Well, surgery eve is one week away. Things are starting to go nuts at work with everyone realizing I'm going to be gone awhile. I felt like a rag doll being ripped into a million pieces today. I've made lists for everyone of what I do every day, week & month and Win's breeder offered to give him the weekly bath he needs for his allergies. My disability paperwork is turned in at work. I'm sure I'm forgetting something though. Is there ever a way to be completely ready?
Over the weekend I ran 4 of my dogs in our last agility trial for awhile. I've been doing dog agility for about 14 years and it's a pretty big part of my life. Everyone was so nice. Lots of friends came up and told me of their breast cancer stories or those of family/friends. I had no idea this was so pervasive! I'm really starting to believe the 1 in 8 statistic. It seemed almost everyone had been affected in some way or other. One of the fellows who competes also photographs and took some KILLER shots of me and my Shelties Win & Li'l - the best I've ever had taken in all my competitive career. Also, my Collie King & I were in the local paper. Wow, I just felt so honored to have been so well captured at this special trial - especially since it may be the last time I'll be able to run without being lopsided (LOL)!
Normally I don't run all 4 dogs in a weekend but this time I thought I'd actually try to run myself into the ground to make sure I don't miss it too much while I'm recuperating. We did 15 runs over 3 days, ended up with a big pile of 1st place ribbons and a couple of 2nd place ribbons. Sheesh, where was this passion before? Nothing like the Big C to wake up a slacker! I even brought Markie out of retirement to try a demo class and boy did he ever come to life. I honestly could barely keep up with the old man! Made me realize everyone needs to live life as fully as possible while they can, even old retired dogs. You may take that to heart however you wish. I know I plan to think about it lots more in the coming weeks....
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