Sometimes, I’m too close to what I’m writing about to tell if something works. The story below about Daisy was one of those things. It struck me as funny because I know Daisy — I know how she often just stands there for ages with that blank expression old dogs get when their mind is long gone or only visits on occasion. She isn’t suffering. Mostly, she’s just barely there. It can be like a breathing dog statue. I’ve seen taxidermy more lifelike.

I ask this because someone gave me hell over leaving Daisy outside on the porch. It occurred to me then that I hadn’t told the whole story–I’d left out the part about why we put her outside. Incontinence had something to do with it, but so did us having slick hardwood floors that she could’ve never stood up on, as well as our dogs and cats that that make her jumpy and nervous. Besides, our porch is big and covered and carpeted and cool, with no steps to maneuver.

I’m one of those people who tends to go overboard when it comes to caring for animals, so to get reamed for being cruel was a shock. It stung.

Anyway, Miss Daisy is doing extraordinarily well, and we’ve met even more of our neighbors. One brought us fresh cookies this week!  I absolutely love living in South Charleston! 

Changing the subject — our Poca house is under contract for the third time, and I’m hoping the third time is a charm. We need it to be. I’ve gone from nervous to anxious to stressed to panicked. It’s so frustrating. It’s a good house in a great neighborhood, but we keep getting bad contracts. This latest seems sound and the people are great, but I’m still trying not to get my hopes up. I’ll be nervous right up until the papers are signed.

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