So pet ownership has always been my thing. I have no kids by choice so my dogs and cats are my family. In fact I am a sucker for any animal and would save them all if I could. My mom always said I should have a farm and just rescue animals. Actually if I ever won the lottery animal rescue support would be my #1 thing.
I have 2 and a 1/2 huskies. Daiys is 10, Gypsy is 1 and Jessie 9 (the 1/2- Daisys daughter mixed with a Springer Spaniel- don't ask lol) are my dogs. Then I also have 3 cats. Before the grand decision to get Gypsy, in hopes to keep the older dogs "young", traveling was not much of an issue. The older dogs don't mind laying around all day with minor human interaction or we would take them with us. With a puppy that all changes.
So where I am going with this is I could not live without my animals, but yesterday I realized how hard it is to travel with having 3. My fiance and I were planning a trip to my mom's (6 hrs away) for the long holiday weekend coming up. We had a plan. His daughter would come and dog sit and I would finally be able to go home for some family time that I only get maybe twice a year. I have not seen my mom since my diagnosis and quite frankly I am in need of some mom time!
Well I return home yesterday after an interesting evening shoe shopping (see yesterdays blog for a laugh) and my finace tells me that his daughter is going to the beach with friends and cannot dog sit. What to do? Stay home and bag the trip! Sad face and disappointment insert here. For a second we said "well we could pile them all in the car for a 6 hr ride!" NOT! The 2 older ones LOVE going to grandmas but there is no way Gypsy would be manageable for such a long ride, not to mention what she would do in my poor moms house! It would be more stress than worth it!
So, you may ask, why not go alone? Well I could but with the fatigue that I fight daily I am concerned about a 6 hr drive alone on a busy holiday weekend. My level of alertness really diminishes as the day goes on.
His daughter is really our only saving grace when it comes to dog sitting. In thinking about this moving forward I realize our days our numbered if not over. She is a Jr. in college and will be moving away after this summer. Will I ever get home again? I hope so but not really sure to be honest. My family does the best they can and come to my house about once a year, but it's so not enough sometimes.
So I am quite sad today as I ponder this. The only solution is for someone to actually live here while we are gone to take care of the animals. Its a big job! Just like kids I want to make sure they are safe and taken car of properly. And that Gypsy does not eat the house while we are gone!
So I will continue to think about this and see if a solution comes to me. I look over at their sweet faces right now and could not imagine life with out them, but MY family is also a need. Life is short. Anything can happen. There must be a solution.......
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