challenge tomorrow.  The first day of spring so I can Spring into Summer 14 lbs lighter!  It's going to be 7 weeks of eating right & exercising.  Incidentally - the last day of my challenge is the day before my Zumba Instructor Training!  So - this is a great jump start for me to be healthy enough to actually lead exercise classes!  :)  Wish me luck!!!!!!