March! How can that be? February was a flurry. It started off great with a week in Maui, although it's winter there too and I actually had to buy a sweatshirt. But t's the time of year when the humpback whales come to Hawaii to breed and care for their babies and we saw plenty of them. Magnificent creatures. Once home, we had one week where we had about every type of weather (except warm). It began with snow and then we had wind, some milder than normal temps and, of course, rain. I'm pretty ready to be done with winter. March has come in on wet weather. Whether that qualifies as a lion or a lamb, I'm not sure. And the temps are staying low, so we have a bit of sleet from time to time. The lawn/meadow/jungle clearing has turned into a muddy slip and slide as John can attest, having fallen on it this week.
February also saw our Elmo get his neutering (and on Valentine's Day no less). All went well until he developed a large abscess on the 5th day post-op which required a day spent in the animal emergency hospital (always on a Sunday), ending with surgery and a drain. The following week was one that found us sleeping near him on the couch (since climbing the stairs was banned) and I worked from home while John traveled so that he could be monitored. He was on 3 antibiotics, a sedative, a pain medication, and an anti-inflammatory , all of which he took without complaint. His drain and stitches came out at the end of that week and he is once again his joyful, puppy self. Tomorrow he will return to daycare and his pack which he dearly loves.
We're looking forward to a grandbaby fix this next weekend. I will meet John in California and we'll spend some time with the Bay Area contingent.
March is underway and will only last a month. April promises to look more like springtime!
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