Chapter 17 of Facilitate Your User Posted

I just updated Facilitate Your User. I hope those reading the story are enjoying it. Keylee and Paul are moving closer together, just as Users and Facilitators should.

Today’s picture is of a very exhausted Fennik. Evidently grooming can be rough on a Fen Fen. He’d been at the groomers most of the day and crashed when he got home. It’s not unusual for him to sleep in the bathroom. I’m assuming the tile floor is cooler for him. It is unusual for him to bury his head beneath the shower curtain. The loud, reverberating snoring was a the musical score to this picture. With the toilet in view, it looks like he had a bender the night before. Sadly, neither Fen Fen’s life, nor my own, are nearly that exciting.

It was a particularly rough work week. For those in the United States, last week started with a holiday so most businesses took the day off. That’s great, but we tend to pay for it the following days. Unfortunately, not only were we busy, but we lost two older, long term patients. Their euthanasias were difficult. I’ve been seeing them and their owners for several years and know very well how much their dog’s meant to them. These were people who felt the same way about their kiddo’s as I did Georgia. Those always hit my heart harder because I know the pain they are currently in and will continue to be in. I cried with them and although I know I’m not supposed to right now, I still gave hugs. Overall I am not a touchy, feely person. However, I view grief differently and sometimes there’s nothing like human contact to express your communal sorrow and support. Keeping everyone physically healthy is important, but I think we can’t ignore the human soul, the part of our spirit that makes us uniquely human. It’s tough right now, finding the balance between the two. This past week, I thought achieving that balance warranted a hug or two.

Last week I updated that I might have found an editor for my Reaping Covetous book and I’m happy to say that is true. She won’t be able to start on it until late November, but I’m still very excited and hopeful. What I’m not excited about is that I feel as if I hardly have time to write anymore. The veterinary profession is slammed right now. I keep thinking things have to slow down and they just aren’t. When I get home, I’m tired. I don’t think I’m to the same level of exhaustion as Fennik post grooming (No plans to shove my head under the shower curtain yet), but my brain is too tired to be creative. I hate that but there is a lot of truth to the saying, “it is what it is,” and right now, this is what my life is.

Baring anything tragic, I will update next Sunday as well. For those of you wondering, I think we are probably somewhere between half way and 2/3 of the way through Facilitate Your User. A few more weeks and it will be all up!

Thanks for reading and know that I’m wishing you all well – in body and in spirit.

MJ May