A Troubling Start

2011 was definitely ended with a bang. To get to the point, my dog, Angie, attacked "Jenny." Right in the face. There was lots of blood and tears and guilt. While there were smaller scratches on her nose and around it, her upper lip needed stitches.

This was at three in the morning, New Year's Eve. And I felt awful about it. There was a whole bunch of "If only's" running through my mind the entire night. If only I hadn't invited her to sleep over tonight. If only I had waited until tomorrow to see her. 


I ended up going to the hospital with her and her mother. On the way there, we were rear-ended. It was very minor, leaving less than a scratch to the car. We were at the hospital from 5 A.M. to 9:30 A.M. And it didn't help that the biggest party of the year was that night. I didn't get much sleep at all before having to get ready to go see some family.

Then there was another problem after waking up from my nap. I got extremely sick. Let's just say the toilet and I became best friends. My mom told me it was because I was so shaken from the all the events of the night. After I started feeling better, my mom came up to me, tears streaming down my face, telling me that Jenny's father wants us to get rid of my dog. I lost my appetite, my will to move, or think of anything other than my dog.

Anyone who is not family and knows my dog knows that she's vicious. So they might not agree with what I've got to say about Angie. Despite her breed, shih tzu/mini poodle, she's quite the biter. But she's just an angel to my family and I.

*Cue the cliche lines of affection and drama*

I can't lose that dog. She's more than a dog to me. I love her like she's a daughter. She sleeps with me, keeps me company when I'm home alone or relaxing in my bedroom. (I'm going to sound like a crazy animal lady) Sometimes I pretend she's listening to me and I just tell her what's bothering me. There's so much personality in that little dog. And I love her so much.

So, yeah. I didn't plan on posting so soon after the last one. But I thought that I should just write down all that's happened in the last few hours while the memory is fresh. I hope that you all had a great end to 2011. Because I sure as hell didn't.