I've been sick. REALLY sick. Flat on my back for a week home from work. Poor Steph has had to suffer through it with me via email..... It is amazing how much we talk to each other even though we live 3 time zones apart and see each other once every fiver years if we are lucky. She knows more about what is going on with me then my mom... Yay gmail chat.....
ANyways.
Sick.
A nasty flubug. It starts with a cough, then turns into a fever and lots of aches and pains. Stays that way for 5 days. Doesn't let you sleep much. It started last Monday and today - Sunday I left the house for the first time. It was good to be out. It is a beautiful 9 degrees outside today the sun is shining not a cloud in the sky..
Anyways. For Valentines I gave the Dictator a really sweet gift. Very thoughtful of me. I gave him my flu. He had to work yesterday but when he came home we spent the entire evening on the couch passing the bottle of buckley's back and forth taking each other's temperature. So far he has missed out on the worst of it and seems to have jumped straight to the cough part with me.
I hope this hasn't put me to behind on my show. It was not the way I had intended things to be. I was going to a ahead on it this week so that I wouldn't be stressed if I was starting my film this week. (I may have a real job starting soon - I'll say more when it actually starts) But now I'm a week behind.
I had also hoped to finish my wearable art dress. Didn't do that either... Joy....
I am very glad I am feeling better though. Three Dog Bakery opened up in Port Moody this weekend - I had no idea! This is bad news for me but the girls are excited! Our short walk took us there this afternoon and Daddy bought them treats. Lucky for me their debit machines aren't working yet. They have all their delicious looking cookies and treats.
The short walk wore me out. I had to have a nap when we came home. Sad really...
My cough is still super nasty, and my sinuses are weird - making me dizzy, making my ears hurt, stuff like that. But I'm glad to be off the couch moving around again.
blah blah blah.
I'm rambling and not very focused.
And yes Minou was an excellent little nursemaid as usual. And Birdie - well she always tries.... and is awfully cute doing it.

i'm sick.
my nod won't stob running.
i feel horrible.
I did shower this morning and get dressed but I soon went back into pjs and a housecoat.
I crawled up on the couch and the girls crawled with me - right into my housecoat. And they stayed there when I stood up, when I went downstairs, when I went to check my email, when I went back to the couch and so on and so forth. They only recently hopped out after about 3 hours of me carrying them around like that.
I told luc I had new love handles but after seeing the picture it is more like saggy boobs. Ahh a glimpse of the future. hee hee.



Anyhoo. It is just a cold that everyone has been passing around - it was only a matter of time before it was my turn. It is a good weekend to be sick. My dad is gone, it is cold outside, and I have no stressful assignments or work to be done for monday. I think I will just 'enjoy' this cold and spend it on the couch in front of the fire and tv with my puppies and sweetheart.

Happy Belated Easter.
We were away for the weekend and my sister somehow lives with dial up. I wasn't even going to try looking anything up.

She is living in Castlegar out on an acreage. It could be nice if it WASN'T SNOWING. None of us Vancouver types were prepared. We showed up in jean jackets and hoodies, no winter boots or mittens so we stayed inside most of the time.

Minou decided to spice things up a bit our first night there. Madelaine and her have NEVER gotten along. NEVER. But usually scraps are avoided. This time we weren't so lucky. Jenn went to pick up Minou and Madelaine lunged - just cause she wanted attention too. Minou of course freaked and nipped at her. This is when Jenn claims she pierced Madelaine's tongue. We have no actual proof of this. I can't help but wonder if Madelaine didn't pierce her own tongue as she always has it hanging out.

Well Madelaine retalliated and within a second she was on top of a screaming Minou. I grabbed Madelaine by the collar and pulled her up with Minou still in her mouth so the two of them were dangling. I was sooo scared my sweetie was dead except for the fact she was still screaming. Madelaine let go and I might have kicked her for good measure - I don't really remember I was in full on 'get minou back' mode.
I grabbed her and she continued screaming for a bit. But finally quieted down. She was just clinging to me so I couldn't even see what the injuries were. Everyone jumped up to look at her. She is lucky. She is fine. She could have lost and eye amoungst other things - she was pretty banged up on the one side with cuts in her neck and on her eyelid. This picture is from the next morning and the swelling around her eye was already gone and alot of the redness disappeared.

So that was fun. Madelaine was kept on a leash in the house for the rest of the weekend and I wore Minou in a sling all day Saturday as she was totally freaked out. Birdie was pretty shaken too and kept going up to Minou to check her out.
My sister likes to blame Minou - and maybe she did instigate it but Madelaine shouldn't try and EAT HER. A simple warning shot back would suffice.
The rest of the weekend was fine. There was a few more dog fights - none of which involved Minou or Birdie.
There was lots of wii playing.
LOTS of eating. Although I am on a no caffiene no chocolate diet which is brutal over Easter... The dictator got his second birthday cake. (it was his birthday on the 17th)
Now it is time to get back to studying for my last two weeks of classes and exams.... EEPS. I am already procrastinating.

Hope everyone had a much less eventful vacation then us.

went to the doctor...
it wasn't just the flu
I have bronchitis

and yes my boob is still yellow with a faint purple hue

i'm going to sleep the afternoon away in hopes I can muster up enough energy to sit through Marilyn Manson tonight. I don't want to miss the concert. I can just sit there and enjoy the show right? Buy a t-shirt. Hopefully the antibiotics will kick in sooner rather then later. (I know the usual is 24 hours)

welcome to my world.

on the good side Minou and Birdie seem to love spending all day on the couch with me cuddling. although I wish I could take them for a walk it is a beautiful sunny day outside.

i think this will be the final one unless steph edits it. have to hand it in tomorrow and am not feeling up to much else right now.
still feeling ill. i don't think it is an infection, just a flu. nice timing. anybody want to trade bodies? i am so over mine. it has been nothing but trouble. maybe it would get along with someone else better. i've tried to be good to it - it just doesn't like me.
until someone trades with me i'm curled up on the couch with the girls. birdie is dreaming next to me twitching and barking in her sleep. minou is curled up down by my feet. out of juice - anyone want to bring me some juice?

I am home.
I don't feel very good anymore - the sugar rush wore off pretty quickly when I got to the vet.
They gave me many many needles.
I still didn't throw up or poop though.I won't give up my chocolate that easily. Last night I slept with mommy on the couch. I don't usually let her cuddle me that much but I liked it last night. I didn't feel good so I cried a little and let her kiss my head all night.
When she took the pink bandage off my leg she started to cry again. They ripped a bunch of my skin so it was all bloody and scabbed in two spots, and then she saw the big bruise from the IV. It is kind of shocking. My leg is only 3/4" wide there and it spans the entires width and is about 1" long. A nice dark purple with some yellow mixed in, you can clearly see it under my blonde hair. I don't think I will let anyone touch it today.
Luckily Mommy doesn't have to go anywhere until Daddy gets home from work do she can watch me and Birdie all day....

Minou is in the hospital.
Ugh.
I am worried again....


She is to smart for her own good. While I was at work she went on the table and took a 70% dark chocolate bar, opened the plastic wrapper and ate half of it.

She was definitely on a sugar rush and super hyper.

I called th ER vet and they said get her to the nearest vet ASAP to induce vomiting. Unfortunately she ate it too long ago so vomiting isn't working. When they did the math for her weight and how much she had eaten they were all very concerned. I had to leave her there so they could hook her up to an IV and a few other things in an attempt to flush out her system.

As we weren't sure who had actually consumed the chocolate bar they induced vomiting with Birdie too. Birdie's vomit was clear though and they think she is fine. She is heavily sedated in my arms now though. Doesn't even seem to know where she is.


I hope Minou is ok........

Well I feel better and did my best to act perky at the vet today - I even played with other dogs. But I didn't fool him for a second.
I was given more pills to take. I still have blood in my urine. Or as mommy heard the lady vet say "Is Minou here to have her earring checked?" Mommy made the freaking appointment - too bad she doesn't understand english. (She only made the lady vet repeat it 3 times before she clued in) So more little pills twice a day.
I have put some of my weight back on - back to 7.2lbs only .2lbs more today before i am ME again. (I had lost half a pound) Birdie has been porking it on the last year (haha I just farted and Mommy is really grossed out - I think it smells neat) anyways Birdie is up to 6lbs. If she keeps going at that rate by the time she is 3 she will be 12 pounds! That is HUGE!
We met two oter chihuahuas at the vet - Bertie and Finnegan. They were cute - Finnegan was about as friendly as Birdie and tried to bite me twice I was only saying hi. Bertie was cool though. Birdie was actually being friendly too.
Not much else to report. Mommy has been tired from work all week and it does nothing but rain outside. She took her taxes to the accountant and asked if she could claim me and Birdie. Apparently the accountant said no and didn't find it funny. Considering Mommy spent $1300.00 on me and Birdie this week you think she could write a little bit of that off. (Birdie had her vaccines today and I have to go back for mine in a few weeks too)
It is nap time now.
- Minou xoxo

can't sleep... waiting for the vet to open.....

I'm not feeling very good. I've had a bit of a tummy ache for two days. Friday night I had diarrhea all night. It was horrible. And then all day again Saturday. I didn't eat at all. Mommy even went to 3 dog bakery and got me and Birdie treats - but she won't let us have them until I am better. They are just sitting there on the kitchen table WAITING. I can see them when I sit on the back of the couch. They look good. They look like brownies.
Tonight I am feeling a little better though. I had a little crunch crunch a few hours ago and Mommy made me some rice. So far it is staying IN! Mommy said if I am not better tomorrow I am going to the vet. So I HAVE to get better today. Birdie is ok so far which is totally unfair. Although she didn't get any rice and that really ticked her off. HEH HEH.
Mommy started her new job this week too. She was really tired all week. She would go running before work at 5:00am when it is still dark outside. Eeewwww. One day she even went to a class at the gym. She couldn't walk for 2 days afterwards. It was pretty funny. We'll see what happens this week.
Oh and Mommy went to the groomers this weekend. She had her eyebrows down. Ooh lala. I'm sure they are very nice but it is hard to notice with the large zit she is growing in between them. And today she went and got her hair cut. She said to tell you Auntie Steph that she will take a picture of the eyebrows when the hideous monsterous zit has disappeared. Maybe the zit will be another baby sister for me and Birdie - it is THAT big.
I'm going to go pout now. Usually I ask for a greenie at 9:00pm and I always get it. But since this puking/diarrhea thing started I haven't been getting any. I'm not impressed. I make puppy dog eyes, I shake like crazy, and cry a little but no greenies. Maybe tonight I can convince them to give me one.