Oh what a week!

Oh what a week it has been!  While everything started out great with a three-day weekend, a beautiful sunny Sunday, and a subsequent short work week, our week was not without it's issues.

While we enjoyed a quiet Monday morning at home, the afternoon was full of errands and appointments.  One of those appointments took us out to Eaton Rapids, which offered us the opportunity for a fun little adventure after my appointment was done.  Eaton Rapids is a nice little small town with some interesting history, a small river walk, and a Mooville for ice cream!

It's been quite a while since we've done much walking around town, and this may have been Ruby's first trip to Eaton Rapids other than a brief visit at Christmas.  The girls really enjoyed themselves.   We had a great walk, there were lots of interesting smells, and they even made a few friends along the way.

Ruby found this phone both very intriguing.  I was intrigued by the fact that it had a rotary phone and looks like it could still be in working condition.

Peaches was just mad that I made her stop exploring so I could take her picture.  

After our Eaton Rapids adventure, we headed to Mason for Peaches annual check-up.  I tried to get a cute picture of the girls waiting in my car, but all I could get was this dark and blurry shot.  

After Peaches went inside for her appointment, Ruby and I took a walk around the parking lot as we waited.  Ruby was really sure that she needed to go inside too and kept walking up to the door.  

Peaches' appointment went well.  She's a healthy old girl, which is always great to hear.  Ruby was excited that she got to make friends with Amber and Haley, the vet techs, when they brought Peaches outside after her appointment.  It had been a good day and we headed home for the night.

We weren't even half way home, when my car started to act up.  After just having if repaired recently, I was not expecting to have the same issue occur, but that's exactly what was happening.  Luckily we were able to make it safely home for the night, but I was definitely a little stressed knowing what was ahead of me during the week.  I was going to need a car to get through the week.

I was happy to find out that the parts that were recently replaced were under warranty and that the car could be repaired, but I wasn't sure how soon that would happen.  I attempted to rent a car for a few days, but with the current state of the world, I was told that there is a 3 to 6 day waiting period on car rentals.  So that wasn't going to work for me.  I was stressed and concerned about how I was going to get through my upcoming appointments for the week.

Lucky for me, Vanessa came to the rescue and let me borrow her car Wednesday night so that I would have it for the day Thursday to get Ruby to the vet's office for her spay surgery bright and early that morning.  We were up early and on the road to Mason to drop her off for the day.  Ruby was so excited to be able to go inside and see all of her friends.  She was a hit!  It's hard to meet Ruby and not love her. 

Her surgery went well and I was able to get to may own doctors appointment and get some work down before I picked her up that afternoon to bring her home.  She was groggy and tired the rest of the day and while I was able to get her to eat a little, mainly she just wanted to sleep.  That's one of the best things about the day of surgery...it's always so quiet in my house afterwards.  I always enjoy the peace because that is definitely not the normal life of a GSP owner.

Thankfully Ruby has been on Trazadone since her surgery in order to keep her calm for the next few days and that has been working well.  While she is calm and sleeps most of the day, she was excited to see Vanessa and to take a ride in the car when Vanessa came over to take us out after work on Friday for a quick geocaching adventure.  As an added bonus, we made our first stop of the season for ice cream at Twisters before heading home.  We don't always need a big adventure to make us happy.

While I have been hoping that my current car could keep me on the road for a bit longer while the car market improves, I've made the decision that I need to get something a little more dependable.  I hate that I'm trying to find a car during one of the worst times ever to buy one, but I feel like it's necessary at this point.   I have some work travel coming up and I really want to be able to get out for a few road trips this year.  So I've spent a lot of time this week searching the used car market for something that won't break the bank.  

I'm thankful for Nicol coming earlier this week to take me out to look at several used cars. We had no luck then, but it was a good start.  I just can't believe the price of used cars right now, even with high mileage.  It's crazy!  Today I spent the afternoon with Nicol and Tyler again doing some car shopping, and looking at the possibility of leasing a vehicle, something Tyler really thinks I should seriously consider.  Hopefully I'll have a final decision in the next few days.

Monday is the beginning of 2 months of craziness for me at work, but I'm also hoping to start getting back out for some more fun as well, as we quickly approach Spring.  Next week should be eventful and I should have plenty to share next week.  I hope you all have a great week!