Ruby and Matilda’s new harnesses that Mommy shopped for and ordered have arrived today! Ironically, the same time as my own new “top,” on super sale at Lulu.

Don’t they look cute in their Puppia harnesses? A little dog harness finally made for a big dog. Omg, do you know how much STUFF they make for those little dogs?! Everything! No comfort harnesses for the big girls until recently, according to what I found. These are brand new, just out.

Luckily, they fit! They were almost too big. They have to wear them on the smallest size. And they tried to tell me the XXL harness could fit a cocker spaniel. That would be one ginormous cocker spaniel! I measured very carefully, apparently the people at that company have never measured a cocker spaniel.

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So I mentioned the eye surgery in the last post, but I haven’t blogged about my LASIK plans specifically yet. I’ve been talking about doing it forever, always saying “someday” I was going to do that. The thought of someday being able to get up in the middle of the night and be able to see clearly has always been nice (a.k.a., when I have small children, for instance.)

So thanks to Mike saying “just do it now”, in December we decided I would pursue this after the new year. We have a friend here who just had it done this fall, and I was just going to take his recommendation because he had a very good experience with the doctor.

Well, I called early January and got scheduled for a consultation, it was a little over a week away. No contacts for a week leading up to the consultation. I had my consultation, it went well, and I got scheduled for the surgery for the next week. I liked everyone at the office, and the doctor was perfectly fine. No complaints.

Well, last tuesday they called and said the doctor was having a family emergency and had to move my surgery to this coming friday. Kind of a bummer since we moved the spa day to accommodate the surgery, but oh well. I understood, and I wasn’t really upset.

They called again today and cancelled it. Not really a lot of explanation, just that the doctor is dealing with a family emergency for at least the rest of the month, and they will call me when they know about February.

I’m so frustrated! While of course being concerned for the doctor and feeling sympathetic for what ever is going on, I’m still just really frustrated. There’s a lot of anxiety about having your eye cut open, so that’s one reason I’m ready to get this over with. Plus, I just want to be done! I was ready last week. And now I can’t do it this week, and I can’t do it next week because I am absolutely not moving our spa weekend again, just for them to potentially cancel on me.

I’m really just at a complete loss. I can either just wait until this doctor is doing surgeries again — could potentially be very soon, but I don’t know yet. (They only do them on Fridays.) Or I could switch doctors and wait to get in for a consultation, do the two hour consultation all over again (for which Mike also has to miss work,) then wait for a surgery date. This may not get me done any sooner. AND I have no idea where to go. I don’t really want to go to a Lasik-only place… I really want to go to an ophthalmologist, because I need a regular one anyway and I’d like to continue to see the doctor after the surgery for my regular exams.

I’m trying to keep my frustrations in perspective. But my inability to wear glasses long term is the whole reason I’m getting this done. I’ve had a headache pretty much constantly for three weeks, AND I absolutely cannot make it through yoga class without wanting to cry. So I haven’t been going, and that makes me feel pretty crappy. I cannot have contacts in within two weeks of surgery. And I don’t know when surgery is, so…

Plus, no mascara, no allergy eye drops, and I’m erring on the side of caution on a lot of things. I was even afraid to make an acupuncture appointment within days of my surgery, just incase.

I went ahead and scheduled an acupuncture appointment for tomorrow. Needless to say I’m experiencing a little stress and could use some release.

So I’m hoping for February 12. Which is two and a half weeks away. I have called a couple other places, but just don’t see how I can get in any sooner than what I’m likely to get at the current place. But I haven’t ruled it out. At this point, really all I can do is wallow in my bad luck and just wait.

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I thought day trips would be such a good idea for our Christmas gifts. And so far the idea hasn’t disappointed. But silly me for thinking January would be easier.

We scheduled our Spa day for January 22 – Mike’s gift to me. We scheduled the first of two beer-brewing days on the 23. We scheduled the dogs for boarding and grooming on the 22-23. Then we scheduled my eye surgery for the 22. So we called and moved the spa day to Feb. 12, and cancelled the beer day because we couldn’t find two days two weeks apart that we were free. Bummer. I called and moved the dogs to Feb. 12 and 13 for boarding and grooming. Against my better judgement — they are a mess.

Then they moved my eye surgery from the 22 to the 29. So we rescheduled the beer brewing back to the 23 and went. We’ll go back in two weeks – Feb. 6 – to bottle the beer after it, well, turns into beer.

Then Mike called and said work is in conflict with the spa day and we had to move it again. So we called the spa and moved it UP to Feb. 5. Then I called the dog lounge and moved the dogs up to Feb. 5 and 6. We’re staying at the spa, then we’ll come home, get the dogs, and go bottle beer…

The spa has been on three different dates. The dogs have been on three different dates. The eye surgery has been on two different dates. The beer brewing has only been on one date, then off, then on again.

Amid this Mike has two yoga workshops, one weekend of yoga training, AND we have TWO olympic events in February. (Poor us:) Such a shame to be so busy!)

It’s been crazy! I just hope I don’t have to call anyone else and reschedule anything!!

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We started our beer brewing adventure at Gallaghers’ Where U Brew on Saturday. It was so fun! I planned this for Mike for Christmas this year.

This place is really cool. You pick what kind of beer you want to make (after tasting a few if you like), then they give you a recipe and set you loose. They have all the ingredients, and you get really detailed instructions on how to put them all together in the pot (and when).

We’ll go back in two weeks to bottle our beer. You buy the bottles there, and they have all the equipment you need to fill and cap the bottles.

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Mike’s birthday was on the 11th. Can’t believe I didn’t do a special blog on his birthday! Shame on me.

His birthday was a Monday, so we just went to yoga. But I made him a cake and got him a couple presents from his favorite yoga store. :)

We went out the night before his birthday for yummy french food at Bastille. His friend Brad joined us and I think we split every Petit plate on the menu. :)

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