Dandelion, after the rain.

I tried taking the dogs to the off leash this morning.  There was a small dog in the paddock, so I couldn't put Charlie in there first to run off some of his energy and poop, so I let him loose in the main park.  He pooped and as I went to pick it up, my phone rang and as I went to answer it, Charlie ended up in a growling, snarling match with another dog, in the two seconds I was distracted.

The owner of the other dog was pissed, so I just decided to leave.  The thing is, Charlie only gets agressive when he's scared, but Heidi doesn't help because she has to put her two cents in as well, and then things go off the rails.  I ended up going for a walk in the neighborhood with Charlie on his leash but I walked a little to fast, didn't want to be late for my hair appointment, and really upset my right knee.

Three months ago, I slipped on the ice and wrenched by right shoulder, that is almost fully healed.  Two weeks ago while I was gardening, I did something to my right knee and it's very sore.  My knee is sore enough that I kind of fall onto the toilet seat, much like my mother used to.  I've been trying to support myself by hanging onto things which has made my back unhappy.  I'm fucking falling apart.  

Miss Katie turns thirty-two on Sunday.  My middle daughter and her fiancee are flying out here on Thursday to help with my retirement party, except my retirement party isn't this weekend..  My daughter wanted to cater the party but she booked the flight for the wrong weekend, so now she's coming out twice this month.  I'm not complaining, it will be so nice to spend time with her and Katie will be so happy to see her as well.  And the upside, they'll be here for Katie's birthday.  Katie has three grey hairs now; she's obviously not going to grey young like I did.  It's hard to believe that it's been thirty-two years since she was born.  She was supposed to be called Annie but she was a giant baby, 10lbs 11oz, and didn't look like an Annie.  She ended up in NICU because her lungs were wet and she was hypotonic, but two nights after she was born, we took her home.  There is no way to describe how much I love this girl, or how much I worry about her.  She is my hard gift and the two of us are bound together as long as we're both alive.

My leopard's bane is blooming which makes me happy.  It was so cold the other day and today it's 24C (75F).