A Good Weekend

 Good Evening and Happy Sunday!  We had something really big happen this weekend: Piper was adopted!

Tonight as I sit down to write, it is very quiet in my house.  After just over 4 1/2 months of having Piper here as a foster, it is really strange to not have her here anymore. I can move without a shadow, can make trips to the bathroom alone, and have no one demanding snacks from me.   While she rarely barked, she was a bundle of energy constantly on the move.  Once we got her anxiety better controlled with drugs and exercise, a lot of her personality reminded me of my Imke.  So it's easy to understand why I loved that little stinker!

If we don't count Peaches, who we all know ended up here forever due to her cancer, Piper is my 2nd longest foster...beaten out only by Reyna who spent nearly 7 months with me(and somewhat ironically was probably my easiest foster ever).  I really believe Piper was my most challenging foster to date, but just because she was a challenge doesn't mean I loved her any less.  In fact, watching her progress over all of those months from neurotic mess to a happy, crazy, normal GSP was one of the most rewarding foster experiences I've ever had.  And I've had a lot of foster successes. 

Piper was ready for a new family of her own, there was nothing more I could have done to prepare her.  She turned on the charm for her meeting and showed what a good little girl she can be.  Her new family was looking for a very high energy, active dog to join their active lifestyle and that is exactly what they got with Piper.  So she will go on to learn to love a new family and to be loved by a new family who will watch her grow old, but a small piece of my heart will always be with her.  And life goes on..

Since I had to go to the Detroit area for Piper's adoption, I was excited I was also able to get a chance to finally see my daughter.  With everything going on with Covid, I haven't seen Nicol in months and while I talk to her all of the time, it is necessary for a mom to be able to SEE her child, even if we had to practice social distancing and I couldn't give her a big old hug!  We met in a park and chatted for a bit and it wasn't a long visit, but I saw her and my heart is happy.  

I spent about 6 hours away from home and away from the girls, the longest I've been away from them since I started working from home back in March.  I wasn't sure how they'd handle it, but they did great and it was nice to come home to two happy girls with their stubby little wagging tails.  After a busy day running around, it was nice to just relax and spend a quiet evening at home with them

I'm on vacation this week and have plans for some fun local adventures, a couple day trips, and some  quiet days at home.  It's the first full week of vacation I've had this year and it will be a much needed break.  After vacation day one's success of getting Piper adopted, we headed out for some fun today, but that is a story for another day.   For the rest of the night, I'm going to sit back, snuggle up with Maddie, and mindlessly watch some Food Network!  But stay tuned for some vacation updates over the next few days.