I don't think I knew how tired I was until Bucky went off to his forever home last Wednesday evening. From all I hear he is doing wonderfully. Got to help his new family, including his canine sister, pick out a Christmas tree, and who knows what else. The report is that he is such a good boy. (Marley's comment about that: "Bucky was holding out on us!!") My guess is that he is loving having a canine friend, which neither of our dogs wanted to do for him. It may also be early days in his new home and he's on his best behavior still. But I hope having a canine buddy is making his world more wonderful.

I have, however, been a slug most of the weekend. I'm completely exhausted after five months of managing Bucky's needs, and have spent a large part of the weekend watching episodes of The Good Doctor on Hulu, reading a little, sleeping a good bit, and eating leftovers. I'm getting a bit more rested, but won't be running any marathons soon.

Still on a bit of a roller coaster with Mickey, trying to get medicine dosages right, but he is stable, and no longer has diarrhea...has gained about 3 ounces. But a long way to go with him still, and I suspect we will be getting a referral to an internal medicine vet pretty soon. We are managing symptoms right now and keeping him stable, but we don't really know what's wrong with him. His brothers go to their new home Friday this week, and it is going to be a bit lonely for him here by himself, but we'll try to keep him entertained.

Our only burst of energy this weekend was a dog therapy visit we did this afternoon, which was fun, and exhausting. Our team was invited to come to a Covid vaccine clinic for children, and 16 teams of dogs went around distracting kids getting shots, and spending time with them while they waited 15 minutes before leaving. (Sorry for the no-heads in the shots, but we don't ever include faces in our photos, and especially with kids.)

Gracie had crowds of kids around her at times, and got enough pets to last her through the rest of the year! She was able to distract some of the kids who were worried about the shot - they get to pet her while it was happening and most didn't even know that it was done. The parents loved seeing the dogs too, and everyone -- parents and staff-- were so glad we were all there. Staff folks told us that the clinic three weeks ago was filled with so many more tears and distress, and today ran easily and quieter. It was a good thing to be doing, and Gracie enjoyed herself.

We are, however, both tired. Satisfied and happy too, but tired. We've both had our dinner and we are chilling for the evening. I don't plan to go to bed just yet...will try to hold out until 9 pm, but Gracie had no such qualms. She's out.

She had fun, though. She is more than happy that Bucky is off with his new family. She's been like glue with me all weekend. I can hardly move without stepping on her. She is on my lap the second I sit down, and though she doesn't usually sleep with us, she's been on the bed all night for the last few days. I think she missed her time with me while Bucky needed a good chunk of my time. She's happy to have me back, I think, and trying to make sure she doesn't have to share for quite awhile again.

I hope that you have all gotten some good family and/or friend time this weekend, that you had some fun, some good food, some rest. We had a lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving, and I hope the same was true for you.

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