P-P-P-Penny and the Shrek

Some blog topics due are a pic of me now and how I’ve changed in the last year, and a pic of something that means a lot to me.

Well Sue recently took a picture of me with something that means a lot to me so let’s kill two blogs with one post.

We’ve had our little Penny for about 8 months now.  For the first month or so we just called her Baby because we couldn’t come up with a good name for her.  Well after a few trips to the Vet my wife came up with Penny, as in she’s costing us a pretty Penny.

Well Penny continues to live up to her name.  Since we’ve had her we have made two trips to the after hour Animal ER.  The first time was after she ate an unknown # of Dramamine tablets.  The second was after she ate a pack of Trident gum, which contains a substance named Xylotol which is extremely toxic to dogs.

Along with the ER trips we have also had a number of unscheduled trips to the Vet’s office for: a leg injury, listlessness, vomiting, diarrhea, etc.  For these appointments we got socked for at least a hundred bucks and usually a lot more.

I know I keep going on about the costs, but I handed over the credit card willingly and without hesitation on each of the preceding occasions.

I guess for some of these trips we overreacted but we were nervous and we thought better safe than sorry because she has enriched our lives and the joy she has given us far outweighs the costs in dollars we have spent on her.

So this brings me to the picture of me now and how I’ve changed in the last year.

This picture is somewhat disturbing to me.  I think the physical toll the night shift has taken on me is clearly shown here.  I look like an Ogre (get it Penny and the Shrek – Elton John?  No?  Well believe me its funny).

Well the end of the night shift is drawing near.  I will be quitting County soon and concentrating all my efforts on the business.  The plan is to have some sharp team members here in the Chicago-land area run things while we expand to Dallas.

It’s going to be an eventful, busy and exiting year!

Lemme add some cute pics of Penny minus the Ogre.