Thursday, February 22, 2024 – Settled In, Lola Gets A Massage

Hey Sweetie,
Well, I got up pretty early and got my chores done, and was out moving the trailer around before 9:00, and once I had it hooked up at a different angle, I had trouble pulling it onto the two boards, which made it almost perfectly level! Yay! I then went to work getting everything set back up, the screen room on, the skirting for my hay storage, all of it. It didn't take terribly long, thank goodness. Rick showed up to finish the electric, though he was having trouble getting the right parts to finish it off, so I wasn't sure I'd be able to move the electric over, but eventually he said it was fixed, so we plugged in. I got everything hooked up, even changed the water filter, which was overdue, and laid out the sewer pipe to about where the trap was, because I wanted to make sure they didn't pull it too far away so that I couldn't reach it. Finally, I gave Lola a bath before heading over to Chi University, an holistic medicine veterinary training school about half an hour away. I signed Lola up to be a subject dog for training, which meant a free therapeutic chiropractic/massage for her. Her back legs have really been giving her a hard time lately, with one leg locking up occasionally, and the other just seeming to be sore. They pointed out some swelling in her hocks, and did their best to make her more comfortable, but the clinician suggested x-rays and possibly acupuncture to help her. Lola was brilliant! At first, she was very tentative, mostly because she was standing on a low table, which she recognized as a "vet" thing and wasn't too happy about it, but eventually she relaxed into it and seemed to enjoy it. She was calm and quiet the whole time, except a little growl when another dog in the class next door gave here a look. Anyway, that lasted two hour, then we headed out to the UPS store to drop off a return, then to Publix next door to pick up a few items, then to the hay place, where I stocked up now that I have a storage space again, then to Jo's to pick up the tarp which arrived a couple of days ago. Lola played a little with Jo's dogs, but you could tell she wasn't walking the way she should, though she was better than before the clinic. I somehow lost a bale between the hay place and her, but the guy threw in a couple of extras because a few were a bit light, so it didn't really matter. Not worth it to go in search of it! Finally got back to camp, and discovered that our new volunteer plumber had completely finished the sewer line, and had even covered it all back up with dirt. Looks great! I put the groceries away, then Bill helped me put the hay away before heading back to Tidewater where he is camping (though he's moving over here for a week beginning tomorrow), then I fed the horses, made dinner, then walked over to Bev's campsite (my friend from Jax who arrived just as I was leaving today), and sat around the campfire with her for more than an hour. A beautiful full moon, a nice crisp night, perfect camping! Got back to the trailer and put my own electric fireplace on, ready for shower and bed as soon as I finish watching the Eureka I started during dinner, and have my tea. A full day! Good night, my darlin'! Love you!

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