Gabe and Raye woke early today and were ready to  drive awy at 7:30.. it was a great send off. they were ready and packed  the night before.. so this mornign was easy and fun…

 

it is a big deal the he’s leaving here.. with him  moving  to Portland and Max moving to santa fe  we’re really empty nesters..  it feels  strange.. but also good. our kids are exploring their world and thats how it should be. 

 

I’m so excited for gabe and raya’s trip.. and so , so , so excited abotu Gabe’s move to IHSU in Portland.. it will be interesting to see how he gets on there. 

 

 

 

aftern they left.. we deviced it was time to get chai out in the wolrd agian.. we took her to  the barlow beach. 

 

she wnet in and drank which is what we wanted to see. she’s much improved today.. but still not eating much 

 

then back home.. and  I headed out to  Cambridge. This is my first official time on their payroll

 

diane yook these two nice pictures today as the flowers and garlic come out. . 

 

 

after my meetings in  cambridge.. I drove out to my Air BnB.. its a 1 bdrm housboat.. so cool and funky !

 

 

here’s the view from my porch 

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ok. I  ede to sleep. more tomorrow

 

nite all/ nite sam

-me

 

Spent the day workign in the garage today keeping an eye on CHai. She’s so much better now. SHe can get up and walk around.. and she’s eating and drinking.. she’s still dizzy.. but shes wagging her tail

 

 

this has been my garage office for the last 2 days.. nice working out there.. ..

 

Gabe and Rya spent the afternoon packing for the trip out to Portland.. heyve got everything down to a system 

 

around 6 Raya’s mom, her bf Jack and his son M came over for a send off dinner.. We wanted to make sure Gabe and Raya had lots of home cooking in them 

 

Jack made steak kabobs

 

diane made cuke salad form the garden 

 

wendy made zuchinni fritters from her garden 

 

diane made pesto from our garden 

 

and foccacia

 

and wendy made gaspacho 

 

diane grilled fennel from our garden 

 

yum..!!>. it was a beutiful night to eat outside . We sat there for a good long time soaking in eachothers company.. it was really nice 

 

 

dinae made frozen Almond mil ice cream for desert 

 

then we tried gabes home made sake.. .. interesting !

 

tomorrow  Gabe and Raya leave early,. so I’m going to head  up to bed now.. 

nite all, nite sam

-me

today I’ve learned more than I ever waned to know about ‘Old Dog Syndrome’ or canine idiopathic vestibular syndrome… 

Last  night our older  dog Chai (14.5 years) .. one of my best friends ever… was starting to climb the stairs.. when she fell over. in the floor ..  few minutes later she fell into the fridge and really splayed her hind legs.. I could tell she was confused.. but she limped over to her bed and fell asleep. I sat with her until abot 1:30 as I blogged and she seemed ok..   This morning at 6 we woke to hear her struggling to stand.. We went down stairs and she was struggling to stand.. and very confused about what was going on. I carried her outside.. adn she staggered around like a drunken sailor.. she kept veering to the right. her head was swung way over.. and she kept falling..

 

She’s a healthy dog.. and regurlalry runs with us.. she’d run 2 miles with me yesterday..  but.. it looked bad.. real bad.. we figures she’d had a stroke. We got her comfortable and sat with her  until the vet was open. we carried her in thinkign that this was going to be not good news..

Instead.. we learned that what she has is ‘Old Dog Syndrome’ .. or canine idiopathic vestibular syndrome…  is  transient disturbance of a dogs vestibular system..its very common  It gives them wicked bad vertigo.. the room seems like its spin.. the dog cant walk well.. and is too nauseous to eat or drink..

the good news it almost always goes away in a couple of days.. 

 

I sat with chai all day and helped her walk, talked to  her.. and slept beside her

  

it was fun, sad and slow 

she’s already gettign better..

Let’s see how tomorrow goes

 

I really  love my dogs.. 

 

nite all. nite sam

-0me

 

Late  !.. 1:40 AM.. gotta make this quick. 

   Nice day today with a great visit from our good friend Colin .. The diner with Gabe and Raya before droppign them at the Ween show on the waterfront.

 

finally  caught up tonight on the 600 picture back clog fro the last week. Please check out those entries here

• Thursday night (delayed) – Time capsule !
• Friday Night (delayed post) – Sesquicentennial !
• Saturday night (delayed post) – FLoatapalooza

Busy, busy weekend !.. need to sleep !

nite all, nite sam

-me