When we got back to my apartment, we spent the rest of the day just hanging out, having dinner and watching a movie before settling in for the night. They are perfectly content to watch a show while I take a much needed, short nap.
I let them sleep in Tuesday morning and they didn’t get up until almost 10 am. I wanted to take Joey to Petsmart and see how he reacted in the grooming area. Same behavior as Sunday - he wouldn’t let a groomer near him and tried to snap at her when she reached out to touch him. Now, I’m starting to think that it is the place that sets him off - so any tables and several dogs at different stages of grooming. I made another appointment for the 8th and will see if we can make a few visits there to help him get more comfortable. Fingers crossed. The girls loved checking out all of the animals and decided they would try to convince their parents to let them have a Guinea Pig or Hamster. Good luck.
They just love going to the Dollar Tree, so we did that and they loaded up on candy and a toy to take home to Yoshi. After some playtime at the school playground, we drove out to the new house (it is theirs as of today) and then went to have dinner at the Quinn’s. It was a short but sweet visit, as I had offered to swing by the Sheridan Ave house to shut the lights out and close the drapes (there was a showing today).
The New House
I met Ben at the Sheridan house this morning and we had some lunch and then proceeded to pack up the kitchen cabinets and the food, bathroom stuff, and cleaning supplies and loaded it into the van for their first night at the new house. Their furniture remains at this house for showings and they have air beds setup in the bedrooms. While there, we also gave the grass and outdoor plants a good watering.
I talked with Pat this morning and he is still working on recovery from his surgery. He was excited to say that he was able to walk with his own shoes on today for the first time (he has been wearing a boot for many weeks now), although it was pretty painful. Part of his therapy is to walk with his shoe on an hour in the morning and an hour in the evening and he will see the surgeon again next week. Hopefully, he can start back to work with light duty after that.
