A heck of a week(really two weeks) and a new beginning

[Lisa, Daisy & Dexter]

Wow, so much has happened in the last week, I have been truly stressed. My place of employment of 21 years informed us they were closing the doors on Friday the 22nd, they gave us 2 weeks to "finish things up" so really two weeks to fret about our situations. For me the issue was more sadness than worry, after all, I had a husband that could support me. The hardest thing for me was saying goodbye to our clients, which by the way we were unable to do because of Franchise rules. I of course had a few friendships formed and was able to give a heads up at least but no details. As you can imagine, not an easy time.

Then Daisy's cataract diagnoses was the end of my week, finding out on Saturday at her wellness visit.

The upside of these two things:

I got a job offer today from an interview I had on Wednesday. An opportunity that just fell from the heavens. I have accepted. The downside of this will be that Daisy can no longer come to work with me :o(. I am pretty sure she will be okay as I have many neighbor friends that want to step in. When I told a couple last Friday of the situation the first thing he said was "looks like we will be getting the best of two worlds, Daisy can be ours from 9-5 and they get the other shift...+ we don't have to pay for her or the have the cost of having a pet, all of the joy". So 3 couples here will have total access to Daisy. It will take some getting use to on my part and hers but we will be okay.

And I am happy to report that it looks like PetPlan will pay for her operation minus the deductible so we will be proceeding with that soon. In the mean time the Vet has prescribed drops for her eye to slow down the formation of the cataract.

Today is a happy day but I have got to say...I AM EXHAUSTED from all of this worry. Wake me in a week.

[Deanna & Desi & Cori]

Sorry about your bad news - happy about your good news.  Guess it's the closing a door / opening a window kind of thing.  Good luck at your new job and good luck to Daisy, too!!!

[Donna K & Quincy]

Lisa, I am happy to hear that things are working out for you and I'm sorry to hear that sweet Daisy has to have surgery. It's wonderful that you have so many people who are willing to Daisy sit and you can go to work without having to worry about her. I guess you're not quite ready to be a stay-at-home just yet. :>)

[Sheila & Finnley]

Congrats Lisa ! Good news all the way around.

[Amy, Cubbie & Ollie]

Well congrats on finding a new job and having a support system lined up to take care of Daisy.  That should take some stress off of you for sure.  Also good news on the PetPlan front.