New Year’s Eve 2021… Wow. As I sit here taking that in, my drugged (in anticipation of every idiot within 5 miles of my house setting off fireworks tonight) dog curled up next to me, I am struggling to believe it. Two years ago, none of us every day people had any idea what was… Continue reading Thoughts at year’s end

What do you do when you feel like you just can’t win? I just had my third work day in a row where I felt constantly behind. I let myself get overwhelmed by the stack of charts with blood work to review, messages to return, estimates to put together, reports to write up and phone… Continue reading I’m not sure, but I might be losing my mind a little bit

Nina was not my dog. She was my youngest sister’s dog, for far too little time, but in that short time, that dog won the good life jackpot. Today is one year since Seanan and Adam (that’s my sister and her fiance) said their final, “Good-bye,” to a little dog who meant well, but boy,… Continue reading Nina: a tale of love, trials and loss

People are complicated. And often disappointing. I think that’s why I prefer dogs in many cases; they’re pretty straight forward more often than not. Don’t get me wrong. I have plenty of people that I do like just fine and consider myself lucky in that regard. I have friends, family and coworkers that I have… Continue reading The Good and the Bad in Human Interaction

I cannot believe we’re into November already. This time last year, Justin kept saying that he just needed to get out of 2020, that 2021 would be better. It’s definitely been different, and I guess a little better in some ways. In other ways, I feel like 2020 has just dragged on. And on. As… Continue reading Reflections on the Year’s Upcoming End

Although I was just on vacation a couple of weeks ago, I didn’t come back feeling refreshed. At all. Vermont was perfect and beautiful, but I wanted to be at work even less when I returned than just before I left. Usually, I come back from a trip and feel at least a little bit… Continue reading Finding a Little Peace in South Carolina

Today, October 4, 2021, marks 7 whole years since we brought Rook home. Flint was, of course, a well-established member of our family at that point and had been for 6+ years. Although Justin thought (and still does think) that one dog is perfect, I lived with multiple dogs for bulk of my life before… Continue reading My Rookie Cookie Pie

Rookie and Magic came on vacation last week. We’ll have shared our lives with Rookie for 7 years in a little over a week, and we’ve never brought him on vacation before. (He came for an overnight camping trip once and wasn’t really a fan. Pre-pandemic, he’s traveled to visit family for weekends and holidays… Continue reading Vacationing with Rookie and Magic

I was texting with a friend the other day that lives outside of Boston and that I haven’t spoken with in several months. He asked me how work was going and commented that his dog’s vet “just up and quit with nothing lined up he was so burned out.” I responded to him that, unfortunately,… Continue reading “That’s absurd!”

I’m sure you’ve figured this out by now, but dogs are my favorite creature, by far. When I interviewed at Penn, one of the vet students tasked with sort of interviewing potential incoming students while mostly keeping us entertained during the wait for our real interview sessions asked the group at my table what our… Continue reading The start of a love story