Doggie Sitting

So I have talked about how much we think our dogs are furry people..... so the Mother, Howie and Rands are on a business trip to NY and then the Beau is in Boston. Since A.B. and Big L..... are busy.... I got picked to watch the furry "children." It's been awhile since I have watch Murray... and I haven't had the chance to watch both Louie and Murray at the same time, so I looked at it as an adventure. I got to the parentals on Saturday and the "baby sitting" started. It's like I have 2 kids, Louie follows me around and must be with me every moment, then Murray is more relaxed....since it is "his" house but can be very demanding. As I told you before Murray was sick and he is getting better. Although now he is on a very specific schedule..... for eating. He has to get fed 4 times a day, a little wet food and a little hard food. now since Louie is here.... he has to get fed at the same time... or there are issues. Only problem is they have to eat different food... so it was little scary the first time I put the food down. But then I figured out that if I make both bowls at once and put them down at the same time.... everything is fine. We have been doing pretty good.... only one accident.... which I think was cause Murray ate a tissue yesterday, then again who knows. Plus I tried to sleep in a little on Sunday morning and didn't fed Murray at his normal time, so he got sick on the bed.... good thing The parentals have more then 1 washer and dryer. But after a load of 2 everything was back to normal
Last night I got the great idea to take the "boys" for a ride in the car, when I had to take Skinny back to the fort..... BIG MISTAKE.... Murray was fine ... he loves riding in the car... but Louie.... was a different story. He hates small spaces, so I figured he would be good in the Mother's van... so he could walk around. He was fine for a while...but he has doggie ADD....so he was running around the back of the van, then when the car stopped at the fort he tried to claw his way out. Good thing we got there early and had a leash for him. skinny got out of the car to smoke 1 last cigarette and talk to me for a little bit more before he had to go inside..... he took Louie and let him run around for a little bit. Which did work,since once Louie got back in the car he was fine..... well until we were about 3 minutes from the house.... then he started to freak out again....he was pacing and crying..... he tried to climb on top of Murray to see out the window. it was insane.... how fast he got crazy. I really don't know how Rands does it all the time. I think I might get him some doggie ritalin. Also I get the wonderful pleasure of sleeping with the dogs.... you would be surprise how much space 2-35 lbs. animals take up in a bed. There is almost no room for me.... and it is in a queen size bed..... I have been woken up a couple times a night.... when they need to move. Not to mention they bark at everything.... i will be happy when the Beau comes home on Thursday... so then I only have to deal with 1 bed hog.... then. Still the whole thing has been easy, I don't have cable at home,so at the parentals I have been able to watch some cool stuff... and there is a ton of food...so I didn't have to worry about grocery shopping. All in all it is a pretty good gig.
On another front I went to the oral surgeon.... and thought I was going to be able to schedule my surgery..... but they couldn't find my mold of my teeth that the orthodontist sent over last month... so once then find them and look at them.... then I can schedule..... still shooting for late April/early May. I did find out I will only have to be out of work for 2 weeks maybe...... that's if everything goes as planned. Right now Dr. S is planning on only having to move my top jaw, and not have to wire my month shut... then I would have my month rudder banded... and should be able to start talking after a day or so. Only 1 night in the hospital... hopefully too. But it will all depend once he gets into my month and see what he needs to do. Now the worse case, would be.... he would have to move my top and bottom jaw,plus my chin.. then wire my month shut.... so I'm hoping for the easier surgery and only 6 weeks of liquid or soft food. I guess we will see how the surgery goes and also once the doc has a little more information.
Skinny has 48 hours now for his furloughs..... but we haven't really been able to spend more then a night together...since I have the doggie watching thing.... but then again we will have a bunch of weekends to do that. I just talked to him and he took his Phase 3 test... and passed... so He is just that much closer to graduating. He tells me that most people are only there another 2-3 months once they get into Phase3... so it looks like the plan of graduating in the end of May... really might come true... I guess we will see.