Bingo Hall…Bridge Club…Bingo Hall…Bridge Club…

The first time I read this, I was very, very sad. Our collective IQ must be deteriorating if even inventors are getting stupid. Ok, here’s the premise. They want to take Alzheimers patients and give them RFID tags so their caregivers can track their wanderings and, in theory, come find them when they get lost. …

What’s This? A Normal Life?

Finally! I’m home and starting to feel like a normal human being again! For the first few days, I was so overwhelmed. I was trying to figure out where the dog fit into my day, plus trying to read the fifty odd emails I had set aside to read when I got home, plus decompressing …

Carin’s Guide Dog Diary: Day 29

Oh my god. I’m on the plane. My beautiful beast is at my feet. I’m…done! She’s mine and I made it! This morning I couldn’t sleep past 3. I ran around my room and tried to make sure everything was packed. I pray I’m not heading for an adrenal crash. My body is trying to …

Carin’s Guide Dog Diary: Day 26

Notes from Steve: Here’s day 26. Turns out Carin messed up my email address when she sent it out. Guess I know how important I am now, hahaha. I mean of all the people to not remember…Gees. Ridiculous. Also, Carin made it home without incident yesterday and her and Trixie are both settling in nicely. …

Carin’s Guide Dog Diary: Day 27

Note from Steve: Yes, I realize that we’re jumping from day 25 to 27. I’m not sure what happened to 26, but I don’t have it. that means that it’s either lost in email land somewhere or that one of us made a mistake in the numbering at some point. Since I’m not entirely certain …

Carin’s Guide Dog Diary: Day 25

Yea! Things are looking up! Yea! First, the brace is staying on longer. They figured out the metal parts bend. Now that they’ve bent, it’ll stay on longer. It will eventually slide down, but it’ll stay on longer. I got up this morning after oversleeping and went to feed Trixie. Then I tried to get …

Carin’s Guide Dog Diary: Day 24

So I woke up this morning filled with this sadness and anger. I was sad because I don’t look forward to guide work right now because frankly it hurts. It hurts and I never know when it’s going to kill. And I’m mad that this had to happen right at the end, cheating me out …