Things are going to be so crazy at work as one the people in our group retired yesterday after 40+ years. The state never fills a position before someone leaves, so two of us are learning his job for the time being, paying construction contracts that are a mix of federal, state & stimulus funds. The coding is NOT easy but it is pretty interesting. Just wish I had had a bit more time to work on these before he left, and I hope the job gets filled soon - but of course the new person will have to learn the job too. Although the stimulus money is useful, it really makes things so much more complex from the account perspective, and the only other person in our unit who can make these payments is going to Hawaii for two weeks later this month. ARGH!
As if things weren't crazy enough here already, Argus has to make a "donation" today and again tomorrow (before we leave for St. Louis) for a chilled semen breeding. The bitch has missed twice before, so this is a now or never, a surgical insemination followed by a transcervical two days later. They are using the best reproductive specialist available, so hopefully this works. We would normally just give one repeat, but are giving a second one this time as we really would like to see what this bitch and Argus produce. His sperm count is high and his semen packs and ships well, so we hope the third try is the charm. Some dogs, like some people, are infertile however, so fingers are crossed all around. Sometimes a bitch will even conceive, but just be unable to carry a pregnancy to term.
I got this nice note a few weeks ago and thought I would share it. The Dal pictured on this blog entry is Frigga.
Hi Sue,
We love our dal Frigga, who was your Shandi, daughter of Coral. She has been
a delight over the past years. We take her with us whenever we can, weather
permitting, in our Ford 150 which we have equipped with a crate in the back
seat to house the dog when we are away from the pickup. It's not that we
don't trust her, it's that someone might see her in the pickup and steal
her. Our favorite passtime at home is riding around on our John Deere Gator.
Frigga loves it and will not be denied a ride when I have it out of the
shed. She kept falling off the seat, so I fashioned a board for her to sit
on when we ride around. We had her in Puppy Kindergarten when she was
little; we went twice because I (David) did not quite master the course the
first time. She also loves to go to the farmers markets in our area during
the season. The vendors forget her name, so there, so they call her Spot.
Frigga has a kink in her tail and may not be anatomically correct in every place,
but if dog shows were held to determine best disposition and personality, we
have no doubt that our "Friggie" would win best of show every time. She did
win the tail wagging contest at her Kindergarten class and received a
stuffed toy as a prize. She likes stuffed toys but tend to "gut them out"
after playing with them for a time.The picture we're sending is of Frigga
and our cat Izzy snuggling together on Frigga's bed. Izzy loves Frigga, and
Frigga endures. We enjoy your blog.
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