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HouCuseChickie
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It probably could have been 8-layer if I'd halved the layers...but it was lazy
That's really too bad. I get that it's a lot of sugar, but it's a birthday cake! I'm sure it looked and tasted great!
HouCuseChickie
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Thank you! I wish K could have peanut butter. It would open up so many cake and dessert options. The flavors on this one were interesting and everyone seemed to taste it a bit differently. For the frosting, K and I taste the honey, but Sam tastes the lemon.
It's the other hand. She still has another week, but I'm praying this turns out to be a big nothing. She got to meet her new team yesterday and participate in some of their practice. I know she was just itching to get out there and be able to do the full practice.
HouCuseChickie
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Good morning.
Checking in with a leg workout. It was good. It went by rather quickly, which is always a good thing for me.
I started using my new light box today. I think I need to mess around with it. There is a setting where you can choose the shade of white that is most comfortable for your eyes. I'm still messing around with that setting--also the timer. I thought I had set it for 20 min and I looked at my phone and saw that 30 minutes had passed by. Oops.
I finished cutting out my felt "toast" for my MNSSHP costume, I just need to glue it together. I am just going to safety pin it to my top. I am also staying home this week and not going up to JC. It's taking me longer than I had anticipated to deep clean my house before my MIL arrives, so I want to get to a point where I feel I've made serious progress.
I'm glad you're at least able to see the signs of the change and have some means to help cope with it. I remember a number of friends dealing with this during college as we were in one of the worst cities for seasonal affective disorder. I've always been sort of the opposite. There aren't many studies on it, but I tend to be at my happiest as we lose daylight and have gloomy/overcast conditions. Sam seems to be the same way. While I don't normally notice it until sometime in September, I start getting this boost as we approach autumn.
Can't wait to see the finished costume! Also making me feel like I should have done more to clean our house!
I ran the robot vacuum...even had to clean out the brush. That's something!
HouCuseChickie
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Yesterday was more of an unconventional physical activity day. K and I drove across town and put in about an hour at the shelter.
I think we walked around 10 dogs, but some required more physical exertion than others. One of my dogs really enjoyed walking me...to the point that I decided we should do an on/off jog. That was all well and good until pooper scooper needs were an issue. So, K volunteered for that while I managed two dogs. They were kennel mates, so it was fine. I ended up taking them into a big field where we were able to run them some more and play some games. We contemplated staying more than an hour, but...
1. One of the really vocal know-it-all ladies showed up and immediately tried bossing us.
2. Kendall was stung by a bee.
I was really shocked that the shelter didn't have any kind of first aid kit. My gut says they do, because how could they not? I believe it's an OSHA requirement. Thankfully, K is not allergic to things like this, but I still left with her to get her some meds just in case. Between the lack of first aid kit, the cranky volunteers, and the long drive to get there and back...we're kind of over this. Unfortunately, the volunteer commitment is a minimum of twice a month for 6 months, so we're only about halfway through our obligation. They also won't sign anything for school related stuff until she's volunteered at least 30 hours. While that's not a huge amount, she's in school full time, I work full time, we both have other obligations, the shelter is 40 miles away, is never open longer than 11am to 6pm, and involves a route with a lot of rush hour traffic. K already volunteers at the library and has other short term volunteer opportunities that she might be able to finish in time for NHS this year. i.e. we'll fulfill our 6 months at the shelter, but she probably will never meet 30 hours to get anything signed. It's still something she can list...she just won't have the signed paper from the shelter.
In other news...K passed her driving test. She didn't even realize she was taking the test!
The driving school she went to is licensed to administer the test as her final road lesson. What she thought was a practice test was her actual road test. She got a 98 out of 100. She insists that she should have gotten a 100 and that the woman was looking down at her notepad when she did what the lady said she didn't do, but it doesn't really matter...she passed. We head to DPS today to give them everything to get her official license. And now I have about 4 months to figure out a car...since we told her it's waiting until Hanukkah/Christmas.
I think we walked around 10 dogs, but some required more physical exertion than others. One of my dogs really enjoyed walking me...to the point that I decided we should do an on/off jog. That was all well and good until pooper scooper needs were an issue. So, K volunteered for that while I managed two dogs. They were kennel mates, so it was fine. I ended up taking them into a big field where we were able to run them some more and play some games. We contemplated staying more than an hour, but...1. One of the really vocal know-it-all ladies showed up and immediately tried bossing us.
2. Kendall was stung by a bee.
I was really shocked that the shelter didn't have any kind of first aid kit. My gut says they do, because how could they not? I believe it's an OSHA requirement. Thankfully, K is not allergic to things like this, but I still left with her to get her some meds just in case. Between the lack of first aid kit, the cranky volunteers, and the long drive to get there and back...we're kind of over this. Unfortunately, the volunteer commitment is a minimum of twice a month for 6 months, so we're only about halfway through our obligation. They also won't sign anything for school related stuff until she's volunteered at least 30 hours. While that's not a huge amount, she's in school full time, I work full time, we both have other obligations, the shelter is 40 miles away, is never open longer than 11am to 6pm, and involves a route with a lot of rush hour traffic. K already volunteers at the library and has other short term volunteer opportunities that she might be able to finish in time for NHS this year. i.e. we'll fulfill our 6 months at the shelter, but she probably will never meet 30 hours to get anything signed. It's still something she can list...she just won't have the signed paper from the shelter.
In other news...K passed her driving test. She didn't even realize she was taking the test!
The driving school she went to is licensed to administer the test as her final road lesson. What she thought was a practice test was her actual road test. She got a 98 out of 100. She insists that she should have gotten a 100 and that the woman was looking down at her notepad when she did what the lady said she didn't do, but it doesn't really matter...she passed. We head to DPS today to give them everything to get her official license. And now I have about 4 months to figure out a car...since we told her it's waiting until Hanukkah/Christmas.
ajrwdwgirl
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Yesterday was more of an unconventional physical activity day. K and I drove across town and put in about an hour at the shelter.
1. One of the really vocal know-it-all ladies showed up and immediately tried bossing us.
2. Kendall was stung by a bee.
I was really shocked that the shelter didn't have any kind of first aid kit. My gut says they do, because how could they not? I believe it's an OSHA requirement. Thankfully, K is not allergic to things like this, but I still left with her to get her some meds just in case. Between the lack of first aid kit, the cranky volunteers, and the long drive to get there and back...we're kind of over this. Unfortunately, the volunteer commitment is a minimum of twice a month for 6 months, so we're only about halfway through our obligation. They also won't sign anything for school related stuff until she's volunteered at least 30 hours. While that's not a huge amount, she's in school full time, I work full time, we both have other obligations, the shelter is 40 miles away, is never open longer than 11am to 6pm, and involves a route with a lot of rush hour traffic. K already volunteers at the library and has other short term volunteer opportunities that she might be able to finish in time for NHS this year. i.e. we'll fulfill our 6 months at the shelter, but she probably will never meet 30 hours to get anything signed. It's still something she can list...she just won't have the signed paper from the shelter.
In other news...K passed her driving test. She didn't even realize she was taking the test!
Congrats to K on passing her driving test! So crazy about an animal shelter not having anything for first aid. They should at least have something for the animals!
HouCuseChickie
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I suspect they just don't know where it is. They have a clinic in the building next to the adoption center, so surely there have got to be some first aid supplies over there.
Sans Souci
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I'm glad you're at least able to see the signs of the change and have some means to help cope with it. I remember a number of friends dealing with this during college as we were in one of the worst cities for seasonal affective disorder. I've always been sort of the opposite. There aren't many studies on it, but I tend to be at my happiest as we lose daylight and have gloomy/overcast conditions. Sam seems to be the same way. While I don't normally notice it until sometime in September, I start getting this boost as we approach autumn.
Can't wait to see the finished costume! Also making me feel like I should have done more to clean our house!
You are the third person I know who says they feel energized in the Fall. Oddly enough, you all live in the South, so I wonder if it is the reprieve from intense sun and heat? I read there are people who get Seasonal Affective Disorder in the Spring and the symptoms are loss of appetite, anxiety, insomnia--the opposite of the Fall symptoms.
My costume is really basic. I know some people go all out with the Disney costumes. I am about being cheap and cheerful--and not blowing my luggage weight. My husband wears Mickey skeleton T-shirt and that is the extent of his "costume."
Sans Souci
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Yesterday was more of an unconventional physical activity day. K and I drove across town and put in about an hour at the shelter.
1. One of the really vocal know-it-all ladies showed up and immediately tried bossing us.
2. Kendall was stung by a bee.
I was really shocked that the shelter didn't have any kind of first aid kit. My gut says they do, because how could they not? I believe it's an OSHA requirement. Thankfully, K is not allergic to things like this, but I still left with her to get her some meds just in case. Between the lack of first aid kit, the cranky volunteers, and the long drive to get there and back...we're kind of over this. Unfortunately, the volunteer commitment is a minimum of twice a month for 6 months, so we're only about halfway through our obligation. They also won't sign anything for school related stuff until she's volunteered at least 30 hours. While that's not a huge amount, she's in school full time, I work full time, we both have other obligations, the shelter is 40 miles away, is never open longer than 11am to 6pm, and involves a route with a lot of rush hour traffic. K already volunteers at the library and has other short term volunteer opportunities that she might be able to finish in time for NHS this year. i.e. we'll fulfill our 6 months at the shelter, but she probably will never meet 30 hours to get anything signed. It's still something she can list...she just won't have the signed paper from the shelter.
In other news...K passed her driving test. She didn't even realize she was taking the test!
Congrats to K on passing her driving test. That's funny that she didn't even know she was being tested. What kind of car were you thinking of getting her?
X1000 for the crabby volunteers. What was the problem? It sounds like you were doing what you were supposed to be doing. I would think they would have had a first aid kit, too. Forty miles away in heavy traffic? Oof. I hope this goes by quickly for you guys. Maybe it's good you are sticking it out, because you can't always quit a job or a project when a coworker is a crabby pants--maybe a little "life lesson." I hope the next visits are bettering this goes by quickly, so you can both put it behind you.
Sans Souci
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Good morning 
Checking in with an upper body strength training workout, it was kind of low-key. It was perfect for today, because I slept so poorly. It is my own fault. I got sucked into the TV series, "Severance." I watched the first episode when it came out and I thought it was kind of boring. I didn't watch another episode. I was looking for something to watch, since my husband went up to JC. So, I decided to watch another episode of this show. It was a bit better, but I started falling asleep. Then I saw the episode only had like 15 minutes left, so I tried to stay awake to finish. The last few minutes just took off and I was wide awake. I had to see what happened in the following episode, then the next one. I only stopped because my internet went out and then it was after 1 AM. I was kind of wired from this show, so I couldn't fall asleep. I woke around 4. So, I am not watching anything tense or dramatic tonight. I used to have this issue on Thursday nights after watching "ER" a million years ago...
Checking in with an upper body strength training workout, it was kind of low-key. It was perfect for today, because I slept so poorly. It is my own fault. I got sucked into the TV series, "Severance." I watched the first episode when it came out and I thought it was kind of boring. I didn't watch another episode. I was looking for something to watch, since my husband went up to JC. So, I decided to watch another episode of this show. It was a bit better, but I started falling asleep. Then I saw the episode only had like 15 minutes left, so I tried to stay awake to finish. The last few minutes just took off and I was wide awake. I had to see what happened in the following episode, then the next one. I only stopped because my internet went out and then it was after 1 AM. I was kind of wired from this show, so I couldn't fall asleep. I woke around 4. So, I am not watching anything tense or dramatic tonight. I used to have this issue on Thursday nights after watching "ER" a million years ago...
Songbird76
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That seems weird to me that the shelter won't sign off on fewer than 30 hours. Why is that? Is volunteer work mandatory for her school? We only had to do 2 hours I think, which was difficult enough in our town. We had no shelters, no nursing home, no hospital...there were no real opportunities. Our school arranged a trip to Denver every year for graduating seniors to get their credit, and they worked in a homeless shelter, but my mom wouldn't let me go on that trip. I ended up using my D.A.R.E. role model experience as my community service credit. I don't like that requirement....I get that it's important for kids to be well-rounded, but with all the other things they expect kids to do, I think it's too much to expect volunteer work as well. I had my school and homework, I had a job, I had speech and debate, student council, honor society, drama, music, and church, too....when was I supposed to fit in extra stuff? Volunteer work should be.....voluntary. It should be something feel called to do because they see a need and they feel passionately about making a difference. Otherwise their hearts aren't in it.Yesterday was more of an unconventional physical activity day. K and I drove across town and put in about an hour at the shelter.
1. One of the really vocal know-it-all ladies showed up and immediately tried bossing us.
2. Kendall was stung by a bee.
I was really shocked that the shelter didn't have any kind of first aid kit. My gut says they do, because how could they not? I believe it's an OSHA requirement. Thankfully, K is not allergic to things like this, but I still left with her to get her some meds just in case. Between the lack of first aid kit, the cranky volunteers, and the long drive to get there and back...we're kind of over this. Unfortunately, the volunteer commitment is a minimum of twice a month for 6 months, so we're only about halfway through our obligation. They also won't sign anything for school related stuff until she's volunteered at least 30 hours. While that's not a huge amount, she's in school full time, I work full time, we both have other obligations, the shelter is 40 miles away, is never open longer than 11am to 6pm, and involves a route with a lot of rush hour traffic. K already volunteers at the library and has other short term volunteer opportunities that she might be able to finish in time for NHS this year. i.e. we'll fulfill our 6 months at the shelter, but she probably will never meet 30 hours to get anything signed. It's still something she can list...she just won't have the signed paper from the shelter.
In other news...K passed her driving test. She didn't even realize she was taking the test!
Congrats to K on getting her license! That's exciting! Well done! Will she buy a car herself?
HouCuseChickie
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You are the third person I know who says they feel energized in the Fall. Oddly enough, you all live in the South, so I wonder if it is the reprieve from intense sun and heat? I read there are people who get Seasonal Affective Disorder in the Spring and the symptoms are loss of appetite, anxiety, insomnia--the opposite of the Fall symptoms.
My costume is really basic. I know some people go all out with the Disney costumes. I am about being cheap and cheerful--and not blowing my luggage weight. My husband wears Mickey skeleton T-shirt and that is the extent of his "costume."
I think you're on to something. I didn't notice this until our move to FL in the early 90s. When you think about it, my summer issues (which can go from April to early November), are tied to hot weather. The more it heats up outside, the more we start to retreat inside. So, while the days are longer and have more natural light, we're intentionally shutting that out because of the heat. We don't block all of the light downstairs, but upstairs, all of the windows have heavy wooden blinds paired with blackout drapes. It helps keep the house cool, but it's dark enough that you can't even see lightning during a thunderstorm.
We've only had one experience with the Halloween party, but I took a similar approach for my husband and myself. I recall seeing some really elaborate creations, but like you, I needed my luggage to for more than just costume space/weight.
HouCuseChickie
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Congrats to K on passing her driving test. That's funny that she didn't even know she was being tested. What kind of car were you thinking of getting her?
At least she didn't have to deal with the stress and anxiety most people face when taking their test. I love that the driving school handled the testing. Although, the part at the DPS office was also a breeze. We arrived 15 minutes early for our appointment, they took us as soon as I checked in and were done about a minute before our actual appointment time. I am developing a short list of vehicles. The Subaru Forester is currently at the top, but I have to be careful with years since some years of this model (as well as several others on the list) were impacted by the Takata airbag recall. I completely had forgotten about it until my boss reminded me. One of his eldest daughter's friends was one of the casualties.
She's never happy with the dogs we've selected to walk. I was in a kennel getting a leash on a dog when she tried to give orders to Kendall. She claimed that the dogs we were leashing up had already been walked and that we needed to go two kennel rows.buildings down because none of the dogs there had been walked yet. We ignored her and walked what we wanted that was in our clearance level. In hindsight...
1. If those dogs two rows down were such a high priority and hadn't been walked yet, why wasn't she down there walking them?
2. The shelter is only open 11-5:30 on Sundays. The dogs we were leashing up had their first walk around 11am and it was now after 2pm. Seems right on schedule for a second walk. Both were housebroken and used some of the time to relieve themselves.
Personally, I think she's just trying to be territorial and keep us away from her in the areas she's walking. When we heard her come back in, she sounded angry and frustrated with the dog she was walking. I do think it's good that we stick it out, for all of the reasons you noted. Plus, cranky people don't get to win
Kendall seems OK with not meeting the 30 hours, but understands that we have to do this through November to fulfill our obligation. And who knows...maybe we can squeeze in the time at some point so she can get the hours. If I could get away for just one day of her October break, we could try a marathon 7 hour shift.
HouCuseChickie
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In a way, I feel like it's done to dissuade students from volunteering at the shelter. I've seen other volunteer facilities have minimums of 10-20 hours, but I guess the shelter wants more to prove they were a truly dedicated volunteer. Which is funny, because being a shelter volunteer (regardless of the shelter) is one of the few where you have to pay to volunteer. Her school doesn't mandate volunteer work, but it's a must if you want a chance at National Honor Society and colleges are looking for it on your applications. I really need to see if there's anything she can do for a weekend, since NHS doesn't seem to care about duration...just that you've done something. That's too bad that your mom wouldn't let you go to Denver and unfortunate that you didn't have more local opportunities. We have lots of options here, but time is the issue. She has school and homework, her pre-calc and physics courses this year are for college credit- so she has additional work for those, she's made varsity choir this year so she has an increased performance schedule and is expected to try for region and All State, she dropped student council (not by choice)- because the director decided to trim it down to officers and turned it back into the popularity contest you see in the movies, there's softball, debate, volunteering at the library, volunteering at the shelter, and a couple of clubs she's added in that her counselor felt would look good. She really does enjoy our shelter time when the crabby volunteers aren't around, so it's really just some toxic people tarnishing something she normally would like.
I wish she could buy a car, but this kid has no time for a job. So, one more thing to add into our budgeting. At least her grades get us a discount on auto insurance.
Sans Souci
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At least she didn't have to deal with the stress and anxiety most people face when taking their test. I love that the driving school handled the testing. Although, the part at the DPS office was also a breeze. We arrived 15 minutes early for our appointment, they took us as soon as I checked in and were done about a minute before our actual appointment time. I am developing a short list of vehicles. The Subaru Forester is currently at the top, but I have to be careful with years since some years of this model (as well as several others on the list) were impacted by the Takata airbag recall. I completely had forgotten about it until my boss reminded me. One of his eldest daughter's friends was one of the casualties.
She's never happy with the dogs we've selected to walk. I was in a kennel getting a leash on a dog when she tried to give orders to Kendall. She claimed that the dogs we were leashing up had already been walked and that we needed to go two kennel rows.buildings down because none of the dogs there had been walked yet. We ignored her and walked what we wanted that was in our clearance level. In hindsight...
1. If those dogs two rows down were such a high priority and hadn't been walked yet, why wasn't she down there walking them?
2. The shelter is only open 11-5:30 on Sundays. The dogs we were leashing up had their first walk around 11am and it was now after 2pm. Seems right on schedule for a second walk. Both were housebroken and used some of the time to relieve themselves.
Personally, I think she's just trying to be territorial and keep us away from her in the areas she's walking. When we heard her come back in, she sounded angry and frustrated with the dog she was walking. I do think it's good that we stick it out, for all of the reasons you noted. Plus, cranky people don't get to win
I am glad you ignored her!
it sounds like you prioritized the right dogs anyhow. I do think it's weird she doesn't want you in the same area she is walking. What does it even matter? I wonder if she is a little short with the dogs and she can't be a jerk to the dogs when others around. What a grouch.
Sans Souci
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Hello-
Checking in with a glutes and hamstrings workout.
I have a banana bread with a cream cheese ribbon through it in the oven. I just felt like baking something. I really didn't need to turn the oven on today, but I wanted something to do that wasn't cleaning the house. I wish my husband and my son would go away for a few days, because it would be easier to get the cleaning done. This is taking longer than I thought because my house has gotten cluttered the past two years. It was so much easier to clean when my son was in HS and my husband was in an actual office.
I finished "Severance" yesterday. The series ended with even more questions--annoying. I like this show, but I find it deeply unnerving and a bit unsettling to watch. It's not violent or gory, it's just...weird. But it's a very different type of series.
Checking in with a glutes and hamstrings workout.
I have a banana bread with a cream cheese ribbon through it in the oven. I just felt like baking something. I really didn't need to turn the oven on today, but I wanted something to do that wasn't cleaning the house. I wish my husband and my son would go away for a few days, because it would be easier to get the cleaning done. This is taking longer than I thought because my house has gotten cluttered the past two years. It was so much easier to clean when my son was in HS and my husband was in an actual office.
I finished "Severance" yesterday. The series ended with even more questions--annoying.
I like this show, but I find it deeply unnerving and a bit unsettling to watch. It's not violent or gory, it's just...weird. But it's a very different type of series.
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Songbird76
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I was thinking maybe they were walking a dog that SHE wanted to walk.....that she likes particular ones and they were leashing one that she views as "hers" and was trying to get them to go somewhere else so she could have "her" dog.I am glad you ignored her!
Songbird76
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Yes! I find it difficult to clean my house. For the longest time, my husband was working from home and the kids did remote learning, so I couldn't clean during the day while everyone was at home on the computer having teams meetings. But I work in the evening, so I wasn't home to do the cleaning, and so nothing got done with any regularity. I did clean it up back in May quite a bit and got rid of some toys that were taking up a lot of space. But now my husband is building his own computer and we have a small house....there's actually no room for this gaming computer, so he put it on the kitchen table. And there is plastic all over the place and cardboard boxes and everything from all the computer parts. And it's still WAY too hot to do anything today. Still in the 90s, inside and out, so I'm not cleaning today. And I have to work tonight, and I also have no AC at work, so I'm definitely not working at home first and then going to work. I need a week of cooler temps so I can get things back in order in the house!Hello-
Checking in with a glutes and hamstrings workout.
I have a banana bread with a cream cheese ribbon through it in the oven. I just felt like baking something. I really didn't need to turn the oven on today, but I wanted something to do that wasn't cleaning the house. I wish my husband and my son would go away for a few days, because it would be easier to get the cleaning done. This is taking longer than I thought because my house has gotten cluttered the past two years. It was so much easier to clean when my son was in HS and my husband was in an actual office.
I finished "Severance" yesterday. The series ended with even more questions--annoying.
HouCuseChickie
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I am glad you ignored her!
My husband wants me to give her a piece of my mind, but I really think that's going to do more harm than good. It will likely agitate the dogs, it won't look good if there are possible adopters around us, I'm sure it would make more of the tenured volunteers lash out at us, and it's not a good example for Kendall. Payment or not, it's still a job and there are more professional ways of handling things. If ignoring her doesn't do the trick, I can always reach out to the volunteer coordinator and copy the onsite behaviorist. since I know they support following the color coding system. If I do say anything, I'm going to have to take the difficult coworker approach and try to find the right words.
I'm really not sure what to make of any of of it. Maybe we were walking dogs she wanted to walk? Maybe she doesn't like witnesses to her dog handling skills, or lack of them. I know she's been volunteering for quite a long time and volunteers at multiple shelters, so I know this could be pretty bad for us if it gets ugly. I just want to get through it and then put it in the rear view mirror.
Sans Souci
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Yeah, that, too. It's just a really unprofessional way to conduct yourself. Being professional means not being a Sulky Sally 'cause someone else is walking "your" dogs.
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